I'd rephrase Eric's question slightly differently - what will *you* do over the next few months to get comfortable with it in your environment. That's really the only question that needs to be answered prior to deployment into your environment.
Roger -------- Roger Seielstad E-mail Geek > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave > A. Marquis > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 11:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] 2003 SP1 RTM > > Hello Eric, > > I went to the M$ Windows 2003 server page and found this Doc > that lays out all of the changes: > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003 > /servicepa > ck/overview.mspx > > > You referred to SP1 having "too many changes." How did you make this > determination? > > I just read the above doc and it seems that this is more of a > complete overhaul of the OS vs. some fixes rolled up like Win > XP SP1. Also, just my opinion here, but I am in the > healthcare field and everything is mission critical as far as > the directory is concerned. I personally will let other make > the jump and find all the pitfalls as MS isn't always as > forth coming in issues and fixes for those issues. > > > What is the threshold where we cross in to too many? > > When you are altering the core OS ad the way it works vs. a > security fix. > > >2) What steps will you be going through between now and when you do > >install it? > > I will cruise the newsgroups to read other accounts as the KB > site often has confusing documentation on resolving issues. I > find it is better to find the direction one needs to go by > other experiences. > > >What will you do between now and deployment to give you the > confidence > >level you need to fire it up on a box and see how it goes? > > I will just give it a go as soon as it seems safe in a couple > of months. > > It is just like SP2 for win xp. If you install it, the sp2 > will break the ability to view other people's sessions on > their systems. This was a show stopper for me until I spent > about a month searching for a little know regedit that needs > to be made on the users system to restore this functionality. > > Just my 2 cents. If you have a good firewall and anti-virus > protection, things can slide for a little while as others > test it out first. > > David A. Marquis > Computer Systems Administrator > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric > Fleischman > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 12:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] 2003 SP1 RTM > > Dave can you quantify this statement please? I ask out of > curiosity, not disagreement. > > Specifically: > 1) You referred to SP1 having "too many changes." How did you > make this determination? What is the threshold where we cross > in to too many? > 2) What steps will you be going through between now and when > you do install it? What will you do between now and > deployment to give you the confidence level you need to fire > it up on a box and see how it goes? > > Interested, so we can perhaps think through ways to make that > less painful going forward. > ~Eric > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave > A. Marquis > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 8:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] 2003 SP1 RTM > > I am certainly going to be waiting to install this one for a > while........ to many changes to jump right into it. > > David A. Marquis > Computer Systems Administrator > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] 2003 SP1 RTM > > FYI. 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