Active Directory Future Directions

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Active Directory Future Directions

• Presented by
• Erik Coleman, Windows Technical Lead
• Melissa Woo, Manager
• CITES Systems Management Group

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Collaborating with Campus

• Campus Windows Committee Formed
• Chartered January 2006
• Provide strategic direction for Windows-based
  services (primarily UIUC AD)
• Members selected annually
• Cross-section of colleges/units

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Campus Windows Committee

• Alex Breen, CITES
• Joe DeBarr, University Administration
• David Gerstenecker, ACES
• Christine Gressley Ruppel, Beckman
• Steve Hess, Business
• Greg Landes, FS
• Josh Potts, Engineering
• Bart Rossmann, LAS
• Ryan Thomas, Education
• Dan Vander Ploeg, Law
• Erik Coleman, CITES ex-officio
• Mike Corn, CITES ex-officio
• Melissa Woo, CITES chair

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Collaborating with Campus

• Active Directory Focus Groups
• To gather feedback from units
• Included both customers and non-customers alike
• Invited as many units as possible
• Six meetings in January and February

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Active Directory Focus Groups

• College of Agricultural, Consumer and
  Environmental Sciences
• Beckman Institute
• College of Business
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• Facilities Services
• Division of Intercollegiate Athletics
• Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
• College of Liberal Arts Sciences
• College of Law
• University Administration
• University Housing

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Focus Group Feedback

• Top Requests
• Run own Exchange Server
• Class roster information needed
• Preserve LDAP access
• Additional attributes for users (esp. UID)
• Password registrar capability
• More tools for OU Admins
• More and better documentation

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Recent and Current Projects

• Disabling inactive accounts
• Disabling LM authentication
• R2 schema extension
• Move to CITES Password Homepage
• Replacement of domain controller hardware
• Adding two additional domain controllers
• OU Admin Tools web pages

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Possible Future Projects

• Tightening attribute security
• Disabling NTLMv1 authentication
• Planning for Longhorn Server
• Re-engineering of account provisioning
• Additional attribute storage (RFC 2307)
• UNIX user support
• Enhanced group management
• Class roster information?

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What else are we missing?

• Now is the time to speak up about additional
  project ideas that might benefit campus.