Glad you like it. <wink> joe
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Creamer, Mark Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 4:56 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Determining active user accounts Thanks Laura, good suggestion. I forgot I could use oldcmp for users as well. Great tool, Joe. Thanks <mc> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hunter, Laura E. Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 3:56 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Determining active user accounts Wouldn't the accounts that don't need server access show up as inactive if you ran them through joe's 'oldcmp'? If so, then couldn't you get a fair approximation from: CALs required = [Total user objects] - [user objects flagged by oldcmp] ? [Insert standard "Call your reseller for definitive licensing advice" disclaimer here.] - Laura > -----Original Message----- > From: Creamer, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 3:40 PM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: [ActiveDir] Determining active user accounts > > We need to get a count of users that are active, so we can make sure > our purchasing of 2003 User CALs is as accurate as possible. However, > every employee of the company has an account in Active Directory, but > only a certain percentage of those users ever access a server or need > to authenticate. > What's the best way to determine how many users we need to have a User > CAL for? > > Mark Creamer > > Systems Engineer > > Cintas Corporation > > > This e-mail transmission contains information that is intended to be > confidential and privileged. If you receive this e-mail and you are > not a named addressee you are hereby notified that you are not > authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this > communication without the consent of the sender and that doing so is > prohibited and may be unlawful. Please reply to the message > immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. > After replying, please delete and otherwise erase it and any > attachments from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting > this error is appreciated. > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ This e-mail transmission contains information that is intended to be confidential and privileged. If you receive this e-mail and you are not a named addressee you are hereby notified that you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this communication without the consent of the sender and that doing so is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please delete and otherwise erase it and any attachments from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
