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Microsoft has announced new certification program for the on premise and cloud computing

Microsoft Certifications Reinvented: Start Your Journey NOW.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/mcse.aspx

Microsoft Certified Solutions Master (MCSM)

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/mcsm.aspx

Microsoft has made a announcement that from the Jan 2010, IE will be updated automatically if windows automatic update is turned on. It will happen automatically in the background without any user intervention and maintaining your favorites,home page  etc.

Most of the attack on the system are caused by web browser, so MS has decided to introduce automatic IE update to secure the system from malware/spywares. Read more at below links.

http://windowsteamblog.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2011/12/15/ie-to-start-automatic-upgrades-across-windows-xp-windows-vista-and-windows-7.aspx

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222811/FAQ_Microsoft_s_new_IE_auto_upgrade_scheme_explained

1.Go to Start –> Run and type regedit

2. Select hkey_current_user –> Software –> Microsoft –> Windows –> Current Version–> Internet Settings

3. Change the Decimal Value of “MaxConnections Per1_0Server” and “MaxConnections PerServer” (without the spaces) to 10

4. Close regedit and Reboot the machine

If these keys don’t already exist, create them, make two dword values

[Right click, New> dword Value]
MaxConnections Per1_0Server : Decimal value 10
MaxConnections PerServer : Decimal value 10
Internet Explorer performance is greatly dependent in part on the number of simultaneous connections that can be made for a current page. By default, the value is 4. This means only a maximum of 4 simultaneous connections will be made per server.

Command to find the entire user in domain & redirecting the output in CSV.

csvde -f c:User.csv -s dcname -t 389 -r (objectClass=user) -l co,department,distinguishedName,employeeID,facsimileTelephoneNumber,givenName,initials,l,mail,mobile,objectGUID,personalTitle,
physicalDeliveryOfficeName,sAMAccountName,sn,telephoneNumber,title,userAccountControl

Lets us understand what is SPN & why there are used for.

SPN’s are service principal name & are used to run instance of service & they are defined for the account used for authenticating instance of service.

More details on below.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms677949%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

http://alt.pluralsight.com/wiki/default.aspx/Keith.GuideBook/WhatIsAServicePrincipalNameSPN.html

http://alt.pluralsight.com/wiki/default.aspx/Keith.GuideBook/HowToUseServicePrincipalNames.html

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/psssql/archive/2010/03/09/what-spn-do-i-use-and-how-does-it-get-there.aspx