What does “active directory integration” mean in your .NET app?

Question

Our marketing department comes back with \"active directory integration\" being a key customer request, but our company does not seem to have the attention span to (1) decide on

Answer 1

One of the main advantages of using AD is that it enables a dedicated team to manage all the user/grants things. Typically, when a new user arrives, his manager asks to the dedicated team to give him access to application A B and C, and this team can do all this stuff directly from AD. In fact, they often duplicate another user (typically a co worker).