 | Active Directory for Unix/Linux/Mac – Use patented technology to extend the authentication, authorization, and administration infrastructure of Active Directory to the rest of the enterprise, allowing Unix, Linux, and Mac systems to act as full citizens within Active Directory. |
| Audit, Alerting, and Change Tracking – Gather the vital data auditors demand. Authentication Services delivers the ability to audit, alert, and show detailed change history of Unix-centric information being managed by Active Directory. |
| Strong Authentication – Enhance password-based logins with strong authentication supported by and included with Authentication Services. |
| Administration Configuration and Management – Powerfully and easily leverage the entire range of Authentication Services functionality with an intuitive, platform-agnostic web console and centralized access to all tools. |
| Group Policy for Unix/Linux/Mac – Leverage a framework for extending the powerful capabilities of policy-based management (through Windows Group Policy) to non-Windows systems. Including comprehensive Group Policy for Mac OS X. |
| Access Control - Extend the native access control capabilities of Active Directory to non-Windows systems. The very fact that Unix. Linux, and Mac systems have joined the Active Directory domain provides the immediate benefit of central control over which AD user is permitted to authenticate to which non-Windows system. |
| Deployment Flexibility- Implement Authentication Services in the manner and at the pace optimized for your environment, objectives, challenges, and timelines. Options range from a non-impact, "schemaless" deployment to a fully rationalized, "get to one" environment. |
| Single Sign-on– Natively implement Kerberos and LDAP on Unix, Linux, and Mac systems in the same way those standards are used in Windows. In addition, the product provides out-of-the-box single sign-on for a number of applications (such as SAP, Siebel, Oracle databases, and DB2). |
| NIS Migration and Directory Consolidation – Streamline the process of joining Unix/Linux/Mac systems and users to the Active Directory domain and facilitate migration from multiple authentication mechanisms (including NIS), identities, and directories to a single Active Directory-based infrastructure for all systems and users. |
| Simplifying Identity and Access Management – Use enabling technology to allow organizations to simplify identity management based on an existing investment in Active Directory and Active Directory-optimized identity administration tools. In addition, Quest Authentication Services can dramatically simplify an existing meta-directory, security framework, or synchronization solution. |