Configuring Cisco Network Services for Active Directory

This is a practical guide to managing Cisco Network Services for active directory. It focuses on how to promote system efficiency and improve network service by using CNS/AD to centralize network management, using the directory as a repository for all policies that govern network usage.

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Microsoft Corporation, the world's largest software vendor, and Cisco Systems, the world's largest internetworking vendor, have jointly developed a common software interace for managing Cisco hardware on Microsoft networks: Cisco Network Services for Active Directory (CNS/AD). This book is a practical guide to managing CNS/AD. It focuses on how to promote system efficiency and improve network service by using CNS/AD to centralize network management, using the directory as a repository for all policies that govern network usage. The book also describes how to manage Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS) networking features and network resources in the same unified way as other enterprise resources, such user access controls, files and printers.