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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Lilianstrom Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 7:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: speaking of AD books... I lost track of which book Joe was writing about below. Can someone refresh my memory? As for Joe writing a book about how he does things - what would be cool. al Rich Milburn wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > Rich Milburn > MCSE, Microsoft MVP - Directory Services Sr Network Analyst, Field > Platform Development Applebee's International, Inc. > 4551 W. 107th St > Overland Park, KS 66207 > 913-967-2819 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > "I love the smell of red herrings in the morning" - anonymous > > -----Original Message----- > 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) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > 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 > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c - 312.731.3132 > > 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/ > > -------APPLEBEE'S INTERNATIONAL, INC. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE------- > PRIVILEGED / CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION may be contained in this message or any attachments. > This information is strictly confidential and may be subject to > attorney-client privilege. This message is intended only for the use > of the named addressee. 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