[ed25519FUUU]

Can you find someone to install it, configure it, maintain it and update it, and support it (including on-site once a week) for less than $10K a year?

Microsoft is losing money to have schools run this software.

[chucky_z]

FreeIPA is a Redhat upstream thing (389 Server or something?) so yea I’d imagine Redhat would probably work with a school district for wicked good pricing.

[schoolornot]

I'd pay $10k/yr. out of pocket not to use FreeIPA again. It's no substitute for AD and when it breaks, it breaks hard.

[robertlagrant]

Do Microsoft do that work directly?

[scarface74]

No, but you can throw a rock and find cheap good enough managed service providers that can do it — ie Microsoft partners. MS has been building out the network for decades.