Is this initiative specific to Cisco products and Microsoft Active Directory in Windows NT Server 5.0?
No. This work is independent of any one particular network or directory vendor. Cisco and Microsoft have started the initiative, and will be hosting a Design Preview that will be open to network and directory vendors, ISVs, and other interested parties very soon. In the meantime, Cisco and Microsoft will jointly present a high-level overview of the specification to the 6,000 developers who attend Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference on September 23-26, 1997.
