Active Directory Tip: Windows 2003 Active Directory improvements

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August 31, 2004 Published by  SearchWin2000.com Active Directory Tip NEWS     TOPICS     ASK THE EXPERTS     TIPS     WEBCASTS     WHITE PAPERS     Issue Sponsored By:   > Windows Job Opportunities! IN THIS ISSUE:   >  Improvements to the forest in Windows Server 2003 AD   >  Managing logon for service administrators   >  Hiding service administrator accounts from users   >  Learning guide: Planning and designing your Active Directory   >  Gold, silver or bronze? Improvements to the forest in Windows Server 2003 AD [SearchWin2000.com] The forest structure in Windows 2000 Server Active Directory has few more features and benefits than a domain structure. In Windows Server 2003, a forest offers many new features that expand and enhance the capabilities of Active Directory. Some of these improvements are transparent and more structural in nature, while others are features you can take advantage of as a domain administrator.   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!   Managing logon for service administrators [James Michael Stewart] Users that are members of the seven service administrator groups represent the most powerful accounts in your domains, so it is important to control their use. Administrators should implement strong logon restrictions as the primary use control. 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. Learning guide: Planning and designing your Active Directory [SearchWin2000.com] Part one of this Learning 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. EXPERT ANSWER CENTER:  Fast answers for difficult questions The Expert Answer Center combines advice and solutions from over 100 technology, management and career experts from TechTarget's family of IT-oriented Web sites. In addition to this massive searchable database, the Expert Answer Center continually highlights one featured expert who answers new questions from our members on a specific topic. This site is also the home of the IT Visions Webcast Series, a monthly webcast for IT executives that spotlights strategic issues. FEATURED TOPIC:  Gold, silver or bronze? Our readers were the judges, and our content, the competition. Don't miss the title holders for top 10 'most read' content during 2004. Where did your favorite article place in the 'page view' Olympics? Find out. 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: Tips from our experts 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 Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494