A.D.A.M… my new friend

This week I will be mostly learning about 2279b – Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure in which i have already discovered the delights of ADAM.(Active Directory Application Mode). This is tool that we could use to help us develop our Active Directory enabled applications and sites without cheesing off our purchasing department with another purchase order for a development server. Also, there is a handy utility being release called Active Directory to Active Directory Application Mode Synchronizer BETA  which will enable you to import an real active directory implementation into ADAM to prevent you having to manually duplicate it on your dev box.

Useful links:

• MSDN – Directory and Identity Services
• Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Application Mode