=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Active Directory Tip August 20, 2002
Essential tools and advice for AD management and migration. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSOR: - Do you want to become an Active Directory expert? http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,5084,00.htm?FreeResourcesADMGMT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ACTIVE DIRECTORY TIPS - Manage user profiles via GPO - Ask the Expert: Interoperability issues with Exchange 2000 AD - Got an AD emergency? Call "Dr. Marks" 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Best Web Links: Active Directory and Network Management - Discussion Forum: Migration and Active Directory - Win a SONICblue Rio 600 32MB Digital Audio Player! ___________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: Quest Software GET OUR FREE RESOURCES FOR ACTIVE DIRECTORY MANAGEMENT. Check out our expert advice & download free tools to simplify management of Active Directory! View our archived eSeminar series on advanced AD management. Download the HP-Quest joint white paper on AD security. Learn how companies leverage our AD solutions to do more work with fewer resources. Visit Quest Software today! http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,5084,00.htm?FreeResourcesADMGMT ___________________________________________________________________ MANAGE USER PROFILES VIA GPO | by James Michael Stewart The group policy object for an Active Directory container -- domain, site or organizational unit -- can be used to control many aspects of user profiles. Stewart focuses on three of these controls in this tip. All three of these controls are located within the User Configuration, Administrative Templates, System, User Profiles section of a GPO. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci845283,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= INTEROPERABILITY ISSUES WITH EXCHANGE 2000 AD? | Ask the Expert Ask Scott Schnoll: "If I want to keep the same interoperability that I have today with Exchange 2000/AD, it would require a single forest/schema, as I understand it. This just isn't an acceptable model for my company. Are there other tools that will allow a Global Address List, shared Public Folders and simple Free/Busy data access? Or is it possible I'm being lead astray and the issue is far simpler than this?" >> CLICK for Scott's expert response... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid485932_tax285117,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= GOT AN AD EMERGENCY? CALL "DR. MARKS" | by Margie Semilof Howard Marks, founder and chief scientist of Networks Are Our Lives Inc., Hoboken, N.J., has installed at least nine Active Directory sites -- always without the luxury of using a test lab. In this Q&A, battle-hardened Marks shares wisdom from his time in the trenches and offers some tips and advice to the baffled masses. >> CLICK for the full Q&A interview... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid33_gci836144,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ACTIVE DIRECTORY AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT | Best Web Links Active Directory is a world within Windows 2000, and it's a world where a lot of IT professionals run into detours and dead ends. This section offers a road map to the best online information about AD administration, maintenance, Group Policy, replication and more. It also serves as a guide to the world surrounding AD, covering network management issues like load balancing and TCP/IP. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid33_tax287625,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MIGRATION AND ACTIVE DIRECTORY | Discussion Forum Join the discussion to learn and share information about Windows 2000 deployment, Active Directory, hardware compatibility, performance, migrating desktops and servers and more. http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee83d6a!viewtype=&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SUBMIT A TIP AND WIN! | Tip Contest Do you have a time-saving short cut, trick, or hint that you want to share with other Win2000 pros? Submit it to the editors of SearchWin2000.com! 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