Brian W. McCann

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Windows Server 2008 Component Posters
Back in January of 2007 I posted that TechNet Magazine had a really cool poster that showed Active Directory as a Jigsaw puzzle. I noticed in my latest copy of TechNet Magazine that it included two new posters. One of them was another Active Directory...
TechNet's Active Directory Jigsaw
At last year’s Tech-Ed TechNet Magazine gave away a really cool Active Directory Jigsaw puzzle. I just saw that it is now available online to download. I think it is a great resource for everyone who interacts with Active Directory to look at. Check out...
Where are my FSMO roles?
I have seen so many Active Directory Admins use so many methods to find out who and where their FSMO role holders are. Some will use the old fashion way of going through the AD tools and viewing the roles there. Others that have experience scripting have...
Dissecting the Active Directory Infrastructure Master Role
Dean Wells has a very interesting and in-depth look at this FSMO role. This will actually be an 8 part series that looks into this DC role. Teaching AD for years this was always a mystery to students on what this role really did. For those that love the...
Gotcha with changing the Schema Master
Transfering the Schema Master FSMO role...
Change That Schema Safely!!!
Whenever a product requires extending the schema great caution must be taken. If something goes wrong during this process you can have long last problems. Below are some guidelines that I like to follow when going through such a process. Needless to say...