=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Active Directory Tip July 9, 2002
Essential tools and advice for AD management and migration. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSOR: - FREE Active Directory e-Seminar Series! http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,4375,00.htm?freeeseminar =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ACTIVE DIRECTORY TIPS - Delegate authority via Active Directory - Why MCSEs take the AD design exam - The politics of Active Directory 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Got an AD emergency? Call "Dr. Marks" - Top 10 AD management bloopers - Dos and don'ts: Removing Active Directory migration obstacles ___________________________________________________________________ *********************** Sponsored by: NetIQ *********************** FREE Active Directory e-Seminar Series! Register now for "The Real World with Active Directory." In this two-part online seminar event sponsored by NetIQ and FullArmor, you'll learn how to simplify AD deployment and maximize security procedures. Register now and after the seminar you'll receive a FREE white paper, "Securely Managing Your Group Policies." http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,4375,00.htm?freeeseminar ___________________________________________________________________ DELEGATE AUTHORITY VIA ACTIVE DIRECTORY | by James Michael Stewart One of the often-overlooked basic benefits of Active Directory is delegated authority. Delegated authority is the ability to assign administrative level rights, privileges and access to non-administrative or system-operator level users. In other words, delegated authority allows you to take advantage of the ordinary users' eagerness to gain a little power while reducing your own workload and administrative overhead. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci837087,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHY MCSEs TAKE THE AD DESIGN EXAM | by Ed Tittel Everybody who pursues an MCSE knows that in addition to the "Core Four" exams, there's another category of required exams called the Core Design exams. After finishing the Core Four, candidates must choose and pass one design exam, plus two electives, to earn an MCSE. But which design exam? "Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure" is by far the most popular. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci832533,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE POLITICS OF ACTIVE DIRECTORY | SearchWindowsManageability An IT administrator's priority may be to assemble business goals with the IT staff, but it's impossible to overlook the role corporate politics play in making AD decisions. Margie Semilof examines the delicate balance between simplicity and politics in this story. >> CLICK here for the complete story... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci835880,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= GOT AN AD EMERGENCY? CALL "DR. MARKS" | SearchWindowsManageability While the idea of designing forests, trees, domains and sites is enough to push some into early retirement, everybody else has to figure it all out. Here's where Howard Marks rides to the rescue: The founder and chief scientist of Networks Are Our Lives Inc. offers some tips for the baffled masses. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid33_gci836144,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TOP 10 AD MANAGEMENT BLOOPERS | SearchWindowsManageability The only consolation for IT managers who make mistakes in Microsoft AD migration and management is that they're not alone. After helping folks migrate and manage AD over the last couple of years, migration expert Doug Davis has seen more than his share of bloopers. In fact, he's compiled a list of Active Directory blunders that can help you avoid being company to those in AD misery. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci798401,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= REMOVING AD MIGRATION OBSTACLES | SearchWindowsManageability The project leader for an enterprise Active Directory migration has to be one part technologist, one part diplomat and one part prognosticator. Keith Millar, director of Microsoft Solutions product management for Quest Software, offered these deployment tips to help present and future project teams avoid common Active Directory migration problems. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci773663,00.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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