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10 Ways to Effectively Secure Active Directory
This paper explains how by configuring the Active Directory to be resistant to threats, and then regulating changes so data consistency is protected and security policies are enforced, you can create a secure Active Directory environment.

Active Directory Account Provisioning
Download this free white paper to discover how you can use the NetIQ user account provisioning solution to extend Active Directory. Learn how you can combine the NetIQ products to address key account management issues, while laying the ground work for a complete user account lifecycle management solution.

Migration Best Practices Guide
Do you need the tips and techniques to help you plan for a successful migration? Register now for NetIQ's guide, "Migration Best Practices." You'll get an overview of the issues and strategies to consider for the various migration techniques and a step-by-step migration workflow. Discover how NetIQ's Migration Suite can help you accelerate the transition between platforms while minimizing the impact on your IT resources.

Help Desk White Paper
Are your help desk functions as effective, efficient and secure as they can be? Find out how you can improve service levels and reduce costs through secure delegation and protected access. Download our white paper, "Improving Help Desk Productivity," to discover how to get the most out of Active Directory by empowering help desk staff to automate routine tasks, enable end-user self service and maintain complete audit accountability.

Group Policy Catalog
In Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, there are more than 900 individual Group Policy object settings. For new Active Directory users, leveraging Group Policy effectively in their environment is becoming increasingly difficult. Ease your pain and download NetIQ's free Group Policy Catalog. This simple step-by-step guide will help you increase your Group Policy knowledge and identify key areas for an immediate ROI.

Securing Access to Active Directory - A Layered Security Approach
Has managing and securing Active Directory permissions become more complex than ever before? Download NetIQ's free white paper, "Securing Access to Active Directory-A Layered Security Approach." You'll gain valuable insight on enabling administrative access without giving away the keys to the kingdom.

NetIQ's Security Administration Suite Provides a Healthy Solution for Good Samaritan’s Active Directory

When the Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon, PA, began investigating how to best migrate their 1,000 users and 100 Microsoft Windows servers to Active Directory, they knew they had a tremendous challenge on their hands. Migrations of this size can be complex, particularly if you don't have the proper tools.

NetIQ’s Directory and Resource Administrator Helps Kindred Healthcare Comply with New HIPAA Regulations

Without DRA we would have had to hunt through every Windows Domain Controller to find this [HIPAA] information – an almost impossible challenge.

Responsible for both systems and security management at Northern Natural Gas, Systems Architect Matt Hrynkow explained that Northern Natural Gas decided to continue using NetIQ's AppManager Suite (AppManager) based on its proven capabilities in the Enron environment. In addition, Northern Natural Gas uses NetIQ's Directory and Resource Administrator (DRA) to manage Active Directory. Northern Natural Gas also uses NetIQ's Exchange Administrator to provide policy-based administration for Exchange mailbox management across the company. AppAnalyzer for Exchange (AppAnalyzer) enables Hrynkow to conduct traffic analysis and assess how the needs of Northern Natural Gas' user base are growing and changing.

Cingular Wireless uses NetIQ’s Directory and Resource Administrator to spend more time addressing cost-critical issues, such as server monitoring and maintenance. It has also helped increase security by reducing their total number of account operators.

Barclays Global Investors has realized a 248% return on investment, 105% internal rate of return, and net benefits of $3.6 million (net present value) over three years using Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Active Directory™ service and NetIQ's Directory and Resource Administrator to bring products to market more quickly and focus on developing new online services.