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. Auditing Access to Sensitive Data

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 6 July 2005
    • Section: Security

    How to see who's accessing sensitive files on a server... Read More

  2. Auditing Group Policy Settings

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 28 June 2005
    • Section: Security

    How to use the GPMC for auditing purposes... Read More

  3. Auditing on a per-user basis

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 1 March 2006
    • Section: Security

    How to configure per-user auditing... Read More

  4. Authoritative vs. Non-Authoritative Restoration of Active Directory

    It is the absolute worst case scenario possible; your domain controller has crashed. So what type of restore do you do?... Read More

  5. Authorized DHCP

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 4 Dec. 2007
    • Section: Network

    How to authorize DHCP for clients... Read More

  6. Automatic Updates for Servers?

    Should the Automatic Updates (AU) feature be used to keep your servers patched?... Read More

  7. Automating Disk Defragmentation

    Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 both include a new way to invoke the Windows defragmenter via the command line. This allows for easy automation of this task... Read More

  8. Avoid Overuse of Protected Groups

    protected groups, user rights, PDC Emulator... Read More

  9. Avoiding Group Policy Bloat

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 3 Jan. 2006
    • Section: Admin

    How to save disk space on SYSVOL when you have lots of Group Policy Objects (GPOs) for your domain... Read More

  10. Avoiding Legacy Built-in Groups

    How you can avoid using legacy built-in groups to grant admin-level privileges... Read More