The adoption and deployment of Windows
2000 Active Directory highlights the need for robust and mature
management tools such as Trusted Enterprise Manager more than ever
before. Full adoption of Active Directory, the “crown jewel” of Windows
2000, is lagging due to its sheer complexity and lack of proven best
practices for deployment and operations.
The
hope was Active Directory and its delegation model would simplify
management in comparison to Windows NT, but in fact ADS creates a much
more complex and challenging environment:
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ADS
design requires a high level of cross-functional input, requiring
business managers and engineers to sit together and agree on how to
translate the organizational chart into a deployable networking
structure.
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The
static nature of ADS deployment directly conflicts with today's
ever-changing, hyper-dynamic business environment. Consequently,
organizations are putting ADS implementation on hold until ADS
evolves into a more flexible architecture.
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A
hierarchical environment places an additional dimension of
management complexity at all administrative levels. It is generally
agreed that the native tools provided for maintenance and
administration today are not designed to streamline navigation
through this hierarchy.
TEM’s
comprehensive task automation model, coupled with delegation,
Admin-by-Report™, and reporting capability, directly addresses these
shortcomings. TEM provides the capability to securely shield trusted
managers from the complexities of managing ADS and allows them to manage
users, computers, services and shares without spending inordinate
amounts of time navigating through the ADS hierarchy.
For
more detail describing task automation, delegation, audit and reporting
in the Windows 2000 environment,
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our white paper.
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