PC Manager Meeting

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PC Manager Meeting

• August 30, 2006

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Today

• Updates
• Next Meeting
• Training
• License
• Windows Policy
• Security
• Cool Tool of The Month Jack Schmidt
• InDiCo Web-based Lecture, Meeting, Workshop,
  Conference tool John Bellendir

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Next Meeting

• September 27th
• EA Directions
• Bill Gates Retirement Party?

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Training Update

• Advanced Perl Programming Sept. 20-22
• Advanced Python Programming Oct. 17-18 (full but
  building waiting list)
• Understanding and Using Digital Certificates
  (PKI) Oct. 2nd, Oct. 16th, Nov. 6th, Dec. 4th (1
  half-day afternoon class)

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Training Update

• Voucher History
• 60 vouchers were allocated to us at the outset
  of the EA. And, as of today, 60 remain. 5 days
  have been used but, MS added 5 days to our
  total. 30 were scheduled to expire on 10/31/06.
  Ive re-assigned these 30 so that they will NOT
  expire and we will not lose them. 30 will expire
  on 9/30/07.
• Finding Training
• www.microsoft.com/learning/training/find/findcour
  se.mspx You can search by Product/Technology
  and Delivery Format (classroom, book, online), 
  or by Course Number.

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License Update

• Finding a Training Vendor
• http//directory.microsoft.com/mprd/ 1.  Select
  your language. 2.  Select your country. 3. 
  Select your search category... Click on
  "Training"
• Under "Search for..." Click the "" next to
  Narrow your search by Geography... Enter your
  zip code and Proximity (e.g., 40 miles)

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License Update

• Click Find Partners in the blue box You can
  click on the Partner Name and you'll get more
  information about that Partner -- phone number,
  of MS Certified Professionals, areas of
  competency, etc.
• Need More Info? licensemgr_at_fnal.gov

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License Update

• Enterprise Agreement Information
• Thursday Sept 7th , 1-3pm
• FCC2A/B
• Tod Tomkins of Microsoft will compare the DOE and
  Federal plans available to us.

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Windows Policy Committee

• Next Meeting
• Sept 6 130-230pm, WH5SW
• DC Upgrade
• Vista Working Group
• Sam Jarocki, Chair (jarocki_at_fnal.gov)
• Win-vista_at_fnal.gov

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Security Updates

• SQL Server Express/Oracle Express
• Free databases ltgt No Maintenance
• Oracle Listener Issue

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Security Updates

• August Patches
• Patches Announced
• 9 Critical
• 3 Important
• Due 9/13/2006
• 1 Considered Mandatory by CST (040)
• Due 8/15/2006
• http//www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin
  /ms06-aug.mspx

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Cool Tool Of The Month

• Acctinfo.dll - Property page extension for user
  objects in the Active Directory Users and
  Computers MMC that provides detailed information
  about user password attributes.
• Available in the Windows 2003 Resource Kit

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Cool Tool Of The Month

• AcctInfo.dll displays
• Last time the password was set
• When the password will expire
• Time the account was locked out
• If the account is locked out now, when it will be
  unlocked
• Security identifier (SID) of the account, and its
  SIDHistory
• Globally unique identifier (GUID) of the account
• These account properties
• Last Logon, Last Logoff, Last Bad Logon
  Time,Logon Count, Bad Password Count

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Cool Tool Of The Month

• Need to copy dll to Windows/system32 directory
  and register the dll (see readme)
• Properties dont show up with a Find!

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Main Topic

• InDiCo Web-based Lecture, Meeting, Workshop,
  Conference tool John Bellendir

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InDiCo

• Integrated Digital Conference
• Brought to us from our friends at CERN, in use
  at
• CERN
• DESY
• FNAL
• UIUC
• Chosen by the ILC for Meeting and Workshop
  Management

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InDiCo

• Manage Lectures, Meetings and Conferences
• Web-based, Multi-platform
• Attach material at all levels
• PDF, Office Docs, HTML
• Long Term Preservation of Data
• Plans to integrate with Site Document Database
• LDAP Integration

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InDiCo Benefits

• Workshop/Conference
• Multimedia Documents Storage
• Conference Database
• Access Control
• Attendant registration
• Delegation of responsibilities
• Schedule management
• Contribution management (submission, review)
• Export in iCal format to import into personal
  calendars

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InDiCo Benefits

• Meeting
• Stores schedules of meetings and associated
  documents
• Web creation/modification interface
• Export in iCal format
• Multiple views
• Attach minutes
• Access control
• Email reminder

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InDiCo Security

• SSL
• Accounts will be part of the site LDAP service
  (Email, Meeting Maker, Plone, Certificates)
• Domains
• Defined by I.P. address
• Groups
• Users, groups

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InDiCo Support

• 24 x 7 quality hardware
• 24 x 7 service support
• Mail list for notification and discussion,
  Indico-Users_at_fnal.gov.
• Software support agreement with CERN

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InDiCo Issues

• I.E. Page Cannot be Displayed errors occur when
  accessing Meeting level pages.
• Working on issue with CERN
• Screen refresh connects to meeting
• Dates are European format

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InDiCo Demo
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Questions?