A number of companies that I work with use the Acctinfo.dll to provide additional user information when working with Active Directory Users and Computers (DSA.MSC). You can download Acctinfo.dll from the Microsoft web site as part of the Account Lockout and Management Tools package. What isn’t quite so well known is that an updated version… Read More »
Here’s a cautionary tale. In a rash moment I volunteered to present a session at TechEd in Auckland in early September. Be careful what you wish for….I’ve been confirmed as a speaker for a break-out session on Windows Server 2008 Active Directory. The title is Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Deep Dive and you… Read More »
Call me rash and impulsive, but the other day I blew away XP and installed Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard Edition on my Dell Latitude D830 laptop. Other than idle curiosity, the main driver behind my foolishness was the need to create some demo machines using Hyper-V. I don’t have any other hardware that… Read More »
One of the improvements to Active Directory Users and Computers (DSA.MSC) in Windows Server 2008 is the "protection from accidental deletion" feature. This blog article explains what the feature is and how it works under the hood. Probably the most common cause of restore operations in AD is accidental deletion of objects. Administrators with fat… Read More »
Those of you already familiar with Windows Server 2008 will know that one of the key Active Directory-related improvements is the introduction of the Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC). With the RODC comes the ability to separate administrative roles. This removes the restriction of having to use a Domain Administrators account when carrying out administrative tasks… Read More »
Okay, okay, so I’m a little behind the times. “Welcome to the nineties, dude!”, as a friend of mine would say. I can’t help it – I’m the one who thinks this whole Interweb thing is just a fad. 🙂 Anyway, I’m working with a new laptop (Dell Latitude D830) that, apart from being the… Read More »
Windows Server 2008 introduces a new security principal called OWNER RIGHTS. It was introduced to fill a security and delegation loophole in previous versions of Windows whereby creators of objects potentially inherit more permissions than are intended. For detailed information on how the new feature works in the context of AD, see Jorge’s blog entry… Read More »
If you’ve managed to get some hands-on experience with the RTM Windows Server 2008, you might be surprised to see the version shown as Service Pack 1. Relax, you haven’t been in a coma – this really is what the RTM release calls itself (see below). The reason for Service Pack 1 moniker is so… Read More »