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Hello..

I have a comment on the meeting review by Alan Boba on MS Word 2003 that appeared in the December 2003 dacs.doc. I was the presenter referred to in the article, and I’d like to correct a misprint in the article Alan wrote.

Alan states:

“On a business network you must entrust authentication to Windows Rights Management Services using Microsoft .NET Passport as the authentication mechanism. As an admin this is a concern to me. Microsoft could have made the IRM feature work with any of several authentication schemes, not just one controlled exclusively by them. This will limit my choices for software purchases and upgrades which I resent.”

This information is incorrect. On a business network, the .Net Passport is not used to control access to documents. The Windows Rights Management Server (for Windows 2003) is used to control access. There is no link to Passport, and rights information does not leave the corporate network, as would be expected of this solution. RMS requires Windows Server 2003, a database such as Microsoft SQL Server™, Windows Server Active Directory®, and an RMS_enabled application or browser. Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2003 are examples of RMS enabled applications. Updated APIs will be required for Windows clients and will be made available via Microsoft Windows Update. RMS can integrate with other technologies such as smart cards or biometrics.

I did not go into detail during the presentation as I felt there were mostly home users there that were not concerned with the business network aspect of the software and most questions were regarding integrating with .Net Passport (as most home users would ask.).
Thank you for promptly updating this information.

Sincerely,
Carl Solazzo, MCSE 2000
Microsoft Services – East Region – Infrastructure


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