=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Active Directory Tip November 11, 2003
Essential tools and advice for AD management and migration. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/?track=NL-23 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - FREE WHITE PAPER! http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,21072,00.htm?track=NL-23&questsoftware - Explore the Desktop Deployment Info Center: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/infoCenter/0,294261,sid1,00.html?track=NL-23 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ACTIVE DIRECTORY TIPS - When BDCs go bad - Do you want a mixed-mode domain? - Ask Jerry Honeycutt: Giving WinXP Pro users rights without AD 2. WHAT'S NEW! - Q&A: Active Directory delegation -- look before you leap - Webcast: Optimizing Active Directory for maximum performance - Featured Topic: What's new in certifications - Tip Contest: Submit your tip and you could win a CD/MP3 player! ____________________________________________________________________ ********************SPONSORED BY: Qwest **************************** FREE WHITE PAPER! You've implemented AD and you want to take advantage of Group Policy, but its complexity is discouraging. Don't spend the next year testing GPOs and learning from your mistakes! Download "Bulletproof Your Windows Network with Group Policy" by renowned Windows/AD author Darren Mar-Elia. Put our Group Policy best practices to work for you! Download it TODAY: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,21072,00.htm?track=NL-23&questsoftware ____________________________________________________________________ WHEN BDCs GO BAD | By James Michael Stewart How many of you still have Windows NT 4.0 Server BDCs on your Windows 2000 Server Active Directory domains? Yep, just as I thought. Many of you are retaining these legacy systems to maintain backward compatibility with older clients, out of date software, or in-house developed solutions. And, short of revamping your entire organization, you'll be hanging on to those NT BDCs for the foreseeable future. So, what do you do when your BDCs go bad? >> CLICK for the full tip: http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci935891,00.html?track=NL-23 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DO YOU WANT A MIXED-MODE DOMAIN? | By James Michael Stewart Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 Active Directory can be deployed in mixed mode, which allows for Windows NT 4.0 Server BDCs. In fact, when you upgrade to Windows 2000 Server, you first upgrade the primary domain controller, and it's automatically acting in mixed mode. Thus, the upgraded server acts as the PDC for all the backup domain controllers, and it serves as the interoperability partner to the Windows NT 4.0 BDC by being backward-compatible. However, there are some limitations to mixed-mode operation that need to be taken into consideration. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci921899,00.html?track=NL-23 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= GIVING WINXP PRO USERS MORE RIGHTS WITHOUT AD | Ask Jerry Honeycutt We are an international company and have not committed to Active Directory at this time. Here in the United States, we have approximately 350 desktops deployed at two sites. How can we give our Windows XP Pro end users more rights without giving them full administrative rights? I know that it would be much easier with AD, but we are stuck with NT domain controllers because of our international corporate standards. Any suggestions on third party add-ons or anything else? >> CLICK for Jerry Honeycutt's expert response: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/infoCenter/askTheExpertsAnswer/0,294272,sid1_gci932789_tax294655,00.html?track=NL-23 Want more tips like this one? 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?track=NL-23&&&&cid=457574&em=&tid=3107&FE=1 ____________________________________________________________________ *********SPONSORED BY: The Desktop Deployment Info Center********** Visit the new Desktop Deployment Info Center on SearchWin2000.com! You'll find tips, webcasts, expert advice and other key resources focused on all aspects of managing Windows desktops -- direct from SearchWin2000.com and Microsoft. Topics covered include desktop deployment and migration strategies, performance, disk management, hardware administration, application management, security -- and much more. Explore the Desktop Deployment Info Center today! http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/infoCenter/0,294261,sid1,00.html?track=NL-23 ___________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S NEW! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ACTIVE DIRECTORY DELEGATION -- LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP | Q&A Are the risks associated with the delegation of authority in Active Directory worth the operational efficiencies and cost savings? We asked Doug Paddock and Carol Miller, two of our most informed and opinionated contributors, to weigh in on the subject. In the first of this two-part series, Paddock and Miller discuss the politics of delegation: How do you choose users or groups of users to empower? http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/infoCenter/tip/0,294276,sid1_gci892924_tax288607,00.html?track=NL-23 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OPTIMIZING ACTIVE DIRECTORY FOR MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE | Webcast Learn real-world best practices for optimizing Active Directory database and replication performance, during this Webcast with Kenton Gardinier, Senior Consultant with Convergent Computing. This session also examines new features that streamline performance in Windows Server 2003. Click here to register for this Webcast: http://webevents.broadcast.com/techtarget/Win2k/062603/index.asp?loc=01 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHAT'S NEW IN CERTIFICATION | Featured Topic New certs and learning programs are part of Microsoft's latest plan to bridge the gap between on-the-job skills, career advancement and professional credentials. Here's a wrap-up of what's new and what's coming down the pike. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci935240,00.html?track=NL-23 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SUBMIT YOUR TIP AND YOU COULD WIN A CD/MP3 PLAYER! | Tip Contest Got a Windows related IT tip you're dying to share? 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