Interesting. I’ve never managed desktop environments for a lot of people. What makes it easier? I guess more interestingly what makes linux hard in that context? I’m guessing Samba?
A robust and well vetted set of tools with reliable GUI interfaces for managing very large numbers of users, their permissions, and the computers from basically anywhere on the network.
There’s nothing AD does that couldn’t be done in Linux, but nothing even close to the scope and maturity exists yet, as far as I know. Even Apple doesn’t have anything truly comparable.
Managing a large number of Linux users probably means relying on 3rd party software which isn’t baked in to the OS, which can have reliability issues, or developing user management tools in-house which is pretty hard to justify for most enterprises.
Interesting. I’ve never managed desktop environments for a lot of people. What makes it easier? I guess more interestingly what makes linux hard in that context? I’m guessing Samba?
Azure Active Directory
The tools. The tools make it easier. Lots and lots of them.
In two words: Active Directory.
A robust and well vetted set of tools with reliable GUI interfaces for managing very large numbers of users, their permissions, and the computers from basically anywhere on the network.
There’s nothing AD does that couldn’t be done in Linux, but nothing even close to the scope and maturity exists yet, as far as I know. Even Apple doesn’t have anything truly comparable.
Managing a large number of Linux users probably means relying on 3rd party software which isn’t baked in to the OS, which can have reliability issues, or developing user management tools in-house which is pretty hard to justify for most enterprises.