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Samba DC vs AD Dc

Hello,  I work for a company that is thinking about implementing domain controllres (currently all standalone workstatons).  Due to the licensing and $$$ with MS, that are also considering Samba.  Not knowing much about the Samba portion, what are the pros /cons to Samba?  I understand that Samba functions like NT4 (not sure if that is true) in which there are permissions, accounts etc... but may not have other abilities suck as policies and restrictions.  Can anyone help me out with that?  Which one is stronger?
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What about Samba though, what are the limitations and how does it compare to AD?
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I'm having a tought time trying to get any sensible info about this, as no doubt you were...!
It seems like it's very basic, you can have computer and user accounts, and that's about it.
My advice would be that Windows always talks to Windows best, and works very well. If you try and scrimp on the very core of your environment you are stepping into a world of pain.
Clearly it's your decision, but if you're asking me as an systems engineer with 12+ yrs experience, I'm advising very strongly that it's not a good plan.
By all means use Samba/CIFS for file servers, but AD is what you want for authentication and management.
Thank you