=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Active Directory Administration Tip September 9, 2003
Essential tools and advice for AD management and migration. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Need help managing your Active Directory environment - Free Trial http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,18016,00.htm?ecora - FREE eBook, "Windows 2003: Active Directory Administration Essentials" http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,18015,00.htm?netiq =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ACTIVE DIRECTORY TIPS - Keep secrets with AD containers - Exporting AD account information to a spreadsheet - Ask Paul Hinsberg: Wizard won't permit additional Win2k DC 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Topic: Troubleshooting Office - True IT Blooper: Technical foul - Chapter Download: "PKI-Enabled Services" - Tip Contest: Steal home in September! Win a 256 MB MP3 player ___________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: Ecora How are you managing changes in your Active Directory environment? If this is proving to be a difficult task, Ecora can help. Ecora's Active Directory module, part of its Enterprise Auditor 3.0 suite, delivers an automated solution to proactively manage and control changes. With dozens of "out-of-the-box" AD specific reports, Ecora simply saves you time and enables you to better manage your environment. >> Free download: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,18016,00.htm?ecora ___________________________________________________________________ KEEP SECRETS WITH AD CONTAINERS | by James Michael Stewart You know that you need to plan out your AD container structure when you migrate from a Windows NT4-based domain. Once you have your forests, trees and domains, don't forget that you can have sub containers called organizational units (OUs) that offer a number of very nice features. >> CLICK here for the full tip: http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci924329,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EXPORTING AD ACCOUNT INFORMATION TO A SPREADSHEET | by RE Aldridge Do you need an easy way to export important info, like e-mail addresses and user names, into Excel? To get data from Active Directory into a spreadsheet format, just follow the advice in this simple user-submitted tip. >> CLICK here for the full tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci924471,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIZARD WON'T PERMIT ADDITIONAL WIN2K DC | Ask Paul Hinsberg Dear Paul: I have a client that has an NT server PDC with the domain name "accounts." Also, the client has a Windows 2000 server with AD installed with domain name "mycompany.com." Now the client wants to upgrade the NT PDC (domain name: accounts) to a Windows 2000 domain controller and add it to the domain name "mycompany.com." But after upgrading the NT PDC, he is unable to join the "mycompany.com" as an additional DC. The wizard won't allow it. How can this be made possible? >> CLICK here for Paul Hinsberg's expert response: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid548385_tax285115,00.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 ___________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: NetIQ Active Directory Essentials eBook Gain the technical information you need to harness the power of Active Directory. Register now for the FREE eBook, "Windows 2003: Active Directory Administration Essentials," brought to you by NetIQ. Industry expert Jeremy Moskowitz will detail best practices for deploying, implementing and managing Active Directory in a Windows 2003 environment. Take control of Active Directory. >>Download it now: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,18015,00.htm?netiq ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TROUBLESHOOTING OFFICE | Featured Topic If you manage company desktops, then you've inevitably had to troubleshoot Office. Read these tips and tricks and maybe you'll save some time solving your next Office problem. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci921775,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TECHNICAL FOUL | True IT Blooper Many famous basketball games have ended with a clutch shot from the free-throw line. In our latest blooper, an impromptu game of hoops ends with the shutdown of a main production server. >> CLICK here for the full blooper... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid33_gci922572,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PKI-ENABLED SERVICES | Chapter Download PKI (public-key infrastructure) enables the secure exchange of data over otherwise unsecured media, including the Internet. This chapter looks at the security services that can, in some way, be enabled by a PKI. These are not services inherent in, or fundamental to any PKI, but are services that can build on the core services. >> CLICK for this week's chapter download... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/whitepaperPage/0,293857,sid1_gci922353,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= STEAL HOME IN SEPTEMBER! -- WIN A 256 MB MP3 PLAYER | Tip Contest If you want be a tip contest winner, you have to swing for the fences. 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