{"id":8861,"date":"2007-03-08T17:20:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-29T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=8861"},"modified":"2007-03-08T17:20:00","modified_gmt":"1999-11-29T20:00:00","slug":"quest-software-announces-first-license-for-microsoft-protocol-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=8861","title":{"rendered":"Quest Software Announces First License for Microsoft Protocol Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Quest Software<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/Presspass\/press\/2007\/mar07\/03-08QuestMicrosoftAgreementPR.mspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced<\/a> that they have signed onto Microsoft&#8217;s program for server protocol interoperability, a program that was founded after a decision by the European Union.\u00a0 This program allows competitors and partners to access Microsoft&#8217;s protocol specifications so that they can interoperable with Microsoft server technology.<\/p>\n<p>Readers of my blog (I know there&#8217;s a few of you!) will have read a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/joeelway.spaces.live.com\/blog\/cns!2095EAC3772C41DB!490.entry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">post<\/a> where I talked about MOM and SMS and how you can use 3rd party software to manage heterogeneous platforms, not just the obvious Microsoft products.\u00a0 The 3rd party I kept mentioning was Quest.\u00a0 They&#8217;ve got a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quest.com\/unix_linux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">range<\/a> of products, some resulting from the Vintela acquisition, for integrating UNIX and LINUX into the Windows network and Microsoft management products.<\/p>\n<p>This is sure to develop in really advantageous ways for customers of Linux\/UNIX and Microsoft server technology.\u00a0 As much of a Microsoft-phile that I am, I know that UNIX and Linux do have a deserved place on the network.\u00a0 I would just love to see them being integrated into what I believe are best of breed products, i.e. Active Directory, SMS and MOM.<\/p>\n<p>Already, you can integrate these platforms into Microsoft management technologies, e.g. Active Directory for single-sign on by leveraging Kerberos and schema extensions.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t wait to see what else Quest will come up with now they will have full access to know how Microsoft&#8217;s server protocols work.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer: I&#8217;ve not personally seen or implemented Quest or Vintela products &#8230; but their reputation is superb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quest Software announced that they have signed onto Microsoft&#8217;s program for server protocol interoperability, a program that was founded after a decision by the European Union.\u00a0 This program allows competitors and partners to access Microsoft&#8217;s protocol specifications so that they can interoperable with Microsoft server technology. Readers of my blog (I know there&#8217;s a few &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=8861\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Quest Software Announces First License for Microsoft Protocol Technology&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}