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I just read over at Jane Lewis's blog that if you plan on deploying Server 2008 Read Only Domain Controllers (RODC) and have down-level clients (XP and 2003 clients) then you will want to check out the RODC Compatibility Pack. I know a lot of people...
I've just written a small article on the common steps that I perform when doing health checks on domain controllers. Head on over to AdminPrep to check it out. I would love for you to come back here and let me know what else you do when you do health...
Last week I spent some time at my former employer taking a Server 2008 upgrade course . Shame on you if you haven't checked them out for training because their Hard Hat courses are hands down the best out there. I spent a lot of time in that course...
I know i'm late on this but I've got to blog about it. Fellow Directory Services MVP Guy Teverovsky has created the coolest tool yet for Server 2008 Server Core. It is the Server Core CoreConfigurator . After you copy the four files to your Server...
After spending a bit of time on Amazon I noticed that books, movies, and other random things you can buy all had customer reviews. I started to think, why don't white papers and technical documents have the same? Today I've decided to take action...
I wanted to share some details on Active Directory now that Server 2008 is about to launch. Microsoft has decided to put an emphasis on Active Directory by potentially confusing its customers. In the past if someone mentioned Active Directory someone...
Back in February I needed a script to display the groups a user belonged too. Today I was asked about the opposite. I needed to find a way to list the members of a group. Thankfully I blogged about the first issue in February because that led me to the...
I was just doing some catching up on some blog reading and saw that Keith Combs from Microsoft has an excellent screencast on Windows Server 2008 Password Caching on Domain Controllers. In fact he just doesn't show you how to set it up he takes it...
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...
If you need a little help learning how to backup and restore Group Policy take a look at this video I have showing how to do it. Backing up and Restoring Group Policies
I've been trying to work more and more with scripts and today I'm sharing a simple but useful one. How to display the groups a user account is a member of. To display a user's groups via the command prompt you need to use the dsget command with the -memberof...
When Windows Server Longhorn is released it will include 700 more Group Policy settings then Windows Server 2003 with SP1! I for one can't wait for Longhorn and just reading about all the new Group Policy settings gets me pumped up. Although it would...
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...
Updated here I've been playing more and more with Windows Vista and for the most part like what I see. However one thing is killing me!!!! There is no AdminPak for Windows Vista. How the heck am I or you supposed to manage your AD environment without...
It has been almost a year since I’ve worked with Exchange…and the old adage is if you don’t use it, you lose it. My first experience with that was when I lost all my UNIX knowledge after years of not using it. Looks to me as if Exchange...
One of the main things i've been waiting for in the Longhorn betas have been enhancements to Active Directory. Not much has been done thus far but some of the changes should be showing up in beta 3. I have been able to discover some new Longhorn DCPROMO...
Just finished publising my latest article at www.adminprep.com . This was such a fun one to write since it was something so many people have asked me about over the years. I can't believe it has taken me so long to get out to them. I would love to find...
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...
I just published another Rewind session entitled " Removing a DC from Active Directory ". This session along with the other I created are free for anyone to use to help learn how to perform tasks within Windows. If anyone else wants to help build a library...
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...
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