Over 10 years ago I deloyed Zentyal, which is a Linux OS that works as a drop in replacement as a domain controller. Active Directory, Outlook mail server and file server out of the box. I can only imagine it got better.
Azure AD, the cloud version, still isn’t as feature-complete (or possibly feature-bloated) as the original on-prem AD, which is a big reason large organizations won’t switch away from it.
AD is a security nightmare. EntraID requires internet but at least allows zero trust with diverse configuration and importantly without storing or holding session tokens or passwords locally.
For my company, the only blocker is file share, which can be migrated. All our with integration use ldap and can be migrated to openid. Luckily we don’t have more AD integrated stuff.
EntraID also seems corporate established. For a modern with system, with zero trust etc, you use EntraID instead of AD now.
Of course, legacy AD systems, if they exist, are also lock-in.
Over 10 years ago I deloyed Zentyal, which is a Linux OS that works as a drop in replacement as a domain controller. Active Directory, Outlook mail server and file server out of the box. I can only imagine it got better.
EntraID is just a rebranding of Azure AD
Azure AD, the cloud version, still isn’t as feature-complete (or possibly feature-bloated) as the original on-prem AD, which is a big reason large organizations won’t switch away from it.
AD is a security nightmare. EntraID requires internet but at least allows zero trust with diverse configuration and importantly without storing or holding session tokens or passwords locally.
For my company, the only blocker is file share, which can be migrated. All our with integration use ldap and can be migrated to openid. Luckily we don’t have more AD integrated stuff.