Admin Tips

Last Updated on 19 July 2011, Total: 361 Knowledge Base Tips

37 Active Directory
76 Admin
9 Applications
4 Exchange
11 Migration
66 Miscellaneous
62 Network
77 Security
12 Terminal Servers and Thin Clients
7 Virtual Platforms

  1. Listening ports and services

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 20 Nov. 2007
    • Section: Security

    How to find what ports your server is listening on and which service is listening on each port... Read More

  2. Listing All DHCP Servers

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 9 Aug. 2005
    • Section: Network

    Want to know the DNS names and IP addresses of all DHCP servers on your network?... Read More

  3. Listing your GPOs and GPO links

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 27 June 2006
    • Section: Admin

    How to list all your GPOs and their GPO links... Read More

  4. Local accounts and Group Policy

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 17 Jan. 2006
    • Section: Security

    Group Policy can be a minefield and some policy settings are best left unchanged... Read More

  5. Logging Windows Firewall

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 15 March 2007
    • Section: Security

    The built-in windows firewall won’t only stop unwanted traffic at your doorstep, it will log it too!... Read More

  6. MSDN Webcast: Building Reliable Web Applications on Windows Server 2003

    106 minutes - you will learn how to fully leverage the new reliability and management features in IIS 6.0. We’ll also explore IIS 5.0 compatibility mode and configure a poorly behaved unmanaged C++ ISAPI web application to automatically recycle to maintain availability while it is rewritten in managed code. We’ll learn how to programmatically modify the XML Metabase or recover... Read More

  7. MSDN Webcast: UDDI on Windows Server 2003

    86 minutes - In this intermediate session, you will learn how UDDI is used as a directory and discovery service for XML Web Services. We’ll dig into how XML web services can be published and located through both the UDDI Web interface, and through the UDDI API in Windows Server 2003. We’ll explore some more advanced features of UDDI by... Read More

  8. MSDN Webcast: Using Authorization Manager on Windows Server 2003

    • by Wayne Maples
    • Published on 20 April 2004
    • Section: Security

    83 mins - In this advanced session, we will learn how to leverage the Authorization Manager API that’s built into Windows Server 2003 to control access to resources and limit the tasks that a user can perform. We’ll write code to perform dynamic access checks on specific tasks. We’ll compare and contrast controlling authorization via a custom-built SQL scheme and... Read More

  9. MSDN Webcast: What's in Windows Server 2003 for Developers

    92 minutes - This overview session will introduce you to the new developer features of the server and provide you with an overview of what they can do for you and your organization. Topics covered include UDDI, COM+ 1.5, MSMQ 3.0, enhancements in IIS 6.0, and Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM). We will also touch on the Windows Server 2003... Read More

  10. MSDN Webcast: Windows Server 2003 Internet Explorer Security Setting Functionality

    • by Wayne Maples
    • Published on 20 April 2004
    • Section: Security

    36 minutes - look at the changes made to Internet Explorer in Windows Server 2003 and how these changes will affect the ISV or developer when developing applications. This short webcast will cover the background of why the default settings for Internet Explorer will be set at the highest level of security, how the user's experience will be affected and... Read More