SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Active Directory Tip December 23, 2003 Essential tools and advice for AD management and migration. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/?track=NL-23
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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,,22869,00.htm?track=NL-23&questsoftware ____________________________________________________________________ ADSIZER TOOL WORKS OUT YOUR DOMAIN | James Michael Stewart Determining your hardware needs for a new Active Directory domain can be a hit or miss proposition. Microsoft has endeavored to simplify this shot-in-the-dark activity by developing the Active Directory Sizer tool. The Active Directory Sizer tool (Adsizer) is a multi-faceted wizard that asks questions about your existing or proposed domain. It then uses your responses to generate a suggested hardware configuration to meet your needs and performance requirements. >> CLICK for the full expert tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci942284,00.html?track=NL-23 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= JUGGLING YOUR AD FSMOs | James Michael Stewart Over the life of your Active Directory domain network, there will be cause for shifting your Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) roles from one system to another. System crashes, hardware failures, equipment upgrade, infrastructure design, or explosive growth are all issues that may encourage or necessitate moving an FSMO. >> CLICK here for the full expert tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci927897,00.html?track=NL-23 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHY CAN'T I CREATE NEW AD OBJECTS? | James Michael Stewart In environments with a high rate of object creation or even during the process of migrating a large group of users, you may encounter the problem of being unable to create new objects in Active Directory. In most cases, the problem is simply a matter of the domain controllers running out of RIDs. >> CLICK here for the full expert tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci937041,00.html?track=NL-23 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DIFFERENT POLICIES WITHIN A DOMAIN | Ask Jeremy Moskowitz Dear Jeremy, Can you have different policies governing different types of users within the domain? Specifically, I am looking to have non-privileged users expire and change passwords every 45 days and privileged users every 30. >> CLICK to read Jeremy Moskowitz's expert response: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid564810_tax295531,00.html?track=NL-23 Want more tips like this one? Then sign up to receive SearchWin2000.com's "Tips from our Experts" biweekly newsletter. 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Explore the Desktop Deployment Info Center today! http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/infoCenter/0,294261,sid1,00.html?track=NL-23 ___________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S NEW! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TOP 10 ASK THE EXPERTS' QUESTIONS | Featured Topic Frustrated with Windows and its multitude of quirks? We hear you! This week we've collected your Top 10 favorites (based on clicks) from our Ask the Experts section. Maybe you'll find a tip to help make your holidays more merry! http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci942031,00.html?track=NL-23 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= AD GROUP POLICY & INTELLIMIRROR | Best Web Links You can gain more granular control of your network systems and desktops with Group Policy and IntelliMirror, but implementing and using them requires thorough understanding of the technologies and a great deal of planning first. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax285728,00.html?track=NL-23 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE SEABISCUIT OF ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE | Opinion At the ripe old age of four, Windows 2000 Server has hit middle age. With a hot rookie nipping at its tail (Windows Server 2003), the thoroughbred server operating system's days on the track are numbered. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/columnItem/0,294698,sid1_gci942140,00.html?track=NL-23 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ONLY THIS WEEK LEFT TO WIN A NEW CD/MP3 PLAYER! | Tip Contest Are our members really all out of tips or just too busy with the holidays? We didn't receive enough tips in November to give away our super duper contest prize so we're giving you another chance. Start fresh in December and get your Windows related IT tips submitted early! 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