Notes of an IT Pro
In the previous blog post we looked at how to retrieve values of user properties/attributes from Active Directory. We briefly even touched on how to retrieve group membership of users, and how to output this information in different formats, such…
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A PowerShell module for Active Directory was released with PowerShell 2.0, the version that shipped with Server 2008 R2. This module includes several cmdlets that let you work directly with Active Directory objects. In this blog post, we will look…
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A user profile describes the configuration for a specific user, including the user’s environment and preference settings. You can specify a Remote Desktop Services-specific profile path and home folder for a user connecting to a Remote Desktop Session Host server….
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This is a step-by-guide on how to install Veritas Storage Foundation 6.0.2 on Windows Server 2012. Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows provides a comprehensive solution to storage management in an integrated graphical view. Veritas SFW lets you configure and manage…
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If you want to add redundancy to the DHCP server service in Windows Server 2008 R2, you have a few options. Such as installing two servers, where you split the scope among them, 50/50, 80/20 etc. Another option is to have…
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Group Policy preferences is a feature that was included with Server 2008, and has been a part of Windows Server ever since. In this blog post, we will look at how to map drives through Group Policy Preferences and item-level…
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Although the title of the post mentions migrating the file server role, its really rather about migrating the data from an old Server 2003 file server to a new 2008 R2 or 2012 file server. The procedure for moving the…
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Before Windows Server 2008, organizations had to rely on third-party products to define different password and account lockout policies for different sets of users in a domain. In Server 2000 and 2003, there could be only one password and account…
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This is a step-by-guide on how to install Veritas Storage Foundation 6.0.1 on Windows Server 2008 R2. Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows provides a comprehensive solution to storage management in an integrated graphical view. Veritas SFW lets you configure and…
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In Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, you would get a notification at logon when (by default) 14 days remained until your Active Directory user’s password expired. In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft has changed this feature….
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