Congrats.  Welcome to the Dark Side, my young apprentice... ;> 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kingslan
> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 13:21
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [ActiveDir] Change of status - Job-wise, at least.
> 
> All,
> 
> Many of you have become good friends through the years on 
> this list, so it's only right that you be among the first to know.
> 
> On June 3rd, I was layed off from my job as a Sr. Systems 
> Engineer/Architect/Administrator/Security guy/Supervisor.  It 
> was a completely political move, as it seems I had (through 
> my function as a Supervisor and THE Security guy for Windows 
> systems) pissed off one too many VeePs, Sr. VeePs, and above. 
>  (Apparently
> 
> Thanks for those who knew about this and responded with very 
> gracious offers to help me find a new position within their 
> companies or one's that they knew of.  Some were even willing 
> to vouch for me, which still is a shock to me.  :o)
> 
> However, ~4 Mos. ago I started on a journey that I was not so 
> certain where it was going to end.  Well, this week, it 
> ended.  I was offered and accepted a position with Microsoft 
> Consulting Services on Infrastructure related projects.  I 
> will be working with Customers on Windows Server 2003, 
> Exchange 2003, ISA Server 2004, and eventually SMS 2003 and MOM 2005.
> 
> So, to all of you that I've learned from here - and there are 
> too many to name - thank you.  I hope that I'll be a much 
> more frequent visitor to the list with this change of job.
> 
> Also - please don't post replies to the list.  Send them to 
> me directly.
> 
> Rick
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kingslan
> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 12:52 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT - just a bit OT. Visio and AD
> 
> Yep - it *IS* very cool.  Guido showed us this during a 
> Pre-Conference session at this year's Directory Expert's conference.
> 
> However, I should note that even though there were many 
> requests, Guido flatly REFUSED to give away free copies to 
> all attendees.
> 
> Guido is not very generous....[1]  ;o)
> 
> Rick
> 
> [1] Guido, I certainly HOPE you know I'm just kidding.  You 
> are, in fact EXTREMELY generous. [2]  
> 
> [2] However, I still want a free copy...  :oP
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bernard, Aric
> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 12:04 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT - just a bit OT. Visio and AD
> 
> FWIW in the latest revision of the HP OVOw tool is now called 
> the HP OpenView Topology Viewer or OVTV.  The tool now 
> accompanies both the AD SPI and the Exchange SPI since it 
> features the capability to visually lay out both the Active 
> Directory and the Exchange Organization.  Also the tool can 
> now save the views into an XML format for easy reuse and 
> possible data accessibility by another application or script.
> 
> I could not find any documentation on the HP web site showing 
> updated screen shots from the latest revision (although I did 
> not look too hard) so I have temporarily posted some basic 
> screen shots of a test environment at the following URL if 
> anyone wants to take a peak.
> 
> http://www.sacnet.us/ovtv
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Aric Bernard 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 4:27 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT - just a bit OT. Visio and AD
> 
> I think I could have called that one. ;o)
> 
> Thanks for doing that, my version was pretty old. Last time I 
> ran it at xxxx it generated a map that was like 14 pages wide 
> or something like that.
> Rather large but still useful.
> 
> 
> Also since Guido hasn't mentioned it, folks may want to peek 
> at the HP OVO/W ADSPI package. The old Age of Directories 
> piece is in there and named Active Directory Topology Viewer 
> (ADTV). The view you get with that is very cool.
> Heck it was very cool when I got it from Mickey back like 5-6 
> years ago.
> 
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Linehan
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 7:05 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT - just a bit OT. Visio and AD
> 
> Ok I received many me to posts and since most of you are 
> likely blocking attachments I have simply setup a download 
> workspace that will be available for a day or so.  As I 
> stated below this tool comes with no official support from 
> Microsoft.  If you want to download it please use the 
> following workspace to do so:
> 
> https://sftus.one.microsoft.com/choosetransfer.aspx?key=d47fed
> 07-f9fd-48
> cf-9410-b597605c104a 
> 
> Select Receive Files from Microsoft and use the following password:
> L#oHvsiu[d
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Steve
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Linehan
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 5:33 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT - just a bit OT. Visio and AD
> 
> However there is a tool that is often used by support 
> engineers at Microsoft called ADMap that can produce maps of 
> your AD including OUs.
> It is however not fully supported and simply a tool that 
> allows for easy documentation of an environment.  It will 
> query the data from AD and make nice Visio diagrams of your 
> AD and Exchange environment.  I will send it to you offline 
> but it comes with no support. :-)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> Cothern Jeff D.
> Team EITC
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 5:11 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT - just a bit OT. Visio and AD
> 
> Doh so now I have to manually create the layout.  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Parris
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 6:04 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT - just a bit OT. Visio and AD
> 
> Microsoft removed this functionality; it is on the Vision website.
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> Cothern Jeff D.
> Team EITC
> Sent: 30 June 2005 22:37
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [ActiveDir] OT - just a bit OT. Visio and AD
> 
> Has anyone used Visio 2003 to connect to AD and get the OU 
> structure?  I have done it using an older version of Visio 
> but seem to be having problems getting 2003 to do it.
> 
> Jeff
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