What specifically do the sites want to do? What problems are the sites facing that they are not currently able to perform? How long does it take the central site to respond to requrests? Is there anyway the response time can be shortened without giving them control of the users?
In the envrionment I work in, User administration is centrally controlled. Controll of groups and users has been delegated down division level IT staff. (we only have one site, but various divisions within that one site.) We have established naming conventions for groups and we enforce the naming conventions. Initally I had to remind users of the naming conventions but they were quick to comply. Computer administration has been more of a problem. Computers go into AD, but are never removed. I have not found an effective way to address this problem yet. (Primarily because it has not yet become a pain point.) I could delete old computers from the OUSs, but I am reluctant to do this yet. Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nathan Casey > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 6:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Centralized vs. decentralized administration > > Anyone have a good argument against decentralized > administration in a single domain, multi site AD > environment. Currently all user, computer, group, etc admin > is handled by the IT dept. Now, we need to justify why we > should NOT let users at the sites admin their own users, > computer, groups, etc. For the most part the users at the > sites that want to admin their own users have no AD admin > experience. Any suggestions would be helpful > Thanks > Nathan > > 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/
