You can't be more wrong!At the same time that Apple adopted this older system, Microsoft, with Windows 2000, moved away from it and began using their much more robust Active Directory systemI've been working with Active Directory and Open Directory for more than 10 years now, and I would like to express my opinions:Microsoft's Active Directory and Open Directory are both based on LDAP and Kerberos. In no way Open Directory is older technology as Windows NT.Apple has been supporting Active Directory for years. You could even modify ADs schema to host Apple objects for native client management.You could buy a Mac mini, install OS X Server, bind to AD and use AD to authenticate access to Profile Manager.There's no way an Active Directory server would run on top of OS X, as AD si an integral part of Windows Server and integrates and depends on other services.I don't think Apple is interested in server hardware anymore. They are focusing in building client devices and embracing the cloud with iCloud, VPP and DEP p
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App & System Services
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Core OS
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