Emulate Windows Autoenrollment using DSFW, ZW, and Novell CA

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I am replacing my (very) old Windows backend with OES on SLES to manage
Windows clients. I am moving all my clients to a new domain running
Domain Services for Windows and was hoping there was a way to emulate
the Windows CA autoenrollment functionality with the Novell Certificate
Services when workstations are joined to the new domain. All of the
Windows servers are being decommissioned so I can no longer use Windows
CA.

I read the article below but it is quite old so I was hoping there might
have been some changes in the past 5 years.

‘PKI Auto-Enrollment for Novell eDirectory’
(https://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/appnote/18931.html)

If not, what do people generally do in these scenarios (excluding “use
Windows CA”)? This is a small environment so purchasing an external CA
is not really an option.

I appreciate any advice!

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You might try asking in the OES admin support forum to see what others
have done. : )

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If this was a ZENworks Support forum, I would answer you.
(Hint Hint :>>)
However, I fear bodily harm if I try to answer here…

On 2/3/2014 2:56 PM, execpm wrote:[color=blue]

I am replacing my (very) old Windows backend with OES on SLES to manage
Windows clients. I am moving all my clients to a new domain running
Domain Services for Windows and was hoping there was a way to emulate
the Windows CA autoenrollment functionality with the Novell Certificate
Services when workstations are joined to the new domain. All of the
Windows servers are being decommissioned so I can no longer use Windows
CA.

I read the article below but it is quite old so I was hoping there might
have been some changes in the past 5 years.

‘PKI Auto-Enrollment for Novell eDirectory’
(https://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/appnote/18931.html)

If not, what do people generally do in these scenarios (excluding “use
Windows CA”)? This is a small environment so purchasing an external CA
is not really an option.

I appreciate any advice!

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Craig Wilson wrote:
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If this was a ZENworks Support forum, I would answer you.[/color]

Is this more of a ZEN question you think rather than DSfW?

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Depends on the Implementation of DSFW and ZW.
Both could solve the issyue.

On 2/4/2014 8:23 AM, Joseph Marton wrote:[color=blue]

Craig Wilson wrote:
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If this was a ZENworks Support forum, I would answer you.[/color]

Is this more of a ZEN question you think rather than DSfW?
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