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Check them out Now: RC’s of the System Center Products

By jscott, on October 27th, 2011%

Today Microsoft released new evaluation versions of the System Center 2012 family of products.  It is your opportunity to download and enjoy the amazing experience of using System Center.  When I think of System Center I immediately think of Virtua… . . . → Read More: Check them out Now: RC’s of the System Center Products

Comments are closed   Active directory, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Data Protection Manager, Event Resources, Hyper-V, IT Manager, IT Pro Resources, Management, System Center, System Center Data Protection Manager, windows server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows 8 (Dev Preview): Install A Domain Controller

By jscott, on October 22nd, 2011%

As I’m curious what might have changed in the Windows 8 Developer Preview I decided to promote a server to a Domain Controller. As I’ve done plenty times before I just did “start – run – dcpromo”: However this time a message pops up that… . . . → Read More: Windows 8 (Dev Preview): Install A Domain Controller

Comments are closed   Active directory, Windows 8

Windows 8 (Dev Preview): Install A Domain Controller

By jscott, on October 22nd, 2011%

As I’m curious what might have changed in the Windows 8 Developer Preview I decided to promote a server to a Domain Controller. As I’ve done plenty times before I just did “start – run – dcpromo”: However this time a message pops up that… . . . → Read More: Windows 8 (Dev Preview): Install A Domain Controller

Comments are closed   Active directory, Windows 8

FREE: SysAdmin Anywhere – Active Directory Management

By jscott, on October 21st, 2011%

SysAdmin Anywhere is a free Active Directory management tool for computers, user accounts, and groups. The tools also support Active Directory reporting. Submitted by Igor Markin The program allows you to manage users, groups, client computers, server… . . . → Read More: FREE: SysAdmin Anywhere – Active Directory Management

Comments are closed   Active directory, Free Tools

Host-Based Backup and Restore of Virtual Domain Controllers Whitepaper

By jscott, on October 19th, 2011%

I’ve seen a couple of vendors release backup products, specifically targeted at Hyper-V. Some solutions utilize the Hyper-V Volume Shadow Service (VSS) writer to make backups. The big question, however, is whether this type of backup is of any use … . . . → Read More: Host-Based Backup and Restore of Virtual Domain Controllers Whitepaper

Comments are closed   Active directory, Best Practices, Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Windows Server, System Administration, Virtualization

DCPROMO Advanced Mode, what does it do?

By jscott, on October 14th, 2011%

In the past 11 years, Microsoft has released four versions of Windows Server on which you could install Active Directory. On all these platforms, Microsoft offered two ways to promote a server to a Domain Controller. In this blogpost I’ll reveal the… . . . → Read More: DCPROMO Advanced Mode, what does it do?

Comments are closed   Active directory, Best Practices, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Setup & Deployment

PowerShell: SID Walker, Texas Ranger (Part 3): Exporting Domain SIDs and Trusts

By jscott, on October 12th, 2011%

This post is part three in a series on documenting and remediating SID history in your AD forest.  Go back and read part 1 and part 2 if you haven't had a chance yet.  In today's episode we will document the domain SIDs so we know from where … . . . → Read More: PowerShell: SID Walker, Texas Ranger (Part 3): Exporting Domain SIDs and Trusts

Comments are closed   Active directory, AD, Get-ADObject, Get-WMIObject, NLTEST, PowerShell, SID, SID History, SIDhistory, Trusts, WMI    

Technet launches Private Cloud hub for IT Professionals….

By jscott, on October 6th, 2011%

TechNet has a new home for IT architects, implementers, and managers looking for information and resources relating to Microsoft private cloud solutions. I believe this hub will help IT Pros get a handle on the cloud and it’s many variations. I spent… . . . → Read More: Technet launches Private Cloud hub for IT Professionals….

Comments are closed   64bit Computing, Academia, Active directory, Azure, Certification, Cloud, Competitive, Deployment, Downloads, group policy, Hardware, IE, IIS, IPv6, Learn me somethin..., Learning, Networking, On the Edge, Orchestrator, PowerShell, Private Cloud, S+S, SBS, SCCM, SCE, SCOM, SCVMM, Security, Social Networking, sql, Systems Management, Tech News, TechNet, The Cloud, Virtualization, Vista, VMware, Webcasts, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008

Search AD for Missing Email Addresses Using PowerShell

By jscott, on October 5th, 2011%

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell and the Active Directory cmdlets to find and replace missing email addresses.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I am hoping you can help me. We recently decommissioned a domain and moved all the users from that domain … . . . → Read More: Search AD for Missing Email Addresses Using PowerShell

Comments are closed   Active directory, Scripting Guy!, searching Active Directory, Windows PowerShell

Search Active Directory for User and Office Locations

By jscott, on October 4th, 2011%

Summary: Search Active Directory for user and office locations by using Windows PowerShell and no scripting.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I am looking for an easy way to search Active Directory. For example, I need to find information out about users. We are… . . . → Read More: Search Active Directory for User and Office Locations

Comments are closed   Active directory, Scripting Guy!, searching Active Directory, Windows PowerShell
 
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