Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services, Second Edition

Chapter 6. Defining Your Directory Needs

• Overview of the Directory Needs Definition Process

• Analyzing Your Environment

• Determining and Prioritizing Application Needs

• Determining and Prioritizing Users' Needs and Expectations

• Determining and Prioritizing Deployment Constraints

• Determining and Prioritizing Other Environmental Constraints

• Choosing an Overall Directory Design and Deployment Approach

• Setting Some Goals and Milestones

• Defining Your Directory Needs Checklist

• Further Reading

• Looking Ahead

Directory needs encompass all the reasons for designing and deploying a directory service. Before beginning work on any task, it is a good idea to understand why you're working on it and what you hope to accomplish. Ask yourself why you decided to deploy a directory ...