Do you have a new app you need to roll out that you can publish or assign through AD? Users get a kick out of being able to install new software themselves or seeing updated software install auto-magically...
You could use LDAP and a little web page to make a simple phone number / email address lookup page that pulls the info from AD... You could re-configure their Internet Explorer home page to point to the corporate intranet (and prevent them from changing it)... :) Just some suggestions. FWIW, AD isn't about making users go "oh, that's cool".... It's about making administrators go "damn, that's useful". Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. -Douglas Adams -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carerros, Charles Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 11:05 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [ActiveDir] Enhancement Question This is an odd question. We have just about finished up rolling out AD 2003 (from an NT domain) and I have been charged with finding "several ways to utilize Active Directory to optimize the management of our applications and infrastructure. At least one of the solutions should enhance functionality directly for the user community." I'm having problems of finding ways to enhance functionally for the end-users. Besides tying the AD into a one of our outsourced web based applications to reduce their password count I'm stretching. I know of a number of management and infrastructure enhancements that could be made but none enhance the functionality of our end-users to a point where they will notice it and say "Wow, now that's cool". Does anyone know of a location where I can get ideas on this topic? Increased security, stability, management. These core things are not seen by the end-user even though they directly affect them. I need to find something that the end-users will like to see and something that benefits them. I'm just coming up blank on this. In the past, I have always been instructions to use AD in ways that the end-user doesn't notice but increases the functionality. Thanks, Charlie List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
