Current Technologies
- by Charles Cline
I currently work at the University of Kansas (KU) and before
that Stanford University, to be particular the Stanford Linear Accelerator
Center (SLAC). Collaborating with
various Higher Ed institutions the past several years has shown a marked
increase in the Microsoft side of the house.
To give you an idea of our current environment, here are some of the
things we (Enterprise Systems) have been working on the past two years I’ve
been at KU:
Migrated from Novell to Active Directory (AD), although we’re
still leveraging Novell for IDM. We
currently have 550,000+ objects in AD, and we still have several departments to
bring in.
Upgraded from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 and Forefront
Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE)
Implemented SCCM 2007 for Windows systems management
Implemented central file storage using EMC products for the
backend, using CIFS as the frontend
Restructuring AD domains and Forests to decrease the
administrative overhead and provide a primary authentication mechanism for the
entire University
Determining Key Performance Indicators for AD and Exchange
Implemented SCOM 2007 to monitor AD and Exchange
Implemented Confluence for collaboration within IT and other
technology providers at the University
Implemented Data Protection Manager (DPM) for backup of AD
and Exchange
Built a test and QA environment to better facilitate upcoming
changes to the environment
Almost ready to raise the AD domain level to 2008 R2
I’m sure I’m missing things, and my next post will be some
of the things we’re getting ready for – like Centrify to provide AD for OS X
and Linux systems. If anyone would like
more info on a particular area, please drop me a line. I’d be happy to discuss.
