> Saw it a MEC and it looked to be a big improvement over the > old MMS product. You no longer need a consulting contract to > get it and it looked very easy to use.
THIS is very good news! I've used the product at a previous Consulting firm that I was with (the firm was certified to install without MCS), and was not very anxious to spend the cash on a MCS contract to so something I already knew how to do. Thanks, Brian! Just made my day. Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT Microsoft MVP - Active Directory Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@;mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of > Narkinsky, Brian > Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 1:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD user sync to flat file > > > Hate to talk about an unreleased product but the New MS Meta > Directory Services 3.0 should be able to do this pretty > easily. But it may also be overkill. > > Saw it a MEC and it looked to be a big improvement over the > old MMS product. You no longer need a consulting contract to > get it and it looked very easy to use. > > Brian > > Brian Narkinsky > System Manager > Department of Environmental Protection > MS 6520 > 2600 Blairstone RD > Tallahassee, FL 32399 > phone (850)245-8314 > fax (850)412-0400 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Amit Zinman [mailto:Amit_Z@;integrity-sys.com] > Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 11:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD user sync to flat file > > > Let me know what you need, and I'll see how I can help you > with the scripting. I have done a lot of those. Say, is the > flat file in CSV format? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Grafton [mailto:orangerover@;hotmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 3:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ActiveDir] AD user sync to flat file > > This is one of those "does anyone know a product which can do > this...?" questions. Apologies. > > Have an Active Directory (single domain) with about 65,000 users. > > Have a personnel system which produces a flat file consisting > of [only] usernames. > > Once a week, our customer wants to run a utility which will > perform a very simple "synchronisation" of the users in the > Active Directory with those listed in the flat file. > > The rules... > If the user is in the flat file and the directory, do > nothing. If the user is in the flat file but not the > directory, create it in the directory [in a default > location]. If the user is in the directory, but not the flat > file, delete it from the directory. > > My immediate response is that you should do this with a > script of some sort, but I was wondering if anyone has > located a product can do such simple things? If its > relatively inexpensive, then its not worth spending > programming hours on reinventing the wheel. > > I had a look at NetIQ, Fastlane and iPlanet's offerings, but > they are all far too heavyweight to even consider. > > Don't ask why the flat file... The personnel system is not > connected to anything and the data travels by CD and sneaker-net. > > Thanks, > > Andy > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : > http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
