Active Directory Migration Planning Prepared for
Cornell University
Tuesday June 23, 2011
Version 1.2Final
Prepared by
David Thompson
Infrastructure Consultant
David.Thompson5555@idea.com
Revision and Signoff Sheet
Change Record Date | Author | Version | Change reference | 06/14/11 | David Thompson | 1.0 | Initial Draft | 06/23/11 | David Thompson | 1.1 | Internal Review | 06/30/11 | David Thompson | 1.2 | Final Version | | | | | | | | |
Reviewers Name | Version approved | Position | Date | Chris Lavelle | 1.1 | | 06/26/2010 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Table of Contents 1. Introduction 5 1.1 Executive Summary 5 2. Intended Audience 6 3. Migration Overview 7
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* Enterprise Applications-Schema Extensions, LDAP authentication, etc. will all occur under this centralized Active Directory environment. More design and policy creation may be required to produce a uniform way of Enterprise Applications existence in this environment. * Agility -Growth and restructuring are part of normal operations for Cornell University. The IT infrastructure needs to handle these events as a more natural part of the IT ecosystem instead of as a major exception to the IT operations. Organizational restructuring should not alter the structure of the directory service.
2.Intended Audience
This document was written for and intended for Cornell University IT staff and supporting personnel. It is designed as a guide and roadmap for the development of an Active Directory Migration Plan at Cornell.All Cornell University IT staff and supporting personnel should be familiar with the concepts and terminology that follows in this document.
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3. Migration Overview
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