Directory Management in Small Business

Hi All -
We have been on OS X server for quite some time. It has provided basic file sharing, time machine for our mac users, and profiles for iOS/OS devices (we deploy company materials in iBooks to keep it updated and clean). We use OneLogin with Open Directory to sync accounts to Google Apps and other web services.
We've always had some Windows machines on our network and would like to be able to better protect them, what is the best solution for this?
It seems there are two good ways to go about this...
1. Use pGina http://pgina.org/ and maintain the open directory setup
2. Install a windows serverfor directory management sync the mac and onelogin to it
1 is cheaper, 2 may be a more robust solution and allows some further customizations for the Windows user experience.
We have 8 windows machines but they serve critical roles, and our number one issue would be to lock them down for security (R&D environment where they are used solely to operate machinery that does not have mac software to run it).
Any feedback from those in either parties on which would be better? Any other suggestions?

Clearly a genuine Windows server acting as an Active Directory server will deliver the most Windows friendly solution, however you had already listed that and I was listing an alternative that you had not. I feel SAMBA4 also acting as an Active Directory server is superior to the hack that is pgina. SAMBA4 is free hence my suggestion for it over a very expensive Windows Server solution.
With SAMBA4 the Windows clients should in theory not be able to tell the difference between it and a genuine WIndows server.

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PRE-INSTALLATION TASKS
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Verify ISAPI Filters:
In IIS Manager, double-click the server instance in the left-hand pane.
In the center pane under IIS, double click the “Modules” icon to verify that the ISAPI native modules are already installed for IIS. If it’s set up correctly you should see two entries:
IsapiFilterModule %windir%\System32\inetsrv\filter.dll
IsapiModule %windir%\System32\inetsrv\isapi.dll
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Create a directory for your CFML files outside of the default Windows location (e.g., default is usually C:\inetpub\wwwroot\). For the purpose of our install, I created a directory on a separate disk called: D:\DEV.
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In IIS Manager, double-click the server instance in the left-hand pane. Click on “Application Pools” to display the list of server application pools in the center pane.
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Do a search and change this one line from:
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To this:
<add name="PasswordExpiryModule" image="C:\Windows\system32\RpcProxy\RpcProxy.dll" preCondition="bitness64" />
Restart the IIS Admin service.
Set HTTP Compression
According to some threads I read, the http compression module can cause errors if you don’t disable it globally. To remedy this, perform the following:
Click: Start > Programs > Accessories. Right-click “Command Prompt” and choose “Run as administrator”.
At the command prompt, change directory to intetsrv by typing: cd inetsrv
Run the following command:
C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv>appcmd.exe set config -section:system.webServer/httpCompression /-[name='xpress']
This will turn off HTTP compression for all sites in IIS.
In IIS Manager, double-click the server instance in the left-hand pane. Double-click the “Compression” icon in the IIS section of the center pane.
Uncheck all of the boxes, then click the “Apply” button under Actions in the right-hand pane.
Recheck all of the boxes, then click the “Apply” button under Actions in the right-hand pane.
Restart the IIS Admin service. This should enable compression and coldfusion to work at the same time.
NOTE: if for some reason you need to reverse this, run the following command from the command prompt:
C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config -section:system.webServer/httpCompression /+[name='xpress',doStaticCompression='false',dll='%windir%\system32\inetsrv\suscomp.dll']
INSTALLATION TASKS
Download the 64-bit installation package from Adobe – filename: coldfusion-801-wind64.exe.
Right-click the file and select “Run as administrator”.
Accept the terms of the License Agreement.
If you have an Enterprise license, enter it. For our purposes, just click the “Developer Edition” checkbox.
Select “Server configuration” – the default radio button.
I deselected all subcomponents and can’t guarantee that you’ll arrive at the same results if you select additional items like “.NET Integrated Services”. It should be fine, particularly if you install documentation. My preference was to keep the install as plain vanilla as possible.
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THE NEXT TWO STEPS ARE CRITICAL TO YOUR SUCCESS. Unselect “All IIS Websites” and select the “Configure specific IIS Website or another web server” radio button. Click “Add”, and then select your test Web site (e.g., “test-site”) under “IIS Web Site”. Hit “OK”.
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POST-INSTALLATION TASKS
Verify CF Installation:
The installation will create a new folder in your program group: Start > Programs > Adobe > Coldfusion 8. The default “Administrator” link will not work because it points to the wrong path: http://127.0.0.1/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm. The “127.0.0.1” or “localhost” path as you may recall in IIS, points by default to the “C:\inetpub\wwwroot” directory. Our CFIDE files, however, are located within: D:\DEV.
To bring up the CF Administrator logon page, open up a Web browser and replace the “http://127.0.0.1” part of the path with the DNS path name to your CF environment (e.g., http://dev.test-site.com/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm).
This should bring up the Coldfusion Administrator Login screen. Enter in the Administrator password you created during the install to log in and configure your application server.
Verify that your test-site renders correctly by typing in your test URL into a Web browser (e.g., http://dev.test-site.com).
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Lastly, jump up and down for joy! Hopefully now, everything is working. Best of luck!! ..Paul D (MCP).

First, it would be a good idea for you to specify what distro of Linux you're using, as not all are supported by Adobe.
Second, this is probably your problem right here:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/40416/why-is-lib-libc-so-6-missing
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Hi,
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Here are some suggestions regarding the IE11 issue from the support team:
How to off compatibility mode on IE 11 by following the instructions given on the link below:
Assuming its IE11 on Win 7. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/use-compatibility-view#ie=ie-11-win-7
if not use this link http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/use-compatibility-view#ie=ie-11
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Cindy
Cisco Small Business Community Manager
www.cisco.com/go/smallbizsupport
twitter: CiscoSBsupport

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