One of the recommendations that I give to customers looking to move towards Active Directory is to spend time understanding how it works. Once you feel comfortable and have played with it in a lab environment, then start to tackle the planning and design process. If the customer feels uncomfortable, then I encourage them to utilize a certified Microsoft Solution Provider or Microsoft Consulting Services to assist them in this process.
The initial fears/concerns are no different to that which Novell experienced on their first release of NDS. The fact is that implementing directory services, much less an enterprise directory service, is a big task and should not be taken lightly. Education is key to making the customer comfortable with the solution.
To those who are reading these boards and doubting the product, take the messages here with a grain of salt because you do not know the situation on the other end as to whether the person experienced problems because they improperly designed and implemented the product due to lack of knowledge or experience.
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One of the recommendations that I give to customers looking to move towards Active Directory is to spend time understanding how it works. Once you feel comfortable and have played with it in a lab environment, then start to tackle the planning and design process. If the customer feels uncomfortable, then I encourage them to utilize a certified Microsoft Solution Provider or Microsoft Consulting Services to assist them in this process.
The initial fears/concerns are no different to that which Novell experienced on their first release of NDS. The fact is that implementing directory services, much less an enterprise directory service, is a big task and should not be taken lightly. Education is key to making the customer comfortable with the solution.
To those who are reading these boards and doubting the product, take the messages here with a grain of salt because you do not know the situation on the other end as to whether the person experienced problems because they improperly designed and implemented the product due to lack of knowledge or experience.
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