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I have seen this link... perhaps I am asking the wrong question, we need to enable 'Simple Authentication' in Active Directory. &nbsp;How is this done?
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I have seen this link... perhaps I am asking the wrong question, we need to enable 'Simple Authentication' in Active Directory.  How is this done?

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I simple LDAP queries to Active Directory are enabled by default?
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I simple LDAP queries to Active Directory are enabled by default?

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All of these authentication mechanisms seemed to be enabled by default. &nbsp;I verified using various connect and bind functions within the ldp tool provided by Microsoft Windows Support Tools.
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All of these authentication mechanisms seemed to be enabled by default.  I verified using various connect and bind functions within the ldp tool provided by Microsoft Windows Support Tools.

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We have an external service that requires us to enable digest authentication to work with SASL; however, I cannot really seem to find any information in regards to enabling this authentication. &nbsp;All documents seem to contain the following:<br />
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&quot;Enabling Digest authentication for Windows domain servers. For more information about enabling Digest authentication for Windows domain servers, see Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.&quot;<br />
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However, multiple search attempts on multiple servers' help fail to reveal this information. &nbsp;Am I missing something or does someone have any additional details?
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We have an external service that requires us to enable digest authentication to work with SASL; however, I cannot really seem to find any information in regards to enabling this authentication.  All documents seem to contain the following:

"Enabling Digest authentication for Windows domain servers. For more information about enabling Digest authentication for Windows domain servers, see Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003."

However, multiple search attempts on multiple servers' help fail to reveal this information.  Am I missing something or does someone have any additional details?

Enabling Digest Authentication for Windows Domain Servers

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.