=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Active Directory Tip January 15, 2002
Essential tools and advice for AD management and migration. More Tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ACTIVE DIRECTORY TIPS - Delegate to newbies with taskpads - Take the fear factor out of AD deployment - Creating new AD users with dial-in permission 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Live Expert Q&A Today: Securing your Active Directory - Exclusive Article: NetIQ's Administration Suite upgrade - January Tip Contest: Win a set of Sony wireless headphones! ____________________________________________________________________ ********************** SPONSORED BY: NetIQ ************************* FREE ACTIVE DIRECTORY TOOL Get essential, real-time diagnostics for Microsoft Active Directory with NetIQ's ADcheck - your powerful, free diagnostic tool. With ADcheck, you can quickly check domain controllers, domains and replication. After the first test, you'll wonder how you ever got along without it. Download your FREE copy now at: http://www.netiq.com/f/form/form.asp?id=425 ____________________________________________________________________ DELEGATE TO NEWBIES WITH TASKPAD | by Kevin R. Sharp Group policies can let you delegate requested authority while restricting a recipient from being able to perform tasks outside their purview. But group policies cannot help you overcome the inexperience of the people to whom you are asked to delegate responsibility. A solution: Microsoft Management Console (MMC) lets you create and distribute simple user interfaces customized to include icons for only those tasks a particular user needs to perform. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci795094,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE THE FEAR FACTOR OUT OF AD DEPLOYMENT | by Jan Stafford Get some advice about how to do the right thing with the "monumentally complex" task of AD deployment. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci756342,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CREATING NEW AD USERS WITH DIAL-IN PERMISSION | by Kevin R. Sharp Two parameters must be properly configured for a new user to be granted dial-in privileges, but Active Directory services can directly modify only one of them. Follow the recommended work-around with this tip. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci754110,00.html __________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SECURING YOUR ACTIVE DIRECTORY | Live Expert Q&A Who: David Trulli, Program Manager, Microsoft John Enck, Vice President and Research Director, Gartner David Peterson, Senior Product Manager, NetIQ When: Today, Jan 15, 2002 at 02:00 PM EST (19:00 GMT) Today, Gartner's John Enck, Microsoft's Dave Trulli and NetIQ's Dave Peterson show you how to increase the security of your Active Directory Services. >>CLICK to pre-register... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid1,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NETIQ'S ADMINISTRATION SUITE UPGRADE | by searchWindowsManageability Looking for a product to increase your Active Directory security and Group Policy management? NetIQ's Administration Suite upgrade could be just what you need. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci790606,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIN A SET OF SONY WIRELESS HEADPHONES | Tip of the Month Contest Send in your own Active Directory tip for your chance to win this month's prize -- a set of high quality Sony MDR-IF630RK wireless stereo headphones! Check out the prize and submit your Windows-related tip today. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsHallOfFame/0,289489,sid1_prz764589_cts764586,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ ********************* SEARCHWIN2000 CONTACTS ********************** TIP MAILBOX, (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us feedback on tips and ideas for new tip content. ____________________________________________________________________ MARILYN COHODAS, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your original articles and best practices. ____________________________________________________________________ CHRISTINE POLEWARCZYK, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send Ask the Expert questions or post them in our Discussion Forums for a quicker response. ____________________________________________________________________ SARA CUSHMAN, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send your tips, white papers and favorite Web sites. ____________________________________________________________________ ED PARRY, News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your product announcements and poll ideas. ____________________________________________________________________ MIKE KELLY (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ********************* ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER ************************ Created by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2002, All Rights Reserved. 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