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Performing AD Schema Updates in a safe way

Updating from 2003 to 2003 R2 & implementing Exchange are 2 common administrative tasks which both require a schema update. Since I’ve mentioned "updating from 2003 to 2003 R2", I’ll take the opportunity to add some "notes from the Read more

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Delegating AD Admin tasks to non-Admin accounts

Designing a distributed/international Active Directory is certainly the most important piece of a successful AD implementation. One of the issues that should be dealt with is whether you want to allow other people to be Enterprise/Domain Admin or not. Read more

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How to restore a Windows 2003 DC using ASR and VMWare

The following procedure should work for any type of hardware, but I’ve used VMWare (so this procedure is also valid if you want to convert a physical Domain Controller to VMWare). Additionally, the procedure works for Windows 2003 server, Read more

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AD 2003 DC Restore Technique using VMWare (without having to grant local DC/Domain Admin rights)

In certain distributed AD scenario’s, Domain Admins group membership or local DC admin privileges are restricted to certain people only. This is a good thing to do, but it requires you to think about certain issues before they happen.

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Restoring 2003 AD Objects using Windows 2008 Server

Anyone managing an Active Directory knows about the administrative troubles and work that can be caused when an object (such as a user) gets deleted.  The admin needs to either restore the object, and then manually fill out the Read more

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Set up Anonymous Access to Sharepoint sites

 

The default behaviour for public internet facing websites should allow for anonymous access, but in reality, SharePoint does not accept anonymous access by default.

So how can you set up the SharePoint site to accept both anonymous access Read more

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