I recently found a need to have Operating System and Service Pack information displayed dynamically in Active Directory Users and Computers rather than have it hardcoded into the Description attribute of the computer object. I remembered that many moons ago, I had seen Dean Wells demonstrate this ability, so I dug out my notes and [...]
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Active Directory Forest Recovery – Whitepaper updated.
October 21, 2011
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Microsoft have updated the must read Active Directory document on Active Directory Forest Recovery. This document details the processes that must be followed to recovery a an Active Directory hosted on Windows Server 2003 and later. September 2011 Update. Added a list of resources for verifying that replication is working correctly. Download it here.
Read more Single-Label-Domains in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) – Considerations, Migration, and Co-existence
September 5, 2011
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Microsoft have published an excellent document on Single-Label-Domains in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) – Considerations, Migration, and Co-existence. It is well worth a read, even if you are not impacted by this issue. Management Summary An Active Directory domain name that contains one or more labels separated by a dot is referred [...]
Read more Visio 2010 Add-in for Disk Space Monitoring
June 14, 2011
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Microsoft have provided a Visio 2010 Add-In to enable Disk Space Monitoring, it provides a graphical view of free space available on selected computers. To populate the Visio diagram it can either be populated from an Excel spreadsheet or System Center Operations Manager. Once all the desired computers have been contacted, the information is [...]
Read more Threats and Countermeasures Guide: Security Settings in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
June 6, 2011
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If you are looking to understand what the security policies in Windows 7 and 2008 R2 mean and how they can impact your environment, then this guide is a must read. Threats and Countermeasures Guide: Security Settings in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 The document is covers the following categories in some [...]
Read morePerformance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 R2 – Updated
June 1, 2011
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I have previously written about this, but feel it’s worthy of another mention. Microsoft have hidden away on their WHDC (Windows Hardware Developer Central) website, an excellent document on Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 R2. It is worthy of a read as it details lots of changes in functionality that can affect performance. [...]
Read moreMicrosoft support policy for large (4K) sector drives in Windows
February 17, 2011
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Microsoft have just released this interesting KB article on large sector drive support in various versions of Windows. Over the next few years, the data storage industry will be transitioning the physical format of hard disk drives from 512-byte sectors to 4096-byte sectors (also known as 4K sectors). This transition is driven by several factors, [...]
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Active Directory: Designing, Deploying, and Running Active Directory
