Automated provisioning
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- 00:00 17 Jul 2006
Setting up new accounts and provisioning hardware are tedious tasks, and mistakes can lead to weak security. In this lesson, Laura E. Hunter, senior IT specialist with the University of Pennsylvania, explains how to leverage directory services and policies to automate this task. Also learn how to utilize Active Directory to automate provisioning and how the provisioning market place is taking shape.
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Webcast: Leveraging directory services to automate provisioning
Length: 60 minutes
In this webcast, Hunter explains how to implement automated provisioning. Learn what automating can do to ease the administrative burden of new account and hardware provisioning, how Active Directory can help with the automation of provisioning and what additional components are needed to make the process work.
Technical article: Utilizing Active Directory to automate provisioning
In this article, Hunter focuses on utilizing Active Directory and Group Policy to automate provisioning. Learn what additional components are needed, Group Policy's role in the automation process, the limitations of Active Directory, design parameters and more.
Podcast: Analysis of the automated provisioning market place
Length: 10 minutes
Provisioning has been a manual operation for years, but that's starting to change. In this podcast, Hunter discusses how vendors are just starting to see provisioning automation as a potential market sector.
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About the instructor
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Setting up new accounts and provisioning hardware are tedious tasks, and mistakes can lead to weak security. In this lesson, Laura E. Hunter, senior IT specialist with the University of Pennsylvania, explains how to leverage directory services and policies to automate this task. Also learn how to utilize Active Directory to automate provisioning and how the provisioning market place is taking shape.