1	Embracing and Extending Windows 2000 Jon Finke Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2	Overview Project Objectives and Issues Current Status Exchange, Windows 2000 Domain “Political Layer” How we sold the idea
3	Project Objectives Windows 2000 Active Directory Accounts for all students, faculty and staff. Exchange Email service for staff Password and account synchronization across all platforms Exchange address lists (department and division) WebCT authentication
4	Initial Issues Existing admin support structure did not always follow departmental structure. Some groups insisting on their own domains. DNS (SRV Records) Training requirements
5	Current Status Exchange 520 Exclusive Exchange Email Users 150 Additional Casual Exchange Users Windows 2000 Authentication 400 Public Workstations WebCT Trouble Ticketing (Applix) Citrix (Administrative Tools)
6	Faculty/Staff Email-Oct 2002
7	Changing Passwords
8	Password Propagation Time
9	Selling Points Strong History of Automatic Feeds Single Userid and Password Based on Authoritative Enterprise Data Appropriate Delegation to Departments No Need to Administer User Accounts Mailing lists based on demographics Common Need: Share Resources Membership is Voluntary!
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11	Existing Issues Some Academic departments running their own domains. Occasional backlogs in password change processing. Password change required for new accounts.
12	Questions? Embracing and Extending Windows 2000 Jon Finke Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute http://www.rpi.edu/~finkej finkej@rpi.edu