*>>**Lots of money to be made, coming in AFTER another company has screwed the pooch.*
Sometimes. :) Sometimes, too much of the money was eaten up in the first go round... *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com>wrote: > Lots of money to be made, coming in AFTER another company has screwed the > pooch. > > > > I’ve worked as a sub on lots of enterprise deals, but if I can’t architect > the Exchange solution and have a say in the AD solution, I’ll just walk away > (unless I know the people involved already and trust them). > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 28, 2010 10:29 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Windows 2008 password policies > > > > Tender away J > > > > But tendering is full of risk. You could be undercut by some other outfit > that can talk-the-talk, but can’t deliver. Which leaves you with nothing, > and drives you to bidding for deals that you don’t understand at low cost. > J > > > > Coming from a “re-assuring expensive consulting” background, do not confuse > sales and delivery J > > > > Also, be aware of chewing off more than you swallow. As deals get larger > they get much more complex than you can ever imagine. There’s a few people > with enterprise experience here – maybe they can chime in. For myself, I’ve > been doing the enterprise-y stuff for 7 years now (10K+ seats), just in the > Microsoft (and 3rd party add-ons) space and there are always new quirks > with customer requirements, setup etc. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, 28 October 2010 9:38 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Windows 2008 password policies > > > > I am doing so, but want to tread carefully as they are reportedly paying > these guys upward of a million pounds for the solution they are building. > > Why I'm not in the business of tendering for projects like this, I may > never know. > > On 28 October 2010 14:35, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> wrote: > > You may want to raise your concerns with the client, so you aren’t seen as > part of the problem. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 28, 2010 9:24 AM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Re: Windows 2008 password policies > > > > Don't make me any more nervous. They are designing everything, AD, > Exchange, AppSense, Citrix. They took one look at my designs when I first > got here and binned them. From what I have seen the logon time for the new > domain is already nearing two minutes. But as I am a contractor I am keeping > my mouth firmly shut. More problems post go-live = contract extension > > On 28 October 2010 14:17, Webster <carlwebs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > MBS and KS are correct, your conslutants are full of crap. Are you sure > you want to use these people? I don’t think I would let them anywhere near > a DC or XenApp server. > > > > > > Webster > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] > > *Subject:* Windows 2008 password policies > > > > I know Windows 2008 AD supports fine-grained password policies, I also > thought this was done through adsiedit voodoo such as documented here ( > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770842%28WS.10%29.aspx). I > have a team of consultants on site who are telling me that fine-grained > password policies can simply be set by blocking GPO inheritance on the > Citrix servers OU (which is where all the computers sit that all our users > log on to) and linking a new GPO to the OU which will override the default > domain policy. Are they right, or am I? > > We are simply looking at disabling the password complexity requirement for > the test users in the new domain, and they won't let me have an account at > the minute to test things (maybe they are worried I might find some errors), > which is why I am having to ask. > > ~ 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 > > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' 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