RE: [ActiveDir] Handling different schemas - managing & maintaining updates

2006-09-14 Thread joe
ext-compare tools.   In general I would want to question what your goal is – like Al I am assuming you want to make the schema more manageable. Basically a convenience so you don’t have to worry about managing and documenting the differences.  That’s quite different from a technical necessity, where

RE: [ActiveDir] Handling different schemas - managing & maintaining updates

2006-09-14 Thread Grillenmeier, Guido
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Mulnick Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 3:29 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Handling different schemas - managing & maintaining updates   Yep, the schema analyzer would be a good tool to have hold of. I have to ask th

Re: [ActiveDir] Handling different schemas - managing & maintaining updates

2006-09-13 Thread Al Mulnick
Yep, the schema analyzer would be a good tool to have hold of. I have to ask though: is the goal to make this mish-mosh manageable by making it all the same (i.e. cookie-cutter?) Or is there some other goal you're describing? I'm assuming that you want it to be the same across the enterprise to

Re: [ActiveDir] Handling different schemas - managing & maintaining updates

2006-09-13 Thread Joe Kaplan
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:37 AM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Handling different schemas - managing & maintaining updates Without wishing to appear facetious :) - I would suggest if the company follows ITIL practices then they already have a change mgmt and c

Re: [ActiveDir] Handling different schemas - managing & maintaining updates

2006-09-13 Thread Paul Williams
in each.     --Paul - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 2:37 PM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Handling different schemas - managing & maintaining updates Without wishing to appea

RE: [ActiveDir] Handling different schemas - managing & maintaining updates

2006-09-13 Thread neil.ruston
Without wishing to appear facetious :) - I would suggest if the company follows ITIL practices then they already have a change mgmt and config mgmt process and/or system which helps achieve your goal.   As far as best practices are concerned, I would aim for a 'core' schema config which is