Organizational Unit
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Managing users and objects in Windows Server 2003
Insight More powerful now, Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Users And Computers utility differs from previous versions. Here's what you should know about using it to manage users.
Protect organizational units from deletion
Techguide The Protect option makes the deletion of the OUs a very deliberate action, and therefore safeguards against accidental removal.
Tags: Server platforms
Automate your software rollout with Windows 2000 group policies
Insight Save time and effort during your next software rollout. Automate your Windows 2000 software distribution process by using group policies to publish or assign your applications.
Managing service accounts is easier in Windows Server 2008 R2
Techguide Windows Server 2008 R2 offers a new type of account that helps with endpoint administration of service accounts.
Tags: Servers, Microsoft Server 2003, Server platforms, Service Account, Microsoft Windows PowerShell, Active Directory Schema, Builtin Organizational Unit, Information Technology, Windows Server 2008 R2, Organizational Unit
Disabling removable media in Server 2008
Techguide Among the more frequent requests for data protection, disabling removable media access is quite simple. Learn how to deploy a Windows Server 2008 Group Policy configuration through a Group Policy object.
Tags: Server platforms, Microsoft Windows, Configuration, Organizational Unit, Storage, Removable Media, Computer, group policy object, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Configure the screen saver timeout in Windows Server 2008 Core Edition
Techguide Managing the display settings in the Core Edition is a little less intuitive than its full install counterparts. Here's how to set the screen saver timeout in the registry.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Value, Registry, Password, Ohio, Windows registry, group policy object, Rick Vanover, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Changing the computer name on Server 2008 Core
Techguide This tip explains how to rename a computer in one line.
Tags: Server platforms, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Firewall, fully qualified domain name, Ohio, computer, Rick Vanover, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server
Enabling the Active Directory Recycle Bin
Techguide Find out what feature in the Windows Server 2008 R2 is set to make IT administrators' lives easier.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Recycle Bin, Virtualization, Recycle Bin Feature, Windows Server 2008 R2 Reviewers Guide, Ohio, Rick Vanover, Environment, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Populate the Active Directory Description field
Techguide Populating the Windows Active Directory Description field can be very useful as there are times when you need more information to correctly identify a system.
Tags: Server platforms, Microsoft Server 2003, Business applications
Batch Active Directory tasks with dsmove
Techguide When you have to do specific Windows administration tasks on a frequent basis, it makes your job easier if all relevant objects are in the same organizational unit.
Tags: Microsoft Server 2003, Infrastructure/architecture management
Make SMS 2007 collections based on OU
Techguide Use the Active Directory organizational unit to organize Systems Management Server collections when putting out a package to a select group of systems.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms
Learn two ways to disable Internet Explorer
Techguide Internet Explorer's laundry list of vulnerabilities and Firefox's growing popularity have made many users consider their browser alternatives. Learn two ways you can disable IE for your users.
Tags: Security Management, Microsoft Windows, Web browsers
Roll out IPSec policies on your Windows machines
Techguide Mike Mullins tells you how to roll out your group policy and IPSec after developing them first on a machine that you can use as a test environment.
Tags: Microsoft Server 2003
Publish shares in Active Directory
Techguide Prior to Active Directory, the main way for users to locate shared resources was by browsing the network. But its introduction offered administrators the added capability to publish shares in Active Directory.
Tips for working with Windows Server 2003 Group Policy Objects
Techguide Group Policy Objects can be a bit tricky when you first start tinkering with them in Windows Server 2003.
Tags: Microsoft Server 2003
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