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Contributors
The following people contributed their hacks, writing, and
inspiration to this book:
Dennis Abbott is a columnist on myITforum.com (http://www.myitforum.com) and has been
working in the high tech industry for eight years. He has worked with
Microsoft Systems Management Server since Version 1.1 and with
Windows NT Server since Version 3.51. Dennis discovered the power of
Microsoft scripting while building in-house solutions for software
distribution that required industry-standard infrastructure and a
minimum amount of code. He has coded numerous scripts that combine
Windows Management Instrumentation, Active Directory Service
Interfaces, and Windows Scripting Host to create simple solutions to
complex problems. He currently works for Schneider National in Green
Bay, WI, where he bicycles to work through rain, sleet, or snow.
Previous employers include Dell Computers and Advanced Micro Devices.
He can be reached at http://www.myitforum.com) and has been in the
IT industry for eight years. He is thankful to be lucky enough to be
able to turn a hobby into a career. He is a lifelong resident of St.
Petersburg, FL, where he currently resides with his wife, Wendy, and
son, Kyle. In his spare time, you can usually find Sean cheering for
his hometown Tampa Bay Buccaneers, playing one of his guitars, or
fishing the waters of Tampa Bay with Wendy. You can reach Sean at
http://www.myitforum.com) and has worked in
the computer industry for the past 10 years. He has worked in
Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. During that time he has worked for
companies such as Eastman Chemical Company, Cox Communications, MCI,
and Motorola. He currently runs his own business, Computing Xperts
(CX) (http://www.computingxperts.com), in the South
Florida area. He has spent 6 of his 10 years in the computer industry
administrating Systems Management Server (SMS), package automation,
and scripting, and he spent the other 4 years offering automated
solutions utilizing Active Directory and Group Policy. In his current
assignment, he is working as a consultant for Mortgage Systems
International to design an SMS 2003 hierarchy for an international
mortgage company.
Chris Crowe works as a Database Administrator for Trimble in
Christchurch, New Zealand. He has a MCP, MCP+I, MCSA, and MCSE, and
he has been a Microsoft MVP since 1997, specializing in Internet
Information Server (IIS). In early 2000, Chris started a web site
called IISFAQ (http://www.IISFAQ.com) as a resource to help
him maintain a set of answers to frequently asked questions on the
http://www.myitforum.com) and is President
and CEO of IT Centric Inc. (http://www.itcentric.biz), an IT solutions
and consulting company that offers professional services and
technology solutions. Matthew founded IT Centric in 2002, with the
vision of forming a leading-edge solutions firm, creating innovative
solutions while ensuring cost effectiveness. Prior to IT Centric, he
was Senior Systems Architect with National Life of Vermont, where he
led the design and migration to Windows 2000, evaluated and redefined
single vendor solution for data center server and storage solutions,
assisted with the design and implementation of a SAN and enterprise
backup solution, and much more. Prior to National Life, he held a
Systems Engineer position at Merrill Lynch, developing change and
configuration management solutions and assisting in the development
and support of a global Windows NT 4.0 infrastructure. Matthew has
also worked as a consultant for many leading financial and retail
companies throughout his career, providing similar responsibilities.
John Gormly is a columnist on myITforum.com (http://www.myitforum.com) and has worked for
a leading public accounting firm for the last 15 years. He earned his
bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance from the
University of Cincinnati. He began his career as an auditor and made
the transition in to IT nine years ago, when he was asked to head the
IT department for the firm's Cincinnati location. He
is now a Regional Technology Director and is responsible for all
aspects of technology, including PC support, LAN/WAN infrastructure,
telecommunications, project management, training, IT deployments, and
personnel management. John has written many training courses for end
users, technical articles for newsletters, and presentations
specifically for the IT community. He specializes in all Microsoft
operating systems and all versions of Microsoft Office. He also
maintains certifications in Novell Netware (CNE3, 4, and 5) and is an
A+ Certified Technician. John lives in Lebanon, OH, with his wife,
Cynthia, and three young sonsJohn, Jacob, and Joshua. John can
be reached at http://www.myitforum.com) and started working
with computers as a hobby that later became an occupation. He bought
his first computer in 1982 and taught himself to write basic language
programs. Writing programs soon went from being a hobby to an
obsession, and when a career change became desirable he returned to
college after an 18-year hiatus. There he became a member of a
national honor society and earned a degree in Computer Science in
1993. He is employed at a great company in Houston, Texas, where his
responsibilities include Microsoft Systems Management Server, Network
Associates Inc. Total Virus Defense, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager,
Microsoft Software Update Server, RSA SecurID, and SecurPBX. He holds
the following certifications: TIAComp A+, Microsoft Certified
Professional, and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. He is active
in the martial arts, holding a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon
Do and a first degree black belt in Torite-jutsu, and he is a member
in good standing of Dragon Society International. He rides his Harley
Davidson motorcycle every chance he gets and in his spare time also
likes riding his dirt bikes, scuba diving, camping, hunting, fishing,
and snow skiing.
Don Hite is a columnist on myITforum.com (http://www.myitforum.com). The eldest of four
children, he was born to American parents in the Army hospital at
Wurzburg Germany in November 1957. After living in Bad Kissingen,
Germany, for the first few years of his life, the Hite family moved
back to the United States when Don was still in khaki army diapers.
Educated by trade as a commercial maintenance electrician and holding
a master electrician's license, Don made the career
change from terminating copper conductor cable to terminating
Ethernet cable in the early 1990s. Don lives in Raymore, MO, with his
wife, Ginny. He has a son, Lee, a stepdaughter, Lisa, and a grandson
named Blake.
David Jaffe is a columnist on myITforum.com (http://www.myitforum.com) and has been in IT
for over six years. He has worked with a wide variety of applications
specializing in system management. Dave is the co-owner of
SMSExpert.com (http://www.smsexpert.com), the largest
provider of SMS third-party tools.
Janis Keim is a columnist on myITforum.com (http://www.myitforum.com) and is the PC
Technical Support Supervisor for State Street, a mutual funds company
in Kansas City, MO, and has over 15 years of experience in computer
technology. As the SMS administrator for approximately 1,700
workstations, her responsibilities include software packaging,
testing, and deployment. She is also responsible for image build
creation from start to finish, deployment of new PCs, ePO
administration, security-related patch deployment for all
workstations, maintenance of the company's entire
fire call password process, and management of six support personnel.
She is also cofounder of the Kansas City Regional SMS User Group
(KCRSMSUG).
Tim Kelly is a columnist on myITforum.com (http://www.myitforum.com) and is Technology
Leader for TSYS (http://www.tsys.com), the
world's largest credit card processing company. Tim
leads the implementation of Microsoft.NET-based web services and
applications. He worked for three years at Microsoft (1998-2001)
during the time of the Windows 2000 rollout and assisted multiple
enterprise customers with Active Directory implementations. He has
worked extensively in e-commerce and the highly available web
applications space during the last five years and counts as
specialties IIS, MSCS, MS SQL high availability and management,
Active Directory, and core network technologies. He is a graduate of
the University of Idaho and received a Master's
degree in Business from Auburn University. Tim enjoys his
familyLynn, Russell, and Jacksonwhen
he's not jumping out of perfectly good airplanes.
His web site is http://www.skydiveopelika.net.
Thomas Lee (http://www.psp.co.uk/tfl/tfl) is Chief
Technologist at QA, the UK's largest independent
training firm, and has worked with Windows since it was first
released. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University and
subsequently worked on two successful operating system projects
(Comshare's Commander II and ICL's
VME) before joining Andersen Consulting in 1981, where he was a
manager in the London office. He was an independent consultant from
1987 until he joined QA in 2003, where he now lectures, consults, and
owns QA's technical portfolio. Thomas is a Microsoft
Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT),
Microsoft Valued Professional (MVP) and Microsoft Regional Director
(Europe). Thomas lives in a cottage in the English countryside with
his wife, Susan, and daughter, Rebecca.
Tim Mintner is a columnist on myITforum.com (http://www.myitforum.com) and is President
and a Systems Architect Consultant for MMH Services (http://www.mmhservices.com). Tim has worked
in the IT industry for over 10 years and has designed Microsoft
networks for over 50 companies in the Midwest. Tim specializes in
Microsoft Infrastructure technologies and has a deep background in
Active Directory, SMS, SQL Server, MOM, Exchange, and ISA server. Tim
is based in St. Louis, MO, where he runs the Microsoft Infrastructure
Professional Users Group (http://www.mipug.org). Tim can often be found
answering questions in the forums at myITforum.com. You can reach Tim
by emailing him at http://www.myitforum.com) and worked for
three years at Bechtel Hanford Inc. (BHI) as a full-time SMS/Virus
Protection Administrator. During his tenure at that company, Chris
turned SMS into an essential management tool for BHI. His complete
redesign of BHI's antivirus system and antivirus
policy led to the elimination of 7,356 viruses and to zero network
downtime due to virus infection from January 2000 until he left
employment at BHI in June 2003. At last report, this antivirus system
is still protecting the BHI network and was able to fend off
thousands of additional virus infections during the global outbreaks
of Blaster, Mimail, Welchia, and Swen viruses during the period of
August and September 2003. His other accomplishments include
beta-testing the current version of SMS Installer for Microsoft,
designing and implementing the initial SMS 2.0 system of Bechtel
National's Waste Treatment Plant Project, obtaining
his Symantec Product Specialist Certification in Norton AntiVirus
Corporate Edition 7.5/7.6, and coauthoring Configuring
Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition (Syngress). Chris is
also the creator of SMS Admin gear (http://www.cafeshops.com/smsadmin). Chris now
works as the SMS Administrator for a large regional bank and lives in
Tupelo, MS, with the love of his life, his wife Debbie. He can be
contacted at http://www.cox.com), specializing in Systems
Management. He lives happily with his wife, Joanna, in Alpharetta,
GA. In his spare time, Marcus writes articles for myITforum.com
(http://www.myitforum.com),
maintains geek status by reading a mound of technical articles and
white papers, and helps his wife with her web site (http://www.webcritter.net). He can be reached
at http://www.myitforum.com) and is the founder
of DudeWorks Software (http://www.dudeworks.com), which develops
add-on solutions for SMS and many other Windows systems-management
tools and solutions and provides custom systems-management
programming solutions. Rob also serves as a senior software
distribution engineer for a major financial company in the United
States, supporting over 50,000 (and growing) SMS clients. He can be
reached at http://www.myitforum.com), ServerWatch
(http://www.ServerWatch.com), and
Database Journal (http://databasejournal.com) for several
years. While he focuses on engineering and administration of large
Windows deployments (primarily in financial institutions) involving a
variety of Windows-based products, such as SMS, SQL, IIS, Exchange,
and Citrix, he is also interested in programming and scripting
topics. This interest is best exemplified by his book WMI
Essentials for Automating Windows Management
(SAMS), published in 2001. He also cowrote
Windows 2003 Server Bible (Wiley) and
Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server
2003 (Sybex). Marcin has also been actively involved as a
technical trainer in the field of certifications. One of the first
recipients of Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 MCSE and MCSA, he has
also worked with Microsoft on setting criteria for Windows 2000
Clustering exam.
Brian Rogers is a columnist on myITforum.com (http://www.myitforum.com) and is currently a
consultant with Collective Technologies Inc. (http://www.colltech.com), providing SMS 2.0
and 2003 analysis, proof of concepts, implementations, and upgrades,
with focus on patch management. His previous experience includes over
five years with Systems Management Server, beginning with SMS 1.2 and
continuing through to SMS 2003; over two years as an MCT, teaching
SMS 1.2 and 2.0; and over three years as an SMS 2.0 Administrator.
Janet Ryding is a columnist on myITforum.com (http://www.myitforum.com), based in the UK,
and has more than 10 years of experience in the IT industry. Working
mainly with Windows NT/2000, Citrix, and the standard BackOffice
products, she provides network consultation to a variety of large
multinational organizations and has worked in the past for Ford Motor
Company, the Ministry of Defense, and the National Health Service.
Janet holds an MCSE in NT4 and 2000, the Citrix CCA and CCSP
certifications, and Cisco's CCNA. Janet is currently
working on a variety of projects and is looking to move into more
project management roles. She can be reached at
http://www.myitforum.com) and is currently
the webmaster and network administrator at a small private business
college. He spends his day taking care of the academic network and
labs, administering an Exchange email system and the college
intranet, supporting the campus-wide wireless network, and
maintaining the college web site. In his spare time, Peter is
actively involved in the Tablet PC community, evangelizing the
platform, contributing news stories, interacting with users, and
writing about Tablet PCs on his web site, Tabula PC (http://www.kstati.com/tabula).
Hans Schefske is a columnist on myITforum.com (http://www.myitforum.com) and has over eight
years experience engineering and designing the architecture and
implementation of Microsoft client/server-based network solutions.
Consulting and leading projects in the IT industry, he has provided
technical expertise in the areas of designing and implementing
infrastructures for large enterprise-level companies such as Nabisco,
Prudential, AIG, Simpson, Thatcher and Bartlett, Novartis, and Hoffman LaRoche
Pharmaceuticals. In 2003, Hans was awarded a Microsoft Most Valuable
Professional (MVP) Award for SMS for his outstanding technical skills
and willingness to share knowledge with his peers. As a technical
author at myITforum.com, he provides technical information, tools,
scripts, and utilities for IT professionals and administrators to
better assist them in managing their Microsoft-based solutions. Hans
is currently a Senior Active Directory and SMS consultant at a large
telecommunications company based in Atlanta, GA.
Pat Sklodowski is a contributor to myITforum.com.com (http://www.myitforum.com) and a Microsoft
Certified Systems Engineer with over eight years of industry
experience. His specialties include Windows NT/2000, Active
Directory, SMS, Exchange, and scripting. Pat is currently working as
a Senior Engineer with a global provider of engineering solutions and
specialized staffing. He is responsible for developing new
initiatives, architectural solutions, technical project-management,
and ongoing support. Pat can be reached at
http://www.myitforum.com), and is currently
the Systems Management Administrator for Central Technology Services.
His duties include the installation, maintenance, and administration
of SMS, MOM, SQL, and various management applications. He has been
with Central Technology Services for four years. Donnie lives with
his wife and two daughters in Jefferson City, MO. He met his wife
while attending Southwest Missouri State University, where he pursued
degrees in CIS/MIS, English, and Anthropology. Donnie enjoys PC and
console gaming, exploring his Cherokee heritage, and spending time
with his family.
Dan Thomson is a columnist on myITforum.com (http://www.myitforum.com) and an influential
member of the IT staff at a local college, where he assists with many
aspects of supporting the computing systems. Some of
Dan's responsibilities include maintaining antivirus
software, OS imaging, group policies, software deployments, and SMS.
Dan is always happy to share whenever he can and can be found
participating in many online forums and newsgroups. Dan enjoys
spending time with his wife and 10-month-old daughter.
Richard Threlkeld is a columnist on myITforum.com (http://www.myitforum.com) and was employed as
a contractor for Motorola, where he eventually worked his way up to
manage the SMS infrastructure for all of Motorola's
Boynton Beach facilities, including packaging, software deployments,
site maintenance, client support, and reporting. Along with his local
SMS responsibilities, Richard also helped develop packages for
Motorola's Global Packaging Team which distributed
software and security updates to workstations and servers worldwide.
In late 2002, Richard moved to San Diego, CA, to work for QUALCOMM
Inc. (http://www.qualcomm.com).
Richard currently heads the SMS Infrastructure for the QUALCOMM CDMA
Technologies division, which spans locations worldwide, and deals
with other Active Directory and engineering issues. Outside of work,
Richard takes part in different SMS forums and user communities,
where he is regularly found assisting other administrators with
issues in their environments. Richard is also a Microsoft MVP for SMS
because of his community involvement.
Rod Trent, manager of myITforum.com (http://www.myitforum.com), is the leading
expert on Microsoft Systems Management Server. He has over 18 years
of IT experience, 8 of which have been dedicated to SMS. He is the
author of such books as Microsoft SMS Installer,
Admin911:SMS, and IIS 5.0: A
Beginner's Guide and has written
thousands of articles on technology topics. myITforum.com is the
central location for third-party SMS support, as well as the online
gathering place for IT professionals and the IT community. Rod speaks
at least three times a year at various conferences and is a principal
in NetImpress, Inc. (http://www.netimpress.com).
Chuck Young is a columnist on myITforum.com (http://www.myitforum.com) and began his IT
career during his time in the Air National Guard, when he converted
an old Banyan Vines network to an NT environment. After pursuing a
degree in Computer Science and holding several jobs in the computer
industry, Chuck now finds himself working almost exclusively with
Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS). Often mistaken for SMSMAN,
Chuck is just a dedicated perfectionist that will not settle for less
than 80%; his philosophy is "Why give 100% at
anything? It doesn't leave anything for the fun
stuff!" Chuck can be reached at
http://www.myitforum.com) and is currently
working for Team Computers, a gold-certified Support Center for
Microsoft. Oren specializes in system-management products and has
also been involved in Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000 migrations. Oren
also manages an open forum for Microsoft in Israel that supports SMS
and MOM products. Oren spends his free time scuba diving, mountain
climbing, and playing snooker. He knows how to enjoy a good fiction
book and likes to write short stories for fun. You can reach him at
orenzp@hotmail.com
