Joe I have one question for you on this book before mine arrives... am I
going to read it, and then start bugging you again about compiling a
book of AD and server best practices based off of all the good novels
you have posted on this list??
:)
In fact... come to think of it... maybe there is still an unwritten
book... one that takes topics that tend to come up on this list and
deals with each on a discussion basis. It might be more useful for
consultants and architects though, but still... two examples:
1) empty root domain issue - pros and cons
2) remotely managing DCs - joe you once had a long spiel on how you used
to manage all those DCs remotely, and rather than give someone DA rights
to work on it, you'd demote it, then rebuild it from bare metal. A
decent percentage of us probably knows how to do these things remotely.
But what if someone wanted to set something like this up, and it was a
new concept to them. Is there a guide out there anywhere that could
show how to do it? From setting up the imaging software, to configuring
a DC image to come up without someone clicking any buttons locally, etc?
A book like that would probably want a lot of input from a lot of
people, because the answers to a lot of best practices questions are "it
depends". But I bet there's a need...
Rich
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 10:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: speaking of AD books...
Yeah there is a chapter on migration from 2K to K3 as well as a small
chapter on upgrading to K3R2.
The big wins in this version of the book if anyone asks me though are
1. A real live chapter on ADAM. First in existence that I am aware of. I
like this chapter, if anyone reads it and has issues with it, please
email
me directly. I really like ADAM, I want to make sure my info is all
correct
and that it fits people's experiences with it. Heck I wouldn't mind just
hearing about people's experiences so if I write anything else
concerning
ADAM, I can comment on it so others may not hit the same
issues/pitfalls.
2. Significant updates to the Schema Chapters.
3. Significant updates to the Security Chapters.
4. A chapter on basic Exchange (AD-Related) tasks and how to script
them.
5. The Site Topology and Replication chapter got a pretty serious update
as
well.
6. A lot of the scripts were reworked.
Do not buy the book for the VB.NET and Directory Services chapter. I am
not
a NET person, I fully admit it, it is pretty much the same as it was in
2E.
If you want a book in that realm, you want the book Joe Kaplan has been
working on, I was a technical reviewer for that book and it looks like
it is
going to be pretty good.
The TR folks can comment if they like on what they liked about it or
anything they think that is in it that makes it worthwhile. I had, what
I
considered unusual, a two way street with feedback with the TRs. They
sent
me their comments, I sent back responses for many of the comments and
asked
for more detail or asked questions or what not as needed. I know most
everything I have ever TR'ed has been sort of a black hole where I don't
know if the feedback is being used or not which I never liked. At least
one
reviewer mentioned to me that the feedback was unusual and well
accepted.
I don't expect this to be the be all end all book on AD but I did try to
make it so I would be happy my name was on it which if anyone knows me
is
not a low achievement bar, I am a bit picky. But at the same time, I
know I
didn't get everything perfect, there wasn't time for perfect, it had to
be
released this decade. It isn't a book that is in my voice/tone; it is a
refresh so I attempted to follow the voice/tone that was there as much
as
possible as it wasn't mine to change. Some people will not like that and
some people are probably thankful for it. :o)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Garyphold
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 3:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: speaking of AD books...
We're migrating our AD from W2K to W2K3 in the next month. And I want
to be
able to find out a little about the AD migration beforehand (our
consultant
is doing it - I'm not ready to jump into deep water on something like
this).
Will the 3rd edition cover W2K and getting from there to W2K3? And
we'll
still be using W2K on a couple of servers, so I want to be able to have
documentation that will cover both.
Thanks.
Gary
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Desmond
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 2:39 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: speaking of AD books...
Reserved my copy. You should see if they'll do the Saturday Fedex home
delivery like when you reserve a copy of Harry Potter. ;)
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
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