=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Active Directory Tip June 18, 2002
Essential tools and advice for AD management and migration. More Tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Quest Software: Is your Active Directory data secure? http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,4047,00.htm?FreeWhitepaper - 13 MCSE CD-ROM training courses for the price of 3! http://learn.serebra.com?s=53&i=465&m=ew2tr061102&p=c =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ACTIVE DIRECTORY TIPS - Controlling the appearance of printers in AD - Paul Hinsberg: Answers to your AD questions - Marry E2k and Active Directory 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Best Web Links: AD migration - Win2000Talk Radio: Sizing up Microsoft's storage initiative - Vote for your favorite user admin tip! ____________________________________________________________________ **************** Sponsored by: Quest Software ********************** DO YOU WANT TO LOCK DOWN YOUR NETWORK and spend less time on manual tasks? Quest and Hewlett-Packard have teamed up to offer "Advanced Security Management of Active Directory in Windows 2000," a free white paper discussing key challenges that AD shops face. Learn how you can improve network security across the enterprise and make Active Directory work for YOU. Download the WHITE PAPER today! http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,4047,00.htm?FreeWhitepaper ____________________________________________________________________ CONTROLLING PRINTER APPEARANCE IN AD | by James Michael Stewart Your company has just purchased and deployed a high-end full-color printer and a high-speed black-and-white publishing center that can print, bind and sort 20 copies of 500 pages each in less than 10 minutes. After the first month, you discover that your printing supply costs are astronomical. A quick audit of the activity on the printer reveals that many users are printing personal or non-essential items to the color printer and accidentally printing 20 bound copies of reports when they only needed one. After a memo declaring the new printers off-limits to everyone but the accounting and PR department, you realize that the only way to prevent abuse of the printers is to restrict access. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci833305,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PAUL HINSBERG: ANSWERS TO YOUR AD QUESTIONS | Expert Q&A Site expert Paul Hinsberg responds to Active Directory planning, trusts and DNS user questions left over from a May 30 Webcast, "Staying secure during an NT to 2000 migration." >>Click here for expert Paul Hinsberg's responses... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci833179,00.html?FromTaxonomy=/pr/286434 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MARRY E2K AND ACTIVE DIRECTORY | SearchWindowsManageability In this two-part series, Aelita Software CEO Ratmir Timashev explains the issues and challenges administrators face with a multi-forest AD design in Exchange 2000. >> CLICK here for part one... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci831736,00.html >> CLICK to read part two... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci831747,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ ******** 13 MCSE CD-ROM training courses for the price of 3! ******** Get a jump start on your MCSE certification or the certification of your technology staff with our MS-approved MCSE study guides. Act now to receive your 13 CD-ROM training courses supporting the MCSE Exam 70-215, "Installing, Configuring and Administering Windows 2000 Server." CD-ROM price: $349 (a $1300 value!) 65 hours of training http://learn.serebra.com?s=53&i=465&m=ew2tr061102&p=c ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= AD MIGRATION | Best Web Links Active Directory is arguably the biggest, most complex aspect of a Win2k migration. These Best Web Links will help you be prepared. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax285727,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SIZING UP MICROSOFT'S STORAGE INITIATIVE | Win2000Talk Radio Microsoft has created a new business unit focused on storage and outlined its intentions to become a major player in the market. Can it succeed? Join Win2000Talk host Laura DiDio as she debates the issues with analysts Jamie Gruener of Yankee Group and Arun Taneja of Enterprise Storage Group. >> CLICK to listen... http://win2000talk.techtarget.com/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE USER ADMIN TIP! | Rate user tips We want your tips! The June contest is in full swing, so have a look at the contenders and rate your favorite admin tip today. Submit your own tip for a chance to win this month's prize, a five-piece set of Boston Acoustics computer speakers! >> CLICK to read the new tips... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid1_tax5e3,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ ********************* SEARCHWIN2000 CONTACTS ********************** TIP MAILBOX, (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send feedback on tips and ideas for new tip content. ____________________________________________________________________ MARILYN COHODAS, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your original articles and best practices. ____________________________________________________________________ CHRISTINE POLEWARCZYK, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your ideas for online event and discussion day topics. ____________________________________________________________________ DAVID PYE, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your tips, white papers and favorite Web sites. ____________________________________________________________________ DAVID GABEL, Executive Tech Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your technical tips and tip ideas. ____________________________________________________________________ MARGIE SEMILOF, Senior News Writer (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your news and story 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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