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On Monday, 2/18/02, Information Services will migrate all Montana domain
users to the SeattleSchools.org domain. IS technicians will do the
behind-the-scenes work on the Presidents' Day holiday. The transition will
be completed when users log in for the first time on or after 2/19/02.
For the transition to be smooth - we really need everyone to leave their
Windows NT or Windows 2000 computers turned on, but logged out for the
mid-winter break.
What does this mean?
Anyplace you used to type Montana, you should now type seattleschools. If
you continue to try to log into the Montana domain (either when your machine
starts up, or when you attempt to connect to Outlook) it will fail.
Keep in mind that this does NOT affect student workstations, nor does it
affect machines that don't log into the Montana domain. If you log into
your own school domain (Ballard, Cooper, etc), you are likely unaffected -
except perhaps for Outlook use.
Why is this happening?
Supporting two domains is very complex. Password changes can take a long
time to replicate; there is much confusion over the difference between
Webmail and Edumail; and the new structure allows for MUCH greater
flexibility as we move ahead.
What do I do if something doesn't work?
Please feel free to call the helpdesk. We have created a special help desk
ticket item especially for this project, and we really do want this to be as
painless as possible. There will be analysts standing by to help you -
should trouble arise, and there are escalation mechanisms in place to make
sure that problems are resolved as fast as possible.
Thanks so much for your time and patience as we try to get the word out
about this change...
For further information, please see the inside WWW site at:
http://inside.seattleschools.org/area/main/network/UserMigration.pdf
-April Johnson (MCSE, CCNP)
Network Operations, Seattle School District
apjohnson@seattleschools.org
206.499.9678
"Give a kid a fish, and he eats for a day. Teach a kid to fish, and he eats
for a lifetime."
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