Is Active Directory good to use for a B2B site

[Guest]

Hi,
My application is basically a B2B site with a couple of registered users (users are registered through the application) and public users (browsing the catalogs). Currently the site is running on Site Server. But my client wishes to move away from Site Server. During our analysis we stumbled on Active Directory which we consider as a great platform to develop intranet applications. But I would like to know its feasibility in a internet application.
Consider there are some users who need to create themselves in the application first using a key, some users who can operate as they are already created/registered and some users who just browse the site without logging in.
Also, i feel that for a person to access any page, the person will perhaps be thrown a login dialog to log onto the domain, if we use acive directory. This is what we are not willing to have as we have our customized login page.
So, kindly advise.

Regards,
Lopa

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

It all depends on your application. If you build custom authentication, then
there will be no need for login forms popping up if you will use built in
authentication, then you will have to use ACL's on resources.
Instead of AD you could consider ADAM technology, which is basically striped
off version of Active Directory and was meant for this scenarios.
ADAM can be installed on and Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP machine.
Download ADAM from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...B9-1034-4EF6-A3E5-2A2A57B5C8E4&displaylang=en

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE, MCSA, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
(e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed)
http://ladava.com

Hi,
My application is basically a B2B site with a couple of registered

users (users are registered through the application) and public users
(browsing the catalogs). Currently the site is running on Site Server. But
my client wishes to move away from Site Server. During our analysis we
stumbled on Active Directory which we consider as a great platform to
develop intranet applications. But I would like to know its feasibility in a
internet application.

Consider there are some users who need to create themselves in the

application first using a key, some users who can operate as they are
already created/registered and some users who just browse the site without
logging in.

Also, i feel that for a person to access any page, the person will

perhaps be thrown a login dialog to log onto the domain, if we use acive
directory. This is what we are not willing to have as we have our customized
login page.