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A while back we did a short series on ADMT. Today, TLA reader Dan Dill, goes further into ADMT with this article on setting up a password migration server for ADMT. The password migration server is a component that will help you to migrate passwords when Read More...
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So we know how x64 can benefit Exchange 2007 and Terminal Services, but what about one of the most common parts of a Windows network, Active Directory? Similar to the limitations with terminal services and Exchange, AD suffers from the 2GB virtual memory Read More...
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Just about everyone knows that a Windows operating system may have only one computer name. While this is true, there is a way to add additional NetBIOS names to a Windows operating system, effectively giving the machine additional computer names or identities Read More...
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When you create a new user or computer account in Active Directory the accounts are created in the CN=Users and CN=Computers containers by default. Although these accounts will inherit GPO's linked to the domain, it is not possible to apply Group Policy Read More...
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In the final part of this three part series, James takes us through the steps required to complete the Exchange Server 2003 portion of the domain rename. Once your domain controllers are back up, let's work on exchange to make it work with the renamed Read More...
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In part two of this three part series, author James Rudley takes us through the actual renaming process. Part one covered the setup of the tools and part three will cover the Exchange Server 2003 portion. Rendom will translate this file into a sequence Read More...
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Renaming a domain has been made easier in Windows Server 2003 domains, however it is no walk in the park. James Rudley (forum member saint) recently went through the process and documented it to be posted here. It is a three part article and if you are Read More...
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Any administrator knows the importance of backups. Backing up GPOs is a good practice to get into before making any changes and Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) makes it easier than ever! To backup the GPO from within GPMC, drill down to the Group Read More...
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Modifying user attributes in AD can be time consuming when you have a large number of users to edit. You can use VBS to speed the process, and Windows 2003 domains have some ability to mass edit AD users. ADModify is a free tool that allows you to mass Read More...
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In the previous two articles in this series, we looked at setting up ADMT and then moved some accounts. The last part of this series will cover reporting. You can run reports on ADMT before and after a move is performed. I recommend you run reports before Read More...
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If you read Part 1 of this series, you have created a trust between the 2000 source domain and 2003 target domain, installed ADMT and opened up the ADMT tool. This part will go over running user, group and computer migrations and Part 3 will cover reporting. Read More...
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Upgrading a Windows 2000 domain to Windows Server 2003 is a relativley easy procedure however moving from an old domain to a new one is not as easy. Thankfully Microsoft offers the Active Directory Migration Toolkit to ease this process. ADMT allows you Read More...
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Changing passwords is an important task. The longer you use a password the better the chance that someone finds out what it is. Password policies help but not all passwords are managed by the policy. The Disaster Recovery Mode (DSRM) password is one such Read More...
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Windows Server 2003 R2 was released a while back and along with all the new features come some schema changes. Due to these schema changes, if you attempt to promote a Windows Server 2003 R2 server to a DC you will get an error. These schema upgrades Read More...
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Ned Gnitchel finishes off his article on integrating AD Authentication with Linux/Unix using Samba WinBind. Today will describe the steps required to configure WinBind. A downloadable version of this article is available at the end of this article which Read More...
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I'd like to welcome a special guest author, Ned Gnitchel , who has written an excellent 2 part article on integrating AD Authentication with Linux/Unix using Samba WinBind. Ned works for a large software company and is a specialist in OS Internals, Directory Read More...
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Windows 2000/XP and 2003 all support cached credentials. There are two types of cached credentials, Domain and Generic, and each perform the same task but in different areas. Cached Domain credentials are used by the OS and are authenticated by the Local Read More...
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Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) is a summary listing of group policies that have been applied to a user or computer. Windows Server 2003 includes a wizard to generate RSoP queries to determine what policies are being applied, or would be applied. There Read More...
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So you have a lot of servers you need promoted to DC's and you want to ensure they are all configured identically. Well thanks to answer files this is possible. You probably already know how to install Windows 2000 or 2003 with an answer file, and I have Read More...
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Windows 2003 expands on the mixed mode/native mode functionality of Windows 2000 with functional levels. Windows 2000 included the ability to run NT4 BDCs in a Windows 2000 AD domain if it was in mixed mode. Windows 2003 includes this and expands on it Read More...
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