Active Directory Tip: Hiding service administrator accounts from users

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May 04, 2004 Published by  SearchWin2000.com Active Directory Tip Issue Sponsored By: Windows Job Opportunities! IN THIS ISSUE: Hiding service administrator accounts from users Active Directory security best practices New groups in Active Directory Know-IT-All Chapter Quiz: Win this week's featured book! Sassy Sasser worms on the move Hiding service administrator accounts from users [James Michael Stewart] Windows Server 2003 automatically protects the essential security descriptors on the service level administrator accounts in the local domain. However, default settings allow normal users (i.e. members of the Authenticated Users group) to see the names of the user accounts that are members of the service administrator groups. Find out how to hide these user accounts in this tip. Windows Job Opportunities! Gain immediate access to thousands of Windows job listings at the SearchWin2000.com Career Center powered by Dice. Make your job search easier with our Career Center resources. Sign up today! Active Directory security best practices [James Michael Stewart] Security is a key business operations issue. In most environments, a security policy prescribes various security mechanisms used to provide protection for valued assets. As an IT administrator or a security officer in any organization, you should view Active Directory as a valued asset in and of itself. New groups in Active Directory [James Michael Stewart] Creating new groups in Active Directory is accomplished in much the same manner as creating a new user or a new OU. Once the group is created you can manage its memberships. Find out how in this tip. Know-IT-All Chapter Quiz: Win this week's featured book! [SearchWin2000.com editors] This week's book excerpt comes from "MCSE Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Study Guide" by Dennis Suhanovs. Would you like to get a free copy? Take the new Know-IT-All Chapter Quiz, send us your score and you're in the drawing for a free copy. Download the chapter and take the quiz today! NEWS: Sassy Sasser worms on the move Multiple variants of a new worm target critical Microsoft Windows XP and 2000 flaws. Thousands of PCs reportedly have been "sassed" so far. TOPICS: Stabilizing Windows: 20 tips in 20 minutes No administrator wants to deal with an OS crash. Here are 20 tips and nuggets of expert advice on how to increase the overall stability of your Windows servers and workstations. ASK THE EXPERTS: Ask Jeremy Moskowitz: Is there a way to deploy software through group policy for non-administrative users? Dear Jeremy, I would like to use group policy to distribute software in our network. Our users don't have the right to install software. When I apply the policy, the software doesn't install and I get the message in Event Log that administrative privileges are needed to install the software. Is there any way to use software deployment through group policy with standard users? Contact Us Sales For sales inquiries, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial For feedback about any of our articles or to send us your article ideas, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Free E-Newsletters! Select e-newsletters you would like to receive via e-mail! SearchWin2000: SQL Server Tip Not a Member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by SearchWin2000.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Active Directory Tip": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/u?track=NL-23 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Contact Us: SearchWin2000 MemberServices 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494