Retrieving User properties from Active Directory
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…
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Configuring Remote Desktop Services Profile settings for users
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…
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Installing Clustered DHCP Server on Windows Server 2008 R2
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…
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Mapping Drives with Group Policy Preferences
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…
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Migrate File Server from Server 2003 to 2008R2 or 2012
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…
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Fine-Grained Password Policies in Windows Server 2008 R2
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…
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Installing Veritas Storage Foundation on Server 2008 R2
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…
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Windows 7 Password Expiry Email Notification
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…
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Moving subfolder of a shared folder, does not retain permissions
When you move a folder within the same volume, NTFS permissions are supposed to be retained. As a matter of fact, that is the only way permissions can be retained during copy…
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How to check if a machine is physical or virtual
If you connect to a remote machine through remote desktop protocol, you might not always know whether that machine is virtual or physical. If you would like to find out…
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