DISYS engineers partnered with the infrastructure team at Webster to design a highly scalable solution based on a Single Forest, Single Domain, Active Directory model that separated Student, Staff and Faculty Assets and Resources from each other using an OU and delegation model. During the discovery phase, several challenging integration and migration points were identified. These potential issues shaped the design decisions the team and in many cases formed the core enterprise active directory architecture at Webster University.

University environments require a unique approach to Active Directory design and deployment. This is largely due to the presence of multiple, disparate systems that have been installed and configured over the technical lifespan of the University. When Webster University decided to consolidate their internal systems and adopt a modern directory platform that offered native support for Identity Access Management (IAM), the choice was clear. After working with members of the infrastructure support services (ISS) team at DISYS, Webster University elected to use Microsoft Active Directory in Windows Server 2012 R2.