I saw a couple of things in the media this week that made me think about the value of specialization. The first was a Charlie Rose interview with Jack Dorsey, the founder of Square. In the interview Jack talks about how difficult it is to create simple solutions in a complicated world. The second was…
Everybody knows you have to get users in Active Directory. With the incredible market share that Active Directory has, it’s just the first step to doing anything for the vast majority of organizations. When an employee starts, you want that employee as a user in Active Directory immediately so they can start working. Incredibly, this…
A quick story. Two blogs run the same poll about securing SharePoint using groups. One blog is SharePoint-centric. The other blog is Active Directory-centric. The question that has been on everybody’s mind is, how will the results differ? The question was simple: do you use Active Directory groups, SharePoint groups or both to secure site…
When was the last time you checked to see if your Active Directory user accounts matched your HRIS? What about a quick check to see if everyone had the correct department, phone number, or if they even had a mobile phone listed? There are obvious security advantages to having the correct accounts have access to…
I am a huge college football fan. It’s the NFL playoffs, and now, because the BCS National Championship game is taking forever all I can think about is football. It’s so bad that I have cobbled together ten ways that IT is like football… 10. Without proper attention agile and nimble can easily become slow…
‘Tis the season of holiday cheer and peace on Earth, so it seems the right time to ask why can’t Active Directory and SharePoint administrators be friends? They seem to play with the same things. Our research shows that more than 85% of companies are using Active Directory security groups to provide permission to SharePoint…