Microsoft Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) Beta

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Dear Microsoft Beta Tester,

Welcome to the beta release of Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM). The Microsoft Active Directory Product Team would like to invite you to participate in their beta program for Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM). Organizations, independent software vendors, and developers who want to integrate their applications with a directory service now have an additional capability within Active Directory that provides numerous benefits. Specific features added in Beta include :

Support for replication

Support for multiple ADAM instances running on a single computer

Additional administration tools

Availability of 64-bit version

Preliminary releases of the ADAM Administrator’s Guide and ADAM Software Developer’s Kit

ADAM Step-by-Step Reviewer’s Guide

Betaplace contains :

ADAM Beta is available in US English language only

adamx86.exe (6.97 MB) - X86 version

adamia64.exe (9.23 MB) - ia64 version

News source: betaplace.com

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#1 Jason on 02 Apr 2003 - 17:34

Active Direcvtory is great, beats the old NT4 Domain Model although that was fine for its time. But after using AD you notice NT4's limitations like having to setup a new domain just to delegate control, now its a simple right click on an OU and choose delegate.

(2 replies) #2 xStainDx on 02 Apr 2003 - 17:38

I didn't get no stinking email

[url]http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=9912&category=main[/url]

#2.1 Jason on 02 Apr 2003 - 17:43

You will, the signup states anyone who signs up will get it, even if they have no clue what it is or what to do with it

#2.2 xStainDx on 02 Apr 2003 - 17:45

[neoquote=#2.1 by Jason]You will, the signup states anyone who signs up will get it, even if they have no clue what it is or what to do with it

[/neoquote] Well i got no e-mail cuz i didn't register

i'm already doing too many MS Betas.

(2 replies) #3 McFly on 02 Apr 2003 - 18:43

I still think of the old ColecoVision ADAM computer from the 80's when I see this

#3.1 ThunderRiver on 02 Apr 2003 - 21:17

[neoquote=#3.0 by McFly]I still think of the old ColecoVision ADAM computer from the 80's when I see this

[/neoquote] Mm...sounds like you can't get over with it.. same comment from the previous news..

#3.2 creamhackered on 02 Apr 2003 - 21:23

He is entitled to his opinion too

#4 msbob on 02 Apr 2003 - 22:21

hehe, ColecoVision, BTW as of just a few minutes ago the beta download is avail to testers!

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