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. TechNet Webcast: Security in a Windows Server 2003 Environment

    95 mins - Rand will talk about the security technologies built-in to Windows Server 2003 and how organizations are implementing the technologies to solve business challenges. Portions of the content covered in this webcast will be taken from Rand's latest book "Windows Server 2003 Unleashed," a 1286-page book from Sams Publishing. Some of the topics that will be covered include... Read More

  2. Change Management During Deployment

    206 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper outlines some of the many ways Windows Server 2003 and the .NET Framework make it easy for administrators to deploy updates to managed applications securely and efficiently. It describes the sophisticated change management, versioning, and deployment features that offer increased efficiency, reliability, and time savings... Read More

  3. TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure

    90:35 mins - presentation will cover several of the network infrastructure features of Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003. Topics covered in this session will include Network Address Translation (NAT) and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Certificate Services, remote access policies, Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), and Internet Authentication Service (IAS), an implementation of a Remote Authentication Dial-in User... Read More

  4. TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2003 Remote Desktop & Remote Desktop Web Connection

    94 minutes - you will hear about the new features of the Remote Desktop Connection client and Remote Desktop Web Connection in Windows Server 2003. Additionally, learn about how to script the Remote Desktop Web Connection and some of the new APIs added to enhance deployment of applications over the web... Read More

  5. Inside IIS 6.0 and Windows Server 2003

    78 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

  6. TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2003 Group Policy Essentials - Level 200

    In this session you'll learn just what Group Policy is, and how you can deploy it correctly. Join this webcast to hear Active Directory and Group Policy guru Jeremy Moskowitz (from GPanswers.com) and author of the recently overhauled “Group Policy, Profiles and Intellimirror for Windows 2003, Windows 2000 and Windows XP” teach you the ropes. Learn how to modify Group... Read More

  7. Moving Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2000 Applications to Windows Server 2003

    202 KB Microsoft Word file - explains how to plan a migration strategy, and it describes how you can use various utilities and technical resources to deploy Windows Server 2003 as an application server and Web server, while minimizing disruption and additional investment... Read More

  8. 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

  9. Microsoft Windows Clustering: Storage Area Networks

    655 KB Microsoft Word file - This document describes what storage area networks (SAN) are, how server clusters can be deployed in a SAN, and how the Windows platform, and Windows clustering in particular, take advantage of SAN technology... Read More

  10. TechNet Webcast: Managing the .NET Framework on Windows Server 2003

    90:35 mins - This session addresses management of the .NET Framework, especially management of various versions within an organization. It looks at differences between releases 1.0 and 1.1 and considers how to manage applications that use 1.0 or require 1.1. The session reviews the tools available to manage the Framework, covers basics and best practices for configuration files, and looks... Read More