What are other third party directory services?

the 3rd party directory services areused when you have different systems in the network and you want AD to control them under single umbrella .

you can Connect Active Directory to other 3rd -party Directory Services such as dictionaries used by SAP, Domino etc with the help of MIIS ( Microsoft Identity Integration Server )

you can use dirXML or LDAP to connect to other directories (ie. E-directory from Novell)

# Novell eDirectory, formerly called Novell Directory Services (NDS)