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[David Partain <david.partain@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ove,


Thanks for jumping in!


Yes, I should have included SSSD as well.  That's been fundamental to 
getting rid of proprietary tools...


I would characterize our attempts to generate interest in making Ubuntu 
work in a MS-dominated world as frustrating.  The open source projects I 
pointed to in my last mail have been discussed on many different levels 
in both an official (as in paying support) and less-official settings 
but with little traction. This has meant that the work has largely been 
done in an open bubble of a few people funded by the likes of us rather 
than as part of the overall Ubuntu ecosystem.


In my world, the effort needed to go from 80% coverage inside such 
enterprises to pretty-darned-good was relatively small, but my 
impression is that the interest in making that happen has been very 
lukewarm.  I know that the Ubuntu community (and Canonical) have bigger 
fish to fry in the container cloud world, so my intention is not to 
point fingers.  I just wish the journey had been smoother and faster.


Cheers,


David


On 2017-10-31 10:51, Risberg Ove wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I agree with David, this list is not very active and most things works 
> really well out of the box today.
>
>
> There are a few areas where there is room for improvement for 
> Enterprise customers with Microsoft dominated infrastructure:
>
> Lync (Skype for Business) - Pidgin SIPE plugin
>
> Office365 integration - Thunderbird and notifications in Unity/Gnome
>
> ActiveDirectory integration - SSSD works really well but perhaps setup 
> and configuration can be made easier with a tool?
>
>
> Perhaps we can find another way to get some attention for these tools, 
> this list have not been very successful ;)
>
>
> Best Regards
>
> Ove