=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Active Directory Tip August 13, 2002
Essential tools and advice for AD management and migration. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSOR: - FREE EVENT: Daily Life with Active Directory http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,4950,00.htm?freeeseminar =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ACTIVE DIRECTORY TIPS - Documentation for Active Directory - Administer AD users and computers in another forest or domain - Ask the Expert: Advice on testing Active Directory 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Best Web Links: AD Migration - Article: Oops! True IT blooper #51: Migration blues - Tip of the Month Contest: Win a digital audio player! ___________________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: Quest Software WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN MANAGING ACTIVE DIRECTORY? Want to secure your environment and reduce the grunt work? Join us for a free e-Seminar: "Daily Life with Active Directory." Quest Software's Doug Davis will discuss how you can tighten AD security, maintain data integrity, diagnose replication conflicts and ease the admin burden. Seats are LIMITED, register TODAY! http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,4950,00.htm?freeeseminar ___________________________________________________________________ DOCUMENTATION FOR ACTIVE DIRECTORY | by James Michael Stewart If you're like me, you'd rather know how to find information than memorize everything. Supposedly that was Einstein's disposition as well. Maybe that explains why he often forgot his address and telephone number. I've been poking around on the Microsoft Web site looking for something new and exciting. I'm constantly amazed by the amount of information available through the Microsoft Web site and the inane complexity of the site and subsequent difficulty I have at actually finding anything. Nevertheless, I recently found something I wanted to share with you. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci843757,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADMINISTER AD USERS AND COMPUTERS IN ANOTHER FOREST OR DOMAIN When accessing the program to administer the AD user and computers in a different forest than the one you're in, create a shortcut icon on the desktop with the command syntax provided here. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci842468,00.html?FromTaxonomy=/pr/286434 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADVICE ON TESTING ACTIVE DIRECTORY | Ask the Expert Dear expert, I have a question for you regarding Active Directory. Can you list a few of the major problem areas when changing directory structures? Also, can you reasonably set up a test environment that will allow you to test the AD structure throughout the enterprise? >> CLICK for Paul Hinsberg's expert response... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid455569_tax285115,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= AD MIGRATION | Best Web Links Active Directory is arguably the biggest, most complex aspect of a Win2k migration. Prepare yourself with this collection of Best Web links. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax285727,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OOPS! TRUE IT BLOOPER #51: MIGRATION BLUES | Article Cuts in staffing have eliminated the one category of workers most IT departments need the most: the post-traumatic stress (PTS) counselor. At this very moment, systems are crashing and backups are being deleted, and system administrators around the world are banging their heads against walls. As PTS counselors know, the trauma doesn't end when the system glitch is fixed. For example, JL still gets the shakes when he remembers the day he dumped his domain. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid33_gci840837,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE USER-SUBMITTED TIP! | Tip Contest The August contest is up and running so have a look at the contenders and rate your favorite tip today. There's a SONICblue Rio 600 32MB Digital Audio Player at stake, so feel free to vote on tips by those users you feel are worthy of joining the ranks of an Insider! http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/0,289484,sid1_tax5e1,00.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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