Active Directory Tip: Secure administration and administrator privileges

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April 27, 2004 Published by  SearchWin2000.com Active Directory Tip Issue Sponsored By: Win a Rio S35S Sport digital audio player! IN THIS ISSUE: Secure administration and administrator privileges Improving the default domain GPOs Remove NT4 BDC from Active Directory Column: 12 steps to improving stability in Windows Ask Jeremy Moskowitz: How do I implement group policy to cover an entire LAN? Secure administration and administrator privileges [James Michael Stewart] You can have installation and setup procedures that ensure a secure domain controller. You can also have a tightly controlled physical access control system. Still, you need reliable people to perform administration in a secure and controlled manner. Read some guidelines for admin privileges in this tip. Win a Rio S35S Sport digital audio player! Browse the SearchWin2000.com tips for the latest updates in Windows Administration, Security, Active Directory, Certification and more! Submit a tip this month and you could win a Rio S35S Sport digital audio player! Visit today! Improving the default domain GPOs [James Michael Stewart] When Windows Server 2003 is used to establish an Active Directory-based network, there are two default GPOs -- the default domain GPO and the default domain controller GPO. These GPOs are configured to provide a basic minimal level of security for your domain network and its domain controllers. However, there are several ways to improve upon the default settings in these two GPOs. Remove NT4 BDC from Active Directory [Muhammad Haneef] Here's a quick user-submitted tip to help you remove NT 4 BDC from Active directory. Column: 12 steps to improving stability in Windows [Bernie Klinder] There are two things every administrator wants out of an operating system: security and stability. While security has received a lot of attention in the past year, we tend to leave the stability part completely to Microsoft. TOPICS: 25 Exchange 2003 Tips in 25 minutes Check out the 25 Tips we excerpted from Scott Schnoll's new book, "Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Distilled." Scott offers tips on tuning parameters, tools and more. TOPICS: Chapter of the Week: Congratulations to Rob Kuyrkendall! Congratulations to Rob Kuyrkendall, our latest book winner! Rob will receive a crisp copy of "How to Do Everything with Windows XP, 2nd Edition" by Curt Simmons. This week we're giving away a copy of "Windows Server Undocumented Solutions" by our site expert Serdar Yegulalp. It can be yours -- take our new quiz today! ASK THE EXPERTS: Ask Jeremy Moskowitz: How do I implement group policy to cover an entire LAN? Dear Jeremy, I have a Windows 2000 Server and a network of Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP and Windows ME PCs. How do I implement group policy to cover the entire LAN? 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: Administrator Tips 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