Top 4 Microsoft Active Directory Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Active Directory (AD) is a directory service that Microsoft developed for Windows domain networks and included in most Windows Server operating systems as a set of processes and services.

An AD domain controller authenticates and authorizes all users and computers in a Windows domain type network—assigning and enforcing security policies for all computers and installing or updating software. For example, when a user logs into a computer that is part of a Windows domain, Active Directory checks the submitted password and determines whether the user is a system administrator or normal user. ...

1. ApacheDS

ApacheDS ApacheDS™ is an extensible and embeddable directory server entirely written in Java, which has been certified LDAPv3 compatible by the Open Group. Besides LDAP it supports Kerberos 5 and the Change Password Protocol. It has been designed to introduce triggers, stored procedures, queues and views to the world of LDAP......

2. 389 Directory Server

389 Directory Server The enterprise-class open source LDAP server for Linux. It is hardened by real-world use, is full-featured, supports multi-master replication, and already handles many of the largest LDAP deployments in the world. The 389 Directory Server can be downloaded for free, and set up in less than an hour using the......

3. FusionDirectory

FusionDirectory A web application developed in PHP to easily manage LDAP directory and all associated services.......

4. OpenLDAP

OpenLDAP OpenLDAP Software is an open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.The suite includes:slapd - stand-alone LDAP daemon (server)libraries implementing the LDAP protocol, andutilities, tools, and sample clients.Also available from the OpenLDAP Project:Fortress - Role-based identity access management Java SDKJLDAP - LDAP Class Libraries for JavaJDBC-LDAP - Java JDBC......