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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2

              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

         We have issued our report dated February 4, 1997, accompanying the
financial statements of BindView Development Corporation contained in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus of BindView Development Corporation on
Form S-1 (File No. 333-52883), which is incorporated by reference in this
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. We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of the aforementioned report.


Grant Thornton LLP


Houston, Texas
July 24, 1998.