As already mentioned in the short summary above the scenario used for this collaboration brief deals with two key components: Microsoft Active Directory and SAP Central User Administration. Active Directory, being the integrated, distributed directory service included with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, provides a central user repository used to centrally maintain user data, thus avoiding the redundant, error-prone maintenance of user information in several systems. Most organizations already use Active Directory to organize and manage information about all kinds of their different resources like users, computers, applications and so on.
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With Active Directory, Microsoft has provided administrators with a powerful directory service to organize network data and to control access to network resources from a central point. However, “powerful” by necessity also means complex, and the complexity of Active Directory has probably contributed to slowing down the rollout of Windows 2000 and 2003 servers. Initially, many organizations found simply migrating their flat NT4 domain structures into a more sophisticated Active Directory wrapping to be a significant challenge. By now, many have defined their Active Directory Forests, survived an often cumbersome deployment process, and seen their directories mature into efficient tools for centralized administration. Policies have become the levers of network management, and, as a result, Active Directory has become a repository holding extremely sensitive data.
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Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 eases administration associated with managing today’s IT infrastructure environment. MOM 2005 helps simplify identification of issues, streamlines the process for determining the root cause of problems, and facilitates quick resolution to restore services and to prevent potential IT problems.
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Diskeeper can be administered network-wide via several different methods. The primary network administration tool for Diskeeper is Diskeeper Administrator Edition, a single point of control for all your Diskeeper administration needs. However, sites using Microsoft Group Policy can use the Diskeeper.adm administrative template file available from Executive Software to control many aspects of Diskeeper operation through Group Policy. The Diskeeper.adm template file is available free of charge from the Executive Software web site at www.executive.com/diskeeper/grouppolicy.asp.
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