Roles
Active Directory has a large impact on the organization. Similar to early LAN/WAN designs for connecting the organization, Active Directory is a pervasive horizontal service in the organization used by some users unknowingly.
To support this new service, a new administration group should be formed. Although you can make the argument that directory services are an extension of existing network administration responsibilities, the reality is that Active Directory is pervasive, and Microsoft's implementation has integration requirements with a variety of services. Some of the requirements might be outside the typical Network Administrator's responsibilities.
The other key reason for implementation of a separate group responsible for the ...
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