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Microsoft Directory Synchronization Services
Microsoft Directory Synchronization Services (MSDSS) lets you synchronize a wide variety
of data stored in the Active Directory
service with Novell Directory Service (NDS) and
NetWare 3.x binderies.
MSDSS is a highly flexible service that helps Novell users:
• Adopt Windows 2000 Server and the Active Directory service.
• Reduce directory management through two-way synchronization.
• Migrate NDS and bindery information to Windows 2000 Server.
MSDSS supports two-way synchronization with NDS and one-way synchronization with
NetWare 3.x binderies to provide a complete directory interoperability solution. MSDSS
also supports password synchronization and provides a directory migration service.
MSDSS allows NetWare users to deploy Active Directory without having to replace existing
directories or bear the cost of managing two separate directories. As a result, users have the
flexibility to:
• Consolidate directory management when multiple directories are required.
• Manage accounts from either directory.
• Use directory-enabled applications, devices, and services based on the Windows 2000
Active Directory service.
MSDSS is easy to use and makes synchronization and Active Directory setup easy through
its management interface. It is fully-featured to allow users a choice of management,
synchronization, and migration options.
MSDSS supports all major NetWare platforms and most Novell directories and binderies,
and it includes support for IPX/SPX and TCP/IP network protocols.
Windows 2000 MSDSS Domain Controller
To implement MSDSS, you must install the Windows 2000 Server operating system and
the MSDSS software (available on the Microsoft Services for NetWare Version 5 CD) on at
least one system. In Windows 2000, when you promote a system running Windows 2000
Server to an Active Directory server, it becomes a domain controller. You use this domain
controller to configure Active Directory, to install MSDSS, and then to import information
from the existing NetWare environment.