Well the other Eric F from MS has weighed in (! ~eric) Once again the landscape has changed. It is going to be part of MOM...after all.
A snip from his blog entry- http://blogs.msdn.com/ericfitz/archive/2005/11/09/490981.aspx The project was started in 2001 in the Windows Core Security group here at Microsoft. We finished what we intended to build last year, but during the time it took us to build it there were a number of external changes which affected the project- changes in Windows management and organization, and the rise of web services. It took us a while to sort out what to do with ACS in light of these changes. In the end we decided that it fit better with our Operations Manager product (MOM) than with Windows where we originally developed it. My team is working with them to include the ACS code in the next version of MOM, and to keep all of our ACS scenarios intact while gaining the advantages that MOM provides such as data warehousing and reporting. We are also making a change to the ACS protocol to allow convergence of our different event collection technologies in the future. The protocol is web-services based but is not textual XML over HTTP. We'll retain the tight, stingy bandwidth use that you've come to expect from ACS, but all of our technologies will interoperate in the future. So now the FAQ: Q1: How can I get ACS? A1: You can't. Please don't ask. The beta program is not accepting new testers at this time although we will continue to work with our existing testers. Q2: When can I get ACS? A2: When the next version of MOM ships, but I don't know the date. ACS integration will be for the beta 2 release in the spring. Q3: How much will it cost? A3: Licensing terms haven't been set yet. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Medeiros, Jose Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 5:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Audit Collection Services Hmm.. At the Technet Briefing Microsoft stated that it was going to be a free add on.. If it's not going to be free I a sure that people would rather just download an agent for free from source forge to write events to a free syslog server. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply! Hope you have a Happy Friday! Jose :-) ----------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Free, Bob Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 5:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Audit Collection Services Jose- They closed the beta a long time ago. You also had to be nominated by your TAM to get in it in the first place. The architecture and scalability is pretty awesome but the landscape has changed so many times that I'm not sure what to think. Initially, way back when it was called DAD, indications were it would be a free product, that is obviously not the case now. bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Medeiros, Jose Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 5:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Audit Collection Services Hi Bob, Thank you for the update. Would you happen to have the link to sign up to be a beta tester? How do you like it so far? Regards, Jose Medeiros -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Free, Bob Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 12:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Audit Collection Services The last communication I heard from the product group late last year was that the forwarder(agent) would be an optional no-cost component in future versions of Windows (R2 rumored) and the collector would be a separate product, not part of Windows or MOM, pricing and delivery mechanism as yet unknown. The was an online chat with the PM on April 6th for beta participants that I was unable to attend due to other obligations, maybe someone else here was able to and can weigh in. ./bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francis Ouellet Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 11:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Audit Collection Services Hi Guido, I didn't explain myself correctly ;) What I meant was that one of the component of ACS is available from the Add/Remove Windows Component with R2. Not "built-in". Francis -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grillenmeier, Guido Sent: May 13, 2005 12:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Audit Collection Services ACS is very independent from R2 - it may be released within the same timeframe, but doesn't rely on any technology introduced in R2. /Guido -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francis Ouellet Sent: Freitag, 13. Mai 2005 17:39 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Audit Collection Services I'm still in the beta and no, no release yet. And no activity as well. Francis P.S. I think some of the functionality is built-in R2. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Medeiros, Jose Sent: May 13, 2005 11:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ActiveDir] Audit Collection Services Greetings, Does any one know if " Microsoft Audit Collection Services " has been released yet? I attended a Microsoft TechNet Briefing and the stated that it would be out some time last year, is any one using it? 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