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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Performance 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 moreActive Directory Domain and Forest Functional Levels
December 7, 2010
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All though Active Directory has been available for over ten years, one question that comes up time and time again at customer sites is “What do the Forest and Domain Functional Levels do and should I set them?“ After validating their Active Directory my answer is usually yes, but what do these levels enable within Active Directory? [...]
Read moreWindows 7 Springboard Series Tour – Hits the UK on 1st November.
September 29, 2010
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Are you looking to plan, pilot or deploy Windows and Office? The Microsoft Springboard team from Redmond will be in the UK en route to TechEd Europe (Berlin) on Monday 1st November, they will be delivering a five hour workshop on: Office 2010 IT investments. Key deployment strategies for Windows 7 and the Microsoft Desktop [...]
Read moreVerify what version of the Active Directory Schema is installed.
September 14, 2010
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To verify what version of the Active Directory Schema you have installed: Using adsiedit.msc, navigate to either of the relevant locations: Active Directory Schema version “CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=local” Exchange Server Schema Version “CN=Exchange Organisation,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=local” Note: Replace “dc=domain,dc=local” with your domain information. To verify the schema version, right click the distinguishedName that you navigated to and scroll [...]
Read moreGoogle Latitude Statistics – Home, Work and Other…..
June 29, 2010
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I am not a big Google product user but one of their applications which I use on a regular basis is Google Latitude. Google Latitude interfaces with Google maps; which shares your current location with people you have chosen to share it with. Google Latitude seamlessly integrates with my Blackberry 9700 and my wife’s Blackberry 8900 allowing us to know [...]
Read moreResultant Set of Policy (RSOP) not working.
June 24, 2010
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Recently I had a couple of issues with Resultant Set of Policy (RSOP) and enabling it to work for IT teams who were not Administrators. One issue I had was that every time Resultant Set of Policy was run for users with delegated permissions (and on further testing “Domain Admins” too) they all received an [...]
Read more- Office 2010 Installation Error: The language of this installation package is not supported by your system.
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- Active Directory .local domain design and Office 365.
- Active Directory Tombstone Lifetime – Set it to the correct value.
Book Recommendations:
Books that every IT Admin should own.
Active Directory
Active Directory: Designing, Deploying, and Running Active Directory
