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Microsoft Dependency Has Risks

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153 points ArcHound | 2 comments | 25 Jun 25 20:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.51s | source
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firesteelrain ◴[25 Jun 25 21:16 UTC] No.44381913[source]▶
For most businesses, the cost and difficulty of shifting away from Microsoft outweigh the benefits
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smaudet ◴[25 Jun 25 21:27 UTC] No.44381985[source]▶
Maybe.

Some things go deep, true. However most businesses don't use most of Microsoft products - even the ones that do, the usage of the more complicated products is far more minuscule than imagined by e.g. CFOs, etc.

The real thing keeping many "in the fold" as it were would be authentication services.

Which are overcomplicated and probably easier to manage without...

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firesteelrain ◴[25 Jun 25 21:29 UTC] No.44381991[source]▶
Right, it’s stuff like Active Directory and how everything’s tied together. Once you’re using that for auth, it’s really tough to back out without a lot of effort.

We’ve looked into FreeIPA and similar options, but honestly, nothing really holds a candle to Active Directory yet.

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1. cyberax ◴[25 Jun 25 22:52 UTC] No.44382529[source]▶
AD is one of the few good MS projects. But you can use it with Macs and Linux just fine!

Just keep a couple of Windows servers running AD, and migrate everything else.

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2. p_ing ◴[26 Jun 25 00:22 UTC] No.44383076[source]▶
Apple doesn't recommend joining Macs to AD -- their implementation is awful, along with their SMB implementation.

But it is technically possible.