Active Directory is widely used across the globe, enjoying a 95 percent market share among Fortune 500 companies. Everyone from large corporations to small companies including the banking sector, hospitals, and government offices use Microsoft’s products for daily operations. So it makes perfect sense that Active Directory would remain the tool of choice for all. With such a wide presence, AD outages cause a serious business impact. For every organization, AD is mission-critical to the business, and 84 percent said that an AD outage would be significant, severe, or catastrophic.