I definitely agree, Quest is not cheap. They make some good quality stuff, they certainly aren't the plastic bell manufacturer of software. Whether or not it is inexpensive depends again on what you are used to paying for software and how many people you have to manage.
Anyway, that is why I asked for his definition of cheap (or inexpensive is really the proper term here). He may be in an org used to paying tens of millions of dollars for software or they may have had so many issues with unmanaged changes that the costs of maintaining the environment are out of control. joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Freddy HARTONO Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 12:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Dir web based management I think usually the word cheap doesn't ties along with Quest tools :) Pretty much what Jason was trying to say perhaps..right? Thank you and have a splendid day! Kind Regards, Freddy Hartono Group Support Engineer InternationalSOS Pte Ltd mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (+65) 6330-9785 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 9:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Dir web based management You probably should define your definition of relatively cheap. To some of the folks on this list, $100,000-$500,000 would be considered relatively cheap. I expect your definition may vary. If you mean in the $1000 or less range I would have to say I can't think of anything but possibly there are some open source projects available you could glom onto. Building a web system specific to a single company tends to be considerably easier than building a generic product that would work well for anyone trying to use it to capture any possible eventuality/configuration/work stream. That extra work is usually why people start charging coin for something. Possibly though, you should look at the official commercial products, there might be more there that you need that you aren't thinking about at the moment. Usually anytime mentions a need for something in this area I say build it yourself or look at something like ActiveRoles Server from Quest. That has wrapped in the capability of the former Enterprise Directory Manager tool. joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Yaremchuk Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 5:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ActiveDir] Active Dir web based management I am currently looking at creating a web page that allows onsite tech admin to create and alter user/group info in Active directory. I want to have delegated control of a OU but I am looking at a web form so I can apply some sort of input masks to ensure data consistency when new users are added. Our onsite techs have little knowledge of Active directory so I want to have a lot of control on how and what they can enter. Before I start developing all this I was wondering is anyone has seen free or relatively cheap products already on the market. Any ideas or comments appreciated. Thanks, Jason 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/
