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I posted a few weeks ago about some Vista Springboard. Continuing that series of posts, I wanted to talk about the first part of Springboard program which is: Discover. Now I'm sure many of you have already "Discovered" Vista, I thought I had too, but Read More...
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MVP, MCT, and Blogger Mitch Garvis has posted the first in a series of articles about new server solutions for small and mid sized businesses. Essential Business Server: Coming soon to a mid-sized company near you! For years I have been saying that Small Read More...
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Regular TLA reader Chris Sanders has contributed the following list of frequently asked questions about WSUS. Windows Server Update Services Q&A I have deployed several WSUS servers in networks of all sizes. This Microsoft technology is one that I Read More...
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Windows Vista Springboard is a micro site on the Microsoft Web site dedicated to helping IT Pros get Vista deployed into their environments. Now before going any further with regards to Vista Springboard, I want to say that I am a strong supporter of Read More...
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The Lazy Admin has not been as lazy as he seems. I have been hard at work writing on all sorts of projects that unfortunately take away from my TLA writing time. I just wanted to let everyone know that a good deal of the stuff I have worked on is now Read More...
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The other day I posted a tip on how to enable the Network Access Protection client on XP SP3 . The client is also built into Vista (RTM and SP1) and is a little easier to configure. Although the same command line from the XP SP3 config can Read More...
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With the recent launch of Windows Server 2008 you are no doubt spending all your free time playing around with everything new. One thing you might be playing around with is Network Access Protection. There is a great document on getting a DHCP based NAP Read More...
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You have probably heard this bit of news already but in case you haven't we thought we'd share it with you. Vista SP1 and Server 2008 were both released to manufacturing today and will become available in the near future. That is unless you have a TechNet Read More...
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Windows Server 2008 is just around the corner. With Major launch events announced in all around the word on or around February 27th It's time to get geared up and ready to answer those tough questions. I'll be honest with all you lazy admins out there, Read More...
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This is my first screencast (ever!), and I am hoping to do more on PowerShell, and anything related to PowerShell. In this first screencast, I'm going to do a demo of JAMS: JAMS (Job Access & Management System) is a commercial software product that Read More...
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Windows Vista SP1 is set to hit the market in early 2008 and there are some cool new features, along with the inclusion of hotfixes. Some of these new features are: Secure Sockets Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) allows for easier setup of VPN connections due Read More...
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Now after checking the entire pre-installation components, if we start the setup we will get some error messages such as this one: Setup encountered a problem while validating the state of Active Directory: Domain Controller Operating System version is Read More...
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Before we get started with the installation of Exchange 2007 it is recommended to run the latest version of Exchange Best Practice Analyzer tools now, and choose Exchange 2007 readiness check, in my case, the tool gave me the following report: So, my Read More...
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Mueed Al-Enzi sent us an email about a series of posts he wrote on transitioning from Exchagne 2000 to 2007. What was interesting about his article was that his Exchange 2000 server was also his DC and was on Windows 2000. He had a lot more work to do Read More...
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As you may know, BitLocker Drive Encryption only encrypts the C:\ drive. If you have additional drives in your PC, or use an external USB hard drive with your notebook, you can't encrypt that drive with BDE. Officially that is :) While Vista SP1 will Read More...
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We've done a few post on BitLocker around some of the more advanced features and controls. The one thing we haven't touched yet is just how easy it is to encrypt your drive with BitLocker. Before we get started on the procedure a little review of the Read More...
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I think Windows PowerShell is one of the greatest things to have been released recently (yes, I am a poshoholic ). At TechEd 2007 last June in Orlando, a lot of people were talking about PowerShell. Ben Pearce put together a list of the top 5 questions Read More...
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We have gone over the GPO settings for BitLocker recently and now we are going to cover the actual configuration of BitLocker on the computer itself. There are two ways, the GUI way, or the CLI way. Today we will focus on the CLI method. There is one Read More...
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Hello everyone! it would seem the Lazy Admin is living up to his name :). I just wanted to post about some really cool e-learning course Microsoft is providing for FREE for a limited time only: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/windowsserver2008/default.mspx#ELEARNING Read More...
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Microsoft has released a patch 1 for BDD 2007. This patch fixes a bunch of bugs. (I'm not sure if it fixed the XP partition bug that I mention in my earlier guides, I'll find out in the next few days as I test it out.) Update 07/09/2007: After testing Read More...
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