Do you still use a cell phone designed in 1999? Would you risk letting your teenager drive a 20-year-old car with 20-year-old airbags? Probably not. In an era of innovation and disruption, leading companies pride themselves on constantly adopting new and better technologies. So why is it that some of those same enterprises continue to rely on Microsoft’s 20-year-old Active Directory (AD)? You deserve better than Active Directory. Here’s why. Thinking back to when we first met Active Directory was first launched as a capability of Windows 2000 Server, and has underpinned Windows Server and Microsoft Exchange ever since. AD was designed to simplify access between Windows servers, desktops, and Microsoft business apps, providing easy access for file shares, printers and applications like SharePoint. While often tricky to implement, scale and support, AD allowed IT admins to easily manage permissions between Microsoft operating systems. It also offered a central directory.