"Leon Mayne [MVP]" <l.rmv.mayne@uea.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Thomas McFarlane wrote:
>> Is it best practice to join an IIS-6 (run on Windows 2003 server) to a
>> Windows 2003 Active Directory Domain ? Do you have any
>> references/articles about this subject ?
>
> Not sure of any articles, but in general I would say yes, because:
> 1) You can manage the policies and patches for the server centrally
> 2) You get the domain security model implemented (e.g. users can use their
> domain accounts to log on to your web applications)
> 3) You can use Kerberos authentication for web apps, if required
>
> It depends on the situation. I guess there are circumstances when you
> would want the server to be completely standalone, but if it's going to be
> a webserver for your internal organisation apps then I don't see why you
> wouldn't want to put it in the domain.
>

Thomas McFarlane wrote:
> Is it best practice to join an IIS-6 (run on Windows 2003 server) to a
> Windows 2003 Active Directory Domain ? Do you have any
> references/articles about this subject ?

<TM@HotMeal.Com> wrote:

>Is it best practice to join an IIS-6 (run on Windows 2003 server) to a
>Windows 2003 Active Directory Domain ? Do you have any references/articles
>about this subject ?