UAB Windows 2000 Active Directory Project NMI Workshop 8 April 2003 Dave Green UAB Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept.
UAB Middleware Infrastructure
Goals Common Windows 2000 Active Directory Populated by automation from central official sources where practical Common Exchange 2000 Architecture Unify mail clouds to reduce “surprises” Careful mixture of central and local (departmental) services and control
AD Architecture
ad.uab.edu Domain OU DL
Control
Blazer Dir. -> Active Dir. (near) Real-time actions Account activations Password changes and resets routing information Mailbox creation Daily Updates “Phonebook” information Deletions Pre-deletion notification
Pre-Deletion Notification Blazer Directory (authoritative) entries live on Active Directory accounts/mailboxes must be removed due to cost upon end of active affiliation Students (1 year after last class) Faculty/Staff (3 months) Pre-deletion notification
Status (Items completed) Study/Design Phase Test lab phase Pre-production testing Production AD Deployment (full UAB population) “Dogfood” Exchange Usage Roll Out to 1/5 University (migration, new users)
Links BlazerID Resource: AD Project: