----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 10:15
AM
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Back to Basics -
Design Pros and Cons
Have
you seen the Microsoft University Relations website? It's a site dedicated to
issues for the University IT Pro.
I've
seen many Universities with multiple forest, Many
people think that a domain is a Security boundary, but if you need
more than an Administrative boundary, multiple forests is the way to
go.
Regards,
/Jimmy
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Jimmy Andersson,
Q Advice AB
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
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There is so much material out there on AD now it
is almost scary [in many ways it is not too dissimilar to NDS 'cepting the
DNS component] My problem is design for a new network, being in a school we
have the luxury of starting from scratch without business fallout problems.
We are multi-campus and have a fairly substantial network with an 11MB
"Spread Spectrum" Microwave link between campuses. I am a big fan of the
KISS principle but am stuck in deciding between multiple trees or a single
tree with many sites, both concepts have advantages. We do not need to
implement a Forrest structure as our DNS is set in concrete. We have the
following elements: Campus1, Campus2, Students1, Students2, Staff1, Staff2
... or OrganisationAll, StaffAll, StudentsAll. Obviously there are sub
components of these elements as well. The main concern is to have the most
useful GPO structure without too much complexity. Does anyone have any
experience in setting up this type of AD. Any ideas on multiple domains
versus single domain many sites?? Help, opinions, comments, ideas all
welcome. Thanks.
Max Wohlgehagen
TSI - Rowville
"Of all the things
I've lost, it's my mind I miss the most."
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