Quest Central for Microsoft
v2.0

Release Notes
May 2004

© Quest Software, Inc. 2004.
All Rights Reserved

Contents

Welcome to Quest Central for Microsoft
System Requirements
Issues and Limitations
For More Information

Welcome to Quest Central for Microsoft

Quest Central™ for Microsoft® is the comprehensive solution for managing your Microsoft Active Directory and NT environments, and Microsoft Exchange configuration and deployment. Quest Central for Microsoft also allows you to integrate with other Quest Spotlight products, manage your computers by IP subnet, create links to frequently used applications and tools, quickly backup and recover your Windows systems, launch your favorite MMC consoles, and perform registry and file system activity monitoring.

System Requirements

You should verify that your system meets the following minimum requirements before attempting to install and run Quest Central for Microsoft:

Hardware

· 800 MHz Pentium III processor

· 512 MB RAM

· 60 MB of free disk space

· Minimum screen resolution 800 x 600, 256 colors

· Network Interface Card

· Pointing Device

Minimum Software Requirements

The following software must be installed on any computers running Quest Central for Microsoft:

· Microsoft® Windows® 2000 SP4 or later, or Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1 or later, or Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003
(Note: Microsoft® Windows® 2003 System Administration Tools Pack must be installed on Microsoft® Windows® XP computers)

· Microsoft® Outlook® 2000, Microsoft® Outlook® 2002 SP1or later, or Microsoft® Outlook® 2003 (Note: This software must also be configured)

· Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or 2003 System Administration Tools Pack

· Microsoft® Exchange 2000 or 2003 System Manager Tool SP3, (optional, for Exchange 2000 or 2003 functionality only)

· Microsoft® Exchange 5.5 Administrator SP4 (optional, for Exchange 5.5 functionality only)

· Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later

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Issues and Limitations

The following issues and limitations are known to exist in Quest Central for Microsoft:

Installation

> Installation Requirement

Quest Central for Microsoft

> QCM General

> Spotlight Integration

Windows NT and AD

> Active Directory

> NT Users and Groups

> Manage Services Wizard

> Manage Registry Entries Wizard

> Monitor Registry and File System Activity

> Check DNS Records

> Operation and Display

> Access

> IP Subnets

> Computer - Manage

Exchange

> General

> Alternate Credentials

> Moving Mailboxes

> Exchange 5.5

> Active Directory Replication Interaction

> Windows 2003

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Installation

> > Installation Requirement

> > o Quest Central for Oracle/Databases and Quest Central for Microsoft cannot be installed on the same system.

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Quest Central for Microsoft

> > QCM General

> > o Clusters are not supported.

> > o When using Windows XP, you must install Quest Central for Microsoft again for every user.

> > o Quest Central for Microsoft is not compatible with FastLane Reporter 5.0.2 and earlier. Users of Reporter v5.0.2 and below will require upgrading to the latest Reporter version.

> > o Quest Central for Microsoft is not compatible with FastLane Active Roles 5.0.4 and earlier. Users of Active Roles v5.0.4 and below will require upgrading to the latest Active Roles version.

> > o For performance reasons, connecting to a global catalog or domain controller over a slow link is not recommended. Connect to a local server when possible.

> > o If you try to close a new window without activating it, and you click on any node in the console window, a catastrophic failure message appears. You must restart the console to rectify this problem.

> > Spotlight Integration

> > o Alternate credentials are not used when launching the Spotlight Console or Topology Viewer.

> > o Spotlight on Exchange Topology Viewer will not auto-connect to the organization in context. You must manually select the organization to which you want to connect within the Topology Viewer.

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Windows NT and AD

> > Active Directory

> > o In this version of Quest Central for Microsoft, you can only connect to Active Directory domains that are in the same forest as the local computer. To manage a domain outside the current forest, install Quest Central for Microsoft on a computer in the other forest.

> > o You may experience problems with the display of your icons and domains if the logon domain controller for your client system is located over a slow link.

> > NT Users and Groups

> > o The output window may report an exception error after creating an NT user and specifying Log On To computers. As a result, some user properties may not get set.

> > Manage Services Wizard

> > o The Manage Services Wizard will not use alternate credentials when generating the service list.

> > Manage Registry Entries Wizard

> > o When using the .reg file search method, alternate credentials are ignored. The wizard uses the credentials running Quest Central for Microsoft.

> > Monitor Registry and File System Activity

> > o You must pause monitoring when Autoscroll is turned on before performing an action on the selected object.

> > o When adding computers to the Tools | Monitor | Registry or File System nodes, alternate credentials are not used to install the monitoring service on the remote computers. The credentials running Quest Central for Microsoft are used instead.

> > Check DNS Records

> > o The Check DNS Records wizard inaccurately reports that Windows 2000 and Windows XP computers are missing DNS records, for example, it may report an IP Address conflict as a missing DNS record.

> > Operation and Display

> > o If multi-selecting items in the listview, using the actions from the menu bar will only apply to a single item within the selection. Using the actions from the Assistant and the shortcuts menu will behave as expected.

> > o When selecting objects in the listview, the cursor occasionally changes to a drag-and-drop state. Click again to exit this state.

> > o Icons occasionally display incorrectly.

> > o A manual refresh may be required to update the listview after performing an action on an item that changes the objects that are displayed in the listview.

> > o The '?' wildcard cannot be used when searching for Windows NT and Active Directory objects.

> > o When searching for printers by name on a selected computer, it is necessary to place a * before the search string.

> > o Searching using the scope "All", will only search within the node that you have selected instead of all of the nodes.

> > Access

> > o In some instances, an access denied message is not provided when attempting to perform actions on an object that you do not have access to administer.

> > o Users running Quest Central for Microsoft with read-only access will not be able to view the data on the computer tabs when a computer is selected in the listview.

> > IP Subnets

> > o Deleting a subnet that is in the process of validating may cause Quest Central for Microsoft to close.

> > Computer - Manage

> > o The "Manage" action available on computers does not use any specified alternate credentials.

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Exchange

> > General

> > o You cannot search for services on an Exchange server by searching from within the Exchange tree. Use the Active Directory node to perform the search.

> > o If the global catalog selected to connect to an organization becomes unavailable the organization will become inaccessible. In order to continue working, right-click the organization and click Change Connection Parameters, then select a different global catalog.

> > Alternate Credentials

> > o The following actions are not supported when you are connecting to an Exchange organization using alternate credentials:

> > > > · Exchange 2000 Protocols/Virtual Servers/Queues

> > > > · Exchange 2000 Public Folders Hierarchy

> > > > · Exchange 5.5 Public Folders Hierarchy

> > > > · Exchange 2000 Public Folders Store (except MAPI Public Folders)

> > > > · Exchange 2000 Move Mailbox

> > > > · Exchange 2000 Create Mailbox

> > Moving Mailboxes

> > o You are unable to move Exchange 2000 mailboxes if you have Exchange 2003 Administrator installed. This is currently a known issue with Microsoft Exchange 2003 System Administration Tools.

> > o If Quest Central for Microsoft is installed on a Windows 2000 German client, the following actions will fail:

> > > · Moving Exchange 5.5 mailboxes between Exchange 5.5 servers in a native 5.5 organization and in a mixed mode 2000 organization.

> > > · Moving Exchange 2000 mailboxes between admin groups in a mixed mode 2000 organization.

> > Exchange 5.5

> > o Deleting messages from Exchange 5.5 Conversion queues is not supported.

> > Active Directory Replication Interaction

> > o Until replication has occurred, the results from some actions will not appear in Quest Central for Microsoft after a refresh (F5) is performed.

> > Windows 2003

> > o You are unable to save mailbox delivery restrictions if you have Windows 2003 System Administration Tools installed. This is currently a known issue with Microsoft 2003 System Administration Tools.

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For More Information
Other Document Sources

The complete Quest Central for Microsoft documentation suite includes the following:

- Quick Start Guide, which includes installation and general operating instructions.
- User Guide, which includes in-depth reference information.
- Online Help, which provides context-sensitive help when working with the application.

You can display the online help by selecting an option from the Help menu or by pressing F1.

Contacting Quest Software

Phone 949.754.8000 (United States and Canada)
Email info@quest.com
Mail Quest Software, Inc.
World Headquarters
8001 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA 92618
USA
Web site www.quest.com

Please refer to our Web site for regional and international office information.

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