Install Windows Server 2003 Adminpak (Administration Tools Pack) on Vista
It's always frustrating when an update to one program from a company breaks compatibility with another program from the same company. In the case of Microsoft, the Windows 2003 SP1 Admin tools...
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Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 released!
Downloading the bits right now (while watching Ray Ozzie's keynote here: http://www.visitmix.com/ Today Microsoft released Windows Server Update Services version 3.0 to our website for download....
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Map Active Directory in Visio
I see that we released the Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer today. I'm working from home today, so I can't run it in AD and attach a screenshot, but this should be helpful for...
View ArticleThe top Active Directory Issues
The Ask the Directory Services Team blog has a great post on the top 50 KB articles used to solve issues in Directory Services support during the first quarter of Microsoft fiscal year 2008 (July 2007...
View ArticleWhat’s that service?
Ever wish that someone at Microsoft would write up a list of all the services that come with Windows Server/client? Perhaps something that lists the executable command line, the account that the...
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Active Directory How-Tos
How do I back up AD? Seize an Operations Manager role? Recover a Domain Controller? Manage SYSVOL? There's a guide for that... Active Directory Product Operations Guide Process: Back up Active...
View ArticleThe limits of Active Directory
A few years ago, at my first IT job, my manager told me that there was a server at Microsoft, and all day long it created objects in a test Active Directory Domain. "This server has been running since...
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Meet the Sundancers
On Friday, I blogged about “Project Sundance”, which is an upcoming release from the Solution Accelerators team that combines the Vista/XP/2003/2008/Office security guides with the Configuration...
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SharePoint Lockdown – The Easy Way
If you have been tasked with securing SharePoint, there are a lot of considerations to take into account. How do users authenticate? Does part of your farm live in an extranet or DMZ? How do you...
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Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) Branch Office Guide Released
If you are involved in a project to plan or upgrade Active Directory in your branch offices, you may have questions such as: What type of domain controller should I use for a given branch office? Does...
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