We (in IT) can manage our environment, but rarely every control 100% of it. That's just life.
* * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, we can stop it, and should stop it. > > If you don't control your environment, you can't control your destiny. > > I do like the approach that Good and a couple of other vendors have > taken - they are device-agnostic, and strive to set a perimeter around > corporate info, keeping it separate from personal info. Definitely the > way to go, IMHO. > > Kurt > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Kennedy, Jim > <kennedy...@elyriaschools.org> wrote: > > Get used to it. BYOT is coming, we won't be able to stop it. Not sure > we should. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 4:03 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: How many in your company can join systems to domain > > > > Kind of makes it hard to use a GPO then, doesn't it? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 12:10 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: How many in your company can join systems to domain > > > > Wasn't there a good piece posted a while back (maybe from Brian Madden) > about how having domain-joined computers is no longer strictly necessary? > > > > ---Blackberried > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Kennedy, Jim" <kennedy...@elyriaschools.org> > > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:31:42 > > To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > > Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" < > ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>Subject: RE: How many in your > company can join systems to domain > > > > I have thought about this before...so I am going to toss it out there > and see how it gets swatted down. > > > > If a staff member brings in a home laptop and joins it to the domain is > it more of a threat or less of a threat than not being in the domain and > just plugged into the network. I ask because here after they reboot they > will get all the patches, up to date AV software and no-one except IT Staff > will be a local admin. Most won't even be able to get to a command prompt. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 1:17 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: How many in your company can join systems to domain > > > > By default yes, unless you turn it off, which, IMHO, is the sane thing > to do... > > > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Webster <webs...@carlwebster.com> > wrote: > >> I haven't had to deal with this in a long time but IIRC anyone who is > >> in Domain Users can join up to 10 computers to your domain. > >> > >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243327 > >> > >> > >> Carl Webster > >> > >> Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional > >> > >> http://www.CarlWebster.com > >> > >> > >> From: David Lum <david....@nwea.org> > >> Reply-To: NT Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > >> Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 8:19 AM > >> To: NT Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > >> Subject: How many in your company can join systems to domain > >> > >> Subject line pretty much says it. We have 600 employees and an IT > >> staff of 50-ish (including developers) and I swear all 50 can join > >> systems to the domain. Certainly 10 of them can and that seems like a > lot. > >> > >> > >> > >> Brought up because these guys drive me crazy by loosely following > >> naming standards, not moving to the appropriate OU, and not putting > >> descriptions in AD. > >> > >> David Lum > >> Systems Engineer // > >> NWEATM > >> Office 503.548.5229//Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
