Active Directory Tip: To delegate or not to delegate

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June 22, 2004 Published by  SearchWin2000.com Active Directory Tip NEWS     TOPICS     ASK THE EXPERTS     TIPS     WEBCASTS     WHITE PAPERS     Issue Sponsored By:   > Free White Paper: Managing Email as a Service IN THIS ISSUE:   > To delegate or not to delegate   > Webcast: Expand your AD universe with user provisioning and self-service   > Learning guide: Planning and designing your Active Directory   > Microsoft goes for the 'common' touch   > Migration 101   Free White Paper: Managing Email as a Service This free white paper provides an introduction to service-driven management. Participants will learn best practices for managing and monitoring the key elements critical to insuring Email health and performance, including Exchange, Active Directory, Network, and Storage. Click here for your free white paper.   To delegate or not to delegate [James Michael Stewart] Being able to offload menial or low-level tasks to properly trained and eager (or conscripted) users is a bonus to any admin. However, there are numerous operations, tasks and functions that should never be delegated. Delegating certain forest level or domain level capabilities to non-admin users can place your entire forest or domain at serious risk. Find out which tasks can pose the most risk in this tip. Webcast: Expand your AD universe with user provisioning and self-service [Sponsored by NetIQ] Are you being asked to do more with fewer resources? Do you need to find new ways to get more value out of your Active Directory investment? Learn how you can reduce cost and increase the productivity of Active Directory Administration by automating key user provisioning tasks and implementing end user self-service. Learning guide: Planning and designing your Active Directory [Marilyn Cohodas] Part one of this guide covers planning and designing your Active Directory. It includes: Active Directory basics, Planning your Active Directory, Active Directory migration, and Active Directory deployment Resources. Microsoft goes for the 'common' touch [Margie Semilof] To reduce customer angst over the complexity of its software, Microsoft has begun an initiative to engineer all of its products from a standard foundation. TOPICS: Know-IT-All Chapter Quiz: Smash your system bottlenecks! Are you getting your money's worth out of Windows Server 2003? Probably not. This week's chapter focuses on how to identify and eliminate bottlenecks and kinks that may slow your system performance. Test your skills by taking our tough chapter quiz, then send in your score for a chance to win a free copy of "Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed" by Rand Morimoto, et al. TOPICS: Migration 101 Migration can be a tricky business. We have the tools and resources to help you plan, implement, troubleshoot and fully utilize your new system. TOPICS: June Tip Contest: Win a Rio Cali 128 MB sport MP3 player! Have you been thinking about participating in one of our monthly tip contests? Start fresh in June and get your Windows-related IT tips submitted early for a crack at this month's awesome prize: a Rio Cali 128 MB sport MP3 player! 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: Certification 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