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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Myrick, Todd (NIH/CIT) Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 7:32 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Thanks Doug,
I think this might be a career ending move on my part though :> This article makes me look like I single handedly saved the NIH and HHS. I hope my management doesn't get thrown :> Nothing like coming above the radar. Here are some of the comments that didn't make the article. Also don't you like how the writer managed to get LINUX in the article. Must be a requirement now-a-days.
I now have to go buy the "Team" a round of beers. There is 25 people on the "Team", I guess I will use some of those millions I saved.
Toddler
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"The NIH Windows 2000 Focus group determined that the best way to deploy Windows Server 2000 and Active Directory to meet the immediate requirement of upgrading the accounts domains to Active Directory and the future objectives of deploying Exchange 2000 as a department wide collaboration platform required that the design be rooted in a politically neutral placeholder security domain. This would allow for several HHS operating divisions to join the Active Directory and have an autonomous namespace and operation, -- all without ever losing access to Exchange 5.5. The introduction of AD would also serve to improve manageability by combining the existing collaboration directory and enterprise provisioning directory structures."
"Although planning started way back in 1999, the project's "golden spike" was driven on January 6, 2001 by establishing the internal DDNS infrastructure, and placeholder security domain. Two months later the master account domain was in-place upgraded and converted to Native mode 2 months later. These early successes convinced the NIH IT Management council that it was safe to move forward with a full deployment. It took the rest of 2001 to develop final architectural standards for the 28 NIH Institutes & Centers and HHS Operating Divisions planning to joining their NT domains to the Active Directory. The architecture standards established authorities used to make decisions about changes that would affect the overall configuration and schema of the active directory, and operation authorities to manage the changes. The standards we also established to set minimal technical standards for Active Directory and other critical network service operation. The majority of 2002 was spent joining NIH and HHS NT account domains to the Active Directory as either child domains under NIH or HHS domains. The last in-place upgrades took place on December 15, 2002 -- but the quest to fully optimize the efficiency of the NIH's IT management structure will continue indefinitely."
"A critical factor in the success of the NIH Active Directory deployment was the faith that the NIH CIO Alan Graeff put both in the Microsoft technology and the CIT and NIH IC staff that implemented the technology. His support and his ability to balance the pressures both politically and technically helped move the implementation of Active Directory forward and get it integrated into several of the new business systems being developed at the NIH and HHS."
"Another critical factor in the success of the deployment of the NIH Active Directory was the faith and support that Kevin Hobson (Branch Chief of the Backoffice Systems Branch, The branch that is tasked with establishing and coordinating the NIH Active Directory) gave his staff. This support allowed Todd Myrick and Dan Sheehan the freedom they needed to explore technical solutions necessary to make the Microsoft technology integrate better into the NIH organization. In mid 2002 there was an added requirement to have all the NIH IC's join the NIH Active Directory tree to allow for an Enterprise Authentication system to be deployed. The BOSB stretched both their skills and time in helping get the other NIH and HHS groups joined to the Active Directory by the deadline of December. The pressure was great, but in the end they accomplished something that many people though impossible."
"Today, the NIH Active Directory is being optimized to provide better operation continuity in Identity management, collaboration, security, and provisioning. The NIH Active Directory Operations Group (ADOG is part of the BOSB) is leading this effort by identifying the technical specifications and implementation the solutions and technology to make the service continue to grow."
Todd Myrick Quote:
"To many of us in IT, and the BOSB in particular we use Star Trek & Star Wars analogies to describe what we do, how we interact with one another. The BOSB used to be called the BORG (Back Office Resource Group, once we assimilated several of the e-mail systems into one corporate e-mail system we became a branch.) To me, working at the NIH is the closest one can get to working at or being a part of Star Fleet academy. The research that is being done here probably will take many years to make its way into the public health. To lead the design and deployment of a directory service that will serve not only the NIH but possibly the entire department is a task I accept not just as a job, but as a responsibility to aiding the scientist in their mission to find cures for diseases. I try to see the NIH Active Directory as being alive, and try to inspire others to see it the same way, it is almost three years old, and I hope by the time it reaches my age, that it becomes a vital partner to the healthcare community. I call the Active Directory REG, (Requiring Energy and gathering to a direction. It is also named after my grandfather, one of the wisest people I knew when I was growing up."
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Just wanted to let everyone know that Todd Myrick has been recognized by SearchWin2000 for all his hard work. Way to go Todd!
-doug
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- RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Todd Myrick - SearchWin2000.com... Rick Kingslan
- RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Todd Myrick - SearchWin200... Myrick, Todd (NIH/CIT)
- Rod Trent
