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Transitioning your Active Directory to Windows Server 2008 R2
You might be running Windows Server 2003 (R2) and Windows Server 2008 Domain Controllers at the moment and you're looking to replace these servers with Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controllers to utilize the new features of Windows Server 2008 R2. You Read More...
10 years of Active Directory
While last year, Jorge mentioned the 10 year anniversary of a production deployed Active Directory domain , today DirTeam is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Active Directory as a released product. The first deployed Active Directory domain According Read More...
Domain Controllers: Standard, Enterprise or Datacenter?
When making choices for a new Active Directory environment, choices eventually need to be made for the Operating System for the Active Directory Domain Controllers. The key question here is whether the Enterprise and Datacenter Editions add any substantial Read More...
A New Vulnerability in Active Directory (MS09-018)
On Patch Tuesday for June 2009 (yesterday, June 9, 2009) Microsoft released security bulletin MS09-18 yesterday to address a vulnerability in Active Directory and Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) that could allow remote code execution. It’s should Read More...
Installed Windows 2000 Server yesterday
Yesterday I needed to install a box with Microsoft Windows 2000 Server for some educational purposes. While installing this Operating System, which is nearly ten years old and nearly out of support , I noticed some differences, compared to installing Read More...
Active Directory Visibility Modes
While being involved with my company’s Hosted Messaging and Collaboration (HMC) implementation I ran into the Active Directory List Object Access Mode, set through the DS-Heuristics attribute. I decided to give you a little rundown of this mode and the Read More...
Upgrading your Active Directory to Windows Server 2008
Last time we discussed how to transition your Active Directory to Windows Server 2008 , which was something a lot of you were interested in. This time I'm talking in-place upgrading Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 Domain Controllers to Read More...
Transitioning your Active Directory to Windows Server 2008
You might be running Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 Domain Controllers at the moment and you're looking to replace these servers with Windows Server 2008 Domain Controllers to utilize the new features of Windows Server 2008. You might Read More...
MS08-003 Security Update for Active Directory
Microsoft released a security update for Active Directory and Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) today. The accompanying security bulletin marks this update as important. Rating a Security update as Important means the update fixes a vulnerability Read More...
Route 64
Sixty-four is the square of 8, the cube of 4, and the sixth power of 2. It is the smallest number with exactly seven divisors . It is also the only flavor we're going to see Windows Server in, starting with the next major version after Windows Server Read More...
Big Drives, Part 2
I can imagine that after reading part 1 of the 'Big Drive Problem" one essential question remained unanswered and haunted your thoughts: How big should I make my C:\ drive if I move every dynamic, sensitive or performance related piece of data from it? Read More...
Big drives, Part 1
It's not uncommon to find big drives in new servers. Some people might suggest to format it with one NTFS based C:\ drive, but I suggest you don't listen to them. Not placing dynamic data on your C:\ drive is a best practice. This practice requires you Read More...
Patch management, a differentiator for small businesses?
Small Novell networks often have a Microsoft Windows server somewhere. This might seem odd, but it actually makes sense when you look at the way businesses tend to cave under the pressure of keeping their networks updated. Most of the times this is why Read More...
WDS without Active Directory
Windows Deployment Services (WDS) is part of the recently released Service Pack 2. In the last months one question remained unanswered: "Is it possible to use Windows Deployment Services (WDS) in a non-Active Directory environment?" Today I answer it Read More...
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 is here
Microsoft released Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 today. If you don't know what I'm on about, than please read one of my previous posts. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 delivers on Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative and Read More...
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