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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

         As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference into BindView Development Corporation's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 relating to the BindView Development Corporation
Incentive Stock Option Plan, the BindView Development Corporation 1997
Incentive Plan, the BindView Development Corporation Omnibus Incentive Plan and
the BindView Development Corporation 1998 Non-Employee Director Stock Option
Plan of our report dated March 31, 1998 (except as to Note 11, which is as of
May 15, 1998), included in the registration statement of BindView Development
Corporation on Form S-1 (File No. 333-52883).


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


Houston, Texas
July 24, 1998.