=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Active Directory Administration Tip June 17, 2003
Essential tools and advice for AD management and migration. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSOR: - Quick Guide to Windows Server 2003 http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,15254,00.htm?microsoft =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ACTIVE DIRECTORY TIPS - Placing global catalog servers - Search Active Directory from XP - Ask Paul Hinsberg: Two different IP blocks in AD infrastructure? - Ask Serdar Yegulalp: Apply group policy for users & computers? 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Topic: Avoiding Active Directory disasters - Q&A: Terminally confused about terminal services? - Chapter of the Week: "Interconnectivity with other systems" - Windows Word of the Week: Blog - Tip Contest: Time is running out! Submit your tip today! ___________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: Microsoft The Quick Guide to Windows Server 2003. Get the latest information on installation, new features and training. Click here! http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,15254,00.htm?microsoft ___________________________________________________________________ PLACING GLOBAL CATALOG SERVERS | by James Michael Stewart When designing and implementing an Active Directory domain, you need to think about the placement of your global catalog servers. The global catalog is the master index of objects within an Active Directory forest and serves as a quick search tool to locate objects within a forest. Every domain must have at least one global catalog server. The first domain controller (DC) installed into a domain automatically serves as that domain's global catalog server by default. As the size of your forest grows, there may become a need to configure additional global catalog servers throughout the forest (i.e., in each domain). >>Click here for the full tip: http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci906514,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH ACTIVE DIRECTORY FROM XP | by RE Aldridge Learn how to search AD from XP by reading this user-submitted tip. >>Click here for the full tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci900727,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TWO DIFFERENT IP BLOCKS IN AD INFRASTRUCTURE? | Ask Paul Hinsberg Dear Paul: I'm currently planning on configuring AD in my network, which already contains two different IP blocks. (I have the 64.110.xx.xx and the 66.133.xx.xx network numbers.) Can you please give me some tips on implementing AD and DNS in this environment? >>Click here for Hinsberg's expert response: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid522735_tax285115,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CAN I APPLY GROUP POLICY FOR USERS & COMPUTERS? | Ask Serdar Yegulalp Dear Serdar: Can you tell me how to apply group policy for individual users and computers in Windows 2000? And is it possible to apply policies for specific users on standalone workstations running Windows 2000 and XP Pro? I want to restrict my users, but I can only apply the policies for every user on the computer. >>Click here for Yegulalp's expert response: http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid33_cid473821_tax288093,00.html Want more tips like these last two? Then sign up to receive SearchWin2000.com's "Tips from our experts" biweekly newsletter. Just one click will automatically activate your free subscription: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/OptIn/1,290894,sid1,00.html?cid=457574&em=&tid=3107&FE=1 ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= AVOIDING ACTIVE DIRECTORY DISASTERS | Featured Topic Ah, the joys of Active Directory. First there's the design and planning stages, then the fun, fun migration. Then you actually get to use it. Fear not -- we've collected the most helpful links for you to make AD run smoothly. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci879864,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TERMINALLY CONFUSED ABOUT TERMINAL SERVICES? | Q&A Christa Anderson, an internationally known speaker, writer and authority on server-based computing, has joined SearchWin2000.com as an expert to answer your terminal services questions. In this article, Christa fields questions on everything from testing to connecting through a VPN. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci905426,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "INTERCONNECTIVITY WITH OTHER SYSTEMS" | Chapter of the Week Last week's chapter, Network security, came from "Windows XP Professional Network Administration," as does this week's chapter, Interconnectivity with other systems. Don't miss your chance to read this week's excerpt, which examines various network designs using Windows XP Professional, along with scenarios in which Windows XP Professional will connect with Windows 2000 server, or a Unix or NetWare server. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid1_gci896718,00.html?Offer=chpdwled061703 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BLOG | Windows Word of the Week Blogs are becoming more popular and if you haven't hit one yet, you probably will soon. Find out what blogs are in our glossary. C'mon; all the cool kids are doing it. If you can't find a definition you're looking for in SearchWin2000.com's growing repository of technical terms, let us know (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) and we'll add it. >>Check out our definition of a blog: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/gDefinition/0,294236,sid1_gci214616,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TIME IS RUNNING OUT! 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