Corporate LDAP vs. Call Manager LDAP

Hello
I've been trying to get to a conclusion about this.
My company uses the Call Manager LDAP directory, but now we will upgrade the Call Managers (from 3.3 to version 4.1).
What benefits do we have if we use the Call Manager with the corporate directory (Active Directory) instead of the built-in?

Take a look at the following post.
http://forum.cisco.com/eforum/servlet/NetProf?page=netprof&forum=Unified%20Communications%20and%20Video&topic=IP%20Telephony&CommCmd=MB%3Fcmd%3Ddisplay_location%26location%3D.1ddc519e
Hope this helps. If so, please rate the post.
Brandon

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