I thought AD didn't need WINS. 8-) -----Original Message----- From: Nah Idee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 8:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Introductions...
Is AD merely a corporate politics role playing game ? AD=CorPoliSim "Given a wad of cash, some consultants and Win 2000 servers, see if you can manipulate corporate politics to your end. The one who moves to the top of the ladder first, or cashes out the most overinflated stock before the SEC and the Justice Dept become involved WINS (ok WINS is pass�, 'is the winner') !" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellis, Debbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:57 AM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Introductions... > Know what you are going through. I am a consultant to a company with > 140,000 users . Currently have 25 different resource domains. > (Account domains were always controlled by a central authority) The > admins wanted to > maintain autonomy over their units. Even wanted to create their own forest. > I gathered documentation to show they would still have control over > their resources using OU's. For forest wide decisions, a committee > from each business unit and the central authority is being set up. We > also gave them > a pros and con list of maintaining their own forest. FSMO roles are > controlled by a central authority. We have some sites, that will > create their own domains because of different requirements, but the > majority are coming in as OU's. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Sobey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Introductions... > > Hello everyone, > > After lurking for a week or so, just wanted to send a quick note to > introduce myself. I'm an admin for a firm in London, currently > designing an > AD structure for our group, to be rolled out this year, and very > nervous about it! Our AD structure will cover 15 sites, linked via VPN > in an arrangement with 3 hubs and 12 spokes. Needless to say. each > site currently > has its own NT4 domain with different naming/security policy, so I'm > using this as an opportunity to bind everyone together into a common > structure. I > have a feeling the politics will be harder than the techinical bits by > the end :) > > Nice to meet you all... > > Cheers, > Paul > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
