I was looking for the performance tuning guidelines and was surprised it already exists without being noticed by me. I thought of sharing with others, so they can be benefited too. Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 R2 Choosing and Tuning Server Hardware Performance Tuning for the Networking Subsystem Performance Tuning for the Storage […]

With windows 2008 R2, you can use AD Recycle bin feature to restore object and its group membership without need of system state backup and booting the DC into DSRM mode. This saves lot of time as well as hardwork required to restore the object and group membership, but organization having large number of domain […]

I have seen various queries related with the windows time service configuration in Active Directory forest and domain architecture, so I decided to pen down an article which might be helpful to answer the queries. Foremost, let’s try to understand what is the time server role, how it works and why it is important to […]

There are various tools used for migration such as ADMT(Active Directory Migration Tool) from Microsoft, DMM(Domain Migration Manager) from the Quest, Netiq etc. ADMT is the free tool from the MS and there is no licensing cost involved. Any number of AD objects/servers/computers can be migrated to other domain without need to pay single penny […]

RODC is the new feature introduced from the windows 2008 means domain controller with read only partitions which includes AD database and Sysvol/Netlogon folder. In order to introduce RODC in existing windows 2003 environment you need to prepare your existing environment Adprep /Rodcprep (Adprep32.exe or Adprep.exe is dependents on OS means Adprep32.exe required to be […]

Windows 8 developer edition is out & can be downloaded from here , but features provided may or may not work depends on future release. Windows 8 offers lots of new features comparing to the windows 2008 R2 . It promises less memory utilization,better throughput and much faster then previous version of OS. Mark has […]

I was browsing stuff on SCOM(System Center Operations Manager) 2007 & found below article useful to me & thought of sharing with others. How Microsoft Monitors More Efficiently with System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/Video/hh301132 (Video Link) Repository for SCOM http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb687791.aspx Repository for SCCM(2007, 2007 R2, 2007 R3 & 2012) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb687796.aspx

Internet Explorer 9 blocks 99% malware attacks: NSS Lab study!  IE9 continues to protect consumers  With one third of internet users in Asia-Pacific alone becoming victims of threats like malware, the need for online security is more relevant than ever. To address these online concerns, Microsoft created their latest browser Internet Explorer 9, which provides […]

Much awaited PST Capture tool to search & destroy PST files in domain systems due to data theft & misuse is going to be available by the year end. It will also be used for importing the PST into Exchange server as well Exchange online.  You can read more at below links. http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/07/05/coming-soon-pst-capture-tool.aspx http://exchangepedia.com/2011/07/microsoft-to-release-pst-capture-tool.html Exchange […]

There are few good enhancements in windows 2008/2008 R2 & it is not to known to all. I thought of putting at a single place, which will help me as well as others for reference. What’s New in AD DS in Windows Server 2008 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755093%28WS.10%29.aspx What’s New in AD DS in Windows Server 2008 R2 […]