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One of the best resources around for
administrators who deploy and manage Windows-based networks,
myITforum.com is best described by its CEO and founder, Rod Trent.
myITforum.com (http://www.myitforum.com) is the leading
systems
administration web site and community. It was created to be the
Internet's premiere knowledge and information forum
for IT professionals. The web site provides IT administrators the
opportunity to gain better insight about what they do by
learning/sharing from other IT experts throughout the world. Through
the web site, myITforum.com users give tips, share insight, and
download utilities and tools to assist them in managing their IT
enterprises. Whether you oversee 10 nodes or 100,000 nodes,
myITforum.com can help you manage your environment.
myITforum.com is managed by Rod Trent (myself!), a Microsoft MVP and
author of the best-selling books Microsoft SMS
Installer, Admin911: SMS, and
IIS 5.0: A Beginner's Guide.
Rod Trent is the leading authority on Microsoft SMS and an annual
presenter and keynote presenter at the annual Microsoft Management
Summit (http://www.microsoft.com/management/training/mms.mspx).
He has over 18 years of IT experience, 8 of which have been dedicated
to SMS. In addition to his best-selling books, Rod has written
thousands of articles on technology topics in many publications, on
the Web, and in the form of Microsoft white papers, case studies, and
technical guides. Rod is also a principal in NetImpress, Inc.
(http://www.netimpress.com), a
technology publishing company.
History
myITforum.com's roots lead back to the now defunct
Swynk.com web site. Swynk.com was founded and operated by Stephen
Wynkoop until 1999. Stephen had developed a web site that allowed
administrators all over the world to gain support for their everyday
IT tasks. myITforum.com was built on the success of the Systems
Management Server (SMS) section of Swynk.com. The success of the SMS
section led to an urgency to keep the ever-growing community alive
when it was evident that the parent company of Swynk.com was not
going to support it. Swynk.com had become much more than simply
content and articles, and it became evident that the web site had
outgrown its electronic boundaries. It had become a live community
that was represented both on the Web and in the real IT world. So,
the SMS community from Swynk.com migrated to its web site location:
http://www.myitforum.com.
Since the move, myITforum.com has grown by leaps and bounds,
primarily due to the opportunities it presents to administrators all
over the world to interact with their fellow administrators and
peers. The members of the myITforum.com community are the most caring
folks found in any corner of the Internet. They give their time,
experience, and knowledge selflessly to help create a brain trust of
smarter administrators who become efficient and proficient IT
professionals.
Scope
While myITforum.com was based on Microsoft Systems Management Server,
it has grown far beyond this one topic. To be an SMS administrator,
an IT professional must be proficient in far more than just SMS. SMS
administrators are required to support many different applications,
operating systems, and technologies. Because of this requirement and
myITforum.com's ability to grow quickly with the
community needs, myITforum.com expanded its topic base to include
many more areas in the IT world. myITforum.com supports Altiris
products, Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), VBScript, SMS
1.2/2.0/2003, Windows, SQL Server, Networking, Active Directory,
security and patch management, antivirus technologies, Windows Mobile
technologies, web technologies, and deployment technologies such as
Windows Installer.
MyITforum.com supports these many topics through articles, email
discussion lists, and web-based forums Figure 1-18
shows the myITforum.com home page. The articles posted to the web
site are quite a bit different than the articles you find in other
publications. Instead of information from individuals you
can't be sure have ever worked in IT, the
myITforum.com articles are from real IT workers from real IT
experiences. The premise is that if you are faced with a real-world
situation, someone out there has probably already been through it and
has the solution all wrapped up. By sharing their experiences through
articles, the myITforum.com columnists provide a central location for
IT administrators all of the world to get solutions to problems they
might be facing, without having to spend days or weeks working
through a tough situation. If it's a problem,
someone has already faced it and succeeded, and the solution is
probably outlined on myITforum.com.
Figure 1-18. Home page of myITforum.com
In addition to providing these web resources for the myITforum.com
community, myITforum.com has transcended the confines of the
Internet. Because real IT professionals make up the myITforum.com
community, myITforum.com has reached beyond the Web to aid real
people in setting up real-world local communities. myITforum.com has
been instrumental in setting up over 17 user groups all over the
world. From the U.S. to Canada to Israel to Australia, myITforum.com
has provided valuable time and resources to set up and manage some of
the most successful user group communities in the real world.
myITforum.com provides many things to the user groups, including a
free web site for the group's web presence, contacts
with vendors for speaking services, and an intermediary link between
Microsoft and the user group for planning, support, and meeting
facilities.
Over time, myITforum.com has also become a successful liaison between
employers and prospective employees. Offered as a free service,
myITforum.com has helped place hundreds of qualified employees into
IT jobs. During the last few years, when the economy has caused
layoffs and outsourcing, myITforum.com has stood as a central beacon
for employers and employees to connect with each other. So, in
addition to providing a central repository for connecting with peers,
myITforum.com has become an informal meeting place, where workers
find employment and employers locate the top candidates for open
positions.
It has been noted that if you attend any IT event, anywhere in the
world, you will find at least one myITforum.com community member.
myITforum.com's influence reaches into almost every
nook of the IT world, primarily because it provides what IT
professionals need to advance to a higher level in their profession,
but also because it provides a level of sharing that
can't be experienced anywhere else. myITforum.com is
a real community comprised of real people with real personalities.
Participating in myITforum.com is like meeting with friends.
myITforum.com is an ever-evolving, ever-growing community meeting
place that extends experience and knowledge that is more valuable
than sitting through a weeklong training class. At the end of the
day, myITforum.com is the one location for everything IT.
Rod Trent
