This company was going to go through several AD migrations for all the companies they had acquired over the past decade. They were also bringing in Citrix PVS, XenApp, XenDesktop and MS App-V. I was brought in to do an AD Assessment and we spent almost 6 weeks cleaning up the main AD environment. We spent two entire days doing nothing but cleaning up lingering objects (MBS helped me with the scripts). Their main domain had the central site plus 33 remote sites and each site had a DC and 17 sites had their own Exchange server on the site’s DC!
They had thousands upon thousands of duplicate DNS records which MBS’ script couldn’t help with since DNS was on Bluecat. I could go on and on and on but it was a very profitable and educational 6 weeks and gave me lots of info for my “10 Things in AD” sessions. The best thing about the project was the guy I was working with was an excellent PoSH and VBS scripter and was very knowledgeable about AD and Exchange. He just needed a reason to sit down and have 6 weeks of uninterrupted time to finally clean up the AD he inherited when he took this job. We both learned a lot and taught each other things neither one of us knew. [Plus for some reason, management seems to value an outsiders opinion more than their own staff’s] When you bring in PVS, XenApp, XenDesktop and App-V, you must have a healthy AD and it really helps to be able to make timely changes to DHCP and DNS. As an aside, once their AD was cleaned up, the first AD migration went so smooth we were done in ONE day (with what they had set as goals for the week)! We spent the next 3.5 days showing the newly migrated staff how to migrate the rest of their stuff. Even though I know it cost me a lot of money, I was honest and told the main IT boss there was no reason to bring me in on the next sets of migrations. I do the initial AD Assessment, the guy I worked with cleans it up and then the migration takes place. I am available on an on-call basis and I have never been called. Clean ADs make for smooth migrations. And the customer knows I have their best interest at heart. Another big plus, this AD cleanup, the migrations and bringing in PVS, XenApp, XenDesktop and App-V was so successful, this customer will be a showcase session at Synergy Anaheim! ☺ (It was Shake & Bake and I Helped! LOL) Thanks Webster From: Guyer, Don [mailto:[email protected]] Subject: RE: Slightly OT: RE: Migrate DHCP from 2003 to 2008 R2 Web, I do appreciate the info you have shared and I hope we don’t run into the same problems. It’s been a major process moving from Win to the Bluecat and I’d HATE to have to reverse everything. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
