If I saw a newsletter like you describe out of MS I would start looking around for Rod Serling.
On the serious side, I think this is a great idea as a whole but would hope that it stuck to AD core stuff as much as possible with slight jaunts out to other things that rely on AD such as GPOs, etc. I think the Q&A idea is a good one as well but again, try to keep it core. If the scope creeps the newletter would get big and bloaty and would become garbage in the inbox. You could go all over the map with what AD can help with but so few people have a strong grasp on the core aspects of it such as replication and data retrieval/storage that that causes many issues in and of itself. Get actual developers to write things up. Maybe a developer experiences piece in every newsletter written by a developer about something they did or why they did when they were designing a specific feature, etc. Sort of what you see in the Halo Sybex book or you see in some of the MS Blogs. That often puts "why" context around the reasoning behind something and sometimes insight into how best to use it. Have several pieces on core AD. Then maybe a dev experience article and then a "using AD" article which talks about plugging in MIIS or Exchange or whatever. I would really enjoy an article by BrettSh occasionally like thoughts from Brett as he always has some interesting and strong opinions/thoughts. Maybe once a quarter or every couple of quarters you get a "Where we are going and why" from Stuart. The same frequency a where we were and how we got there and why from DonH. Finally, how about having the newsletter be a newsletter/web page. That way one could go to the web site and see all of the previous newsletters as well and could benefit folks who don't want one more email, but would like to be able to go out and see them just the same. Whatever is done, I will sign up, in fact, sign me up if you want to right now. joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenny Lee Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 1:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] AD Monthly E-Mail Newletter? oh my.. i definitely like Tony's idea! :) lovely but .. example.. ----------------------- ReaderK: Is that anyway that AD can detect PCs without patches which have security loop hole? MS : Yes, you will... AD will push the computer object into OU named "Patching_in_Process" and the OU will automatically do everything for you. ReaderL: What about MS-Blaster or other infecting viruses to a PC? MS - BG : Say goodbye to Hackers and Packers! :) cause AD will push computer objects to an OU named Virus_cleaning_in_process which will detect and patch all the affected PCs in no time!! :) We will free from Virus World and Security Loophole Forever..yoohoo... Wow! i definitely like it....... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 7:53 PM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Monthly E-Mail Newletter? > I would quite like to see some Q&A in there too. It would be great to have responses from the horses mouth (as it were). > > ReaderX: Why do I have to have Domain Admin permissions to see deleted objcts. > MS: Well, we had to do it that way because.... > > ReaderY: Why is the lastLogoff attribute not populated? > MS: Because we forgot. > > ReaderZ: Are there any plans to automatically store patch/hotfix informartion for Computers in Ad? > MS: Yes, you'll have it next week. > > etc. > > Tony > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > Wrom: VFVWRKJVZCMHVIBGDADRZFSQHYUCDDJBLVLMHAALPTCXL > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 18:32:01 +1000 > > > Jackson - ditto with the other e-mails that have been doing the rounds. > Like Guido said it would be great if it was a honest newsletter with > some handy points on some of the problems that are out there ... And not > just a sales pitch. > > Regards, Andrew > > > > > -----Original Message----- > Wrom: YRWTQTIPWIGYOKSTTZRCLBDXRQBGJSNBOH > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jackson Shaw > Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 4:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ActiveDir] AD Monthly E-Mail Newletter? > > > I've been doing focus groups with mid-market customers (avg ~100-500 > employees) over the last few days and have both learned a lot about > their "pains" and where they get information about Active Directory. > > A number of customers suggested that we consider a monthly AD-focused > newsletter where we could inform recipients of new AD content, case > studies and perhaps give the opportunity to well known industry folks to > provide a short column. The newsletter would focus on how customers > solve particular "pains" using AD or other technologies that leverage AD > like Exchange, MIIS, etc. Or, maybe it is a web site with an RSS feed. > > There is no way that such a newsletter could replace a community like > the one associated with this mailing list but I do believe it could > serve the purpose of highlighting AD and informing customers - > especially smaller customers & consultants - about new developments > around AD. > > My question to this group is: How useful do you think such a newsletter > would be to you or your customers? Last thing I want to do is create > more "spam" for anyone's Inbox. Thoughts? > > Feel free to reply directly to me, if you'd like. > > Best, > > Jackson Shaw > Product Manager, Directory Services > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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/ > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sent via the WebMail system at mail.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/
