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. Management software and security

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 28 Sept. 2005
    • Section: Security

    Which kind of management software is more secure, agent-based or agentless?... Read More

  2. Managing Event Logs on Multiple Servers

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 13 July 2005
    • Section: Security

    Tools for managing Event logs on multiple Windows servers... Read More

  3. Managing Microsoft Office Applications with Group Policy

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 8 June 2006
    • Section: Network

    In organizations where Microsoft Office is commonplace on workstations, the ability to manage settings within those applications can come in handy. I will show you how we can manage those settings via Group Policy... Read More

  4. Managing Multiple Virtual Servers in One Place

    A lot of people are under the impression that to manage multiple virtual servers you need to log onto them all interactively. This tip debunks that myth... Read More

  5. Managing SRV Records in DNS

    Tip for troubleshooting SRV records... Read More

  6. Managing Terminal Servers Using MOM and SMS

    • by Wayne Maples
    • Published on 2 Aug. 2004
    • Section: Network

    166 KB Microsoft Word file... Read More

  7. Maximizing Availability on the Windows Server 2003 Platform

    207 KB Microsoft Word file - This article examines the five components of the Microsoft strategy for helping customers maximize solution availability with Windows Server 2003. The strategy encompasses verifying operating system reliability during the Windows engineering process, understanding the causes of downtime, deploying new features and product enhancements that reduce downtime, providing mission-critical capabilities and services, and delivering prescriptive... Read More

  8. Maximum number of services

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 16 Oct. 2007
    • Section: Admin

    How to see if you are hitting the limit for number of services on a server... Read More

  9. Maximum size for Event logs

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 29 Nov. 2007
    • Section: Admin

    Maximum size for Event logs... Read More

  10. Metabase Changes Not Applied Immediately

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 31 Aug. 2005
    • Section: Network

    IIS 6 on W2K3 lets you edit the metabase directly using a text editor like Notepad... Read More