Published by ryangl July 21st, 2007
in Windows Server 2008.
Found this great PowerShell information on Dmitry Sotnikov’s blog
Our AD PowerPack has been quite outdated for a long time. I think it has been more or less the way it was initially created to demo AD cmdlets 1.0.1 integration at MMS. Not anymore! Last week we’ve set down and added a bunch of new features to the pack taking advantages of the enhancements introduced to both cmdlets (in versions 1.0.2 and 1.0.3) and PowerGUI itself (the pack now works with PowerGUI 1.0.8 or later).
Here’s the quick what’s new:
- Description and system requirements shown/enforced on import
- User password reset
- OU browsing
- Remove the default 100 item limits
- User CSV Provisioning (!)
- Enable User
- Recursive Member Of
- New User
- New Group
- Remove User
- Remove Group
And here’s how it looks like:
And don’t forget that all of that comes with the standard PowerGUI sorting, filtering, reporting, and bulk operations capabilities. And, if you are using Windows Server 2008 it integrates with the new Fine-Grained Password Policies UI. And, everything you do is also output as PowerShell code on the corresponding tab. And, you can add/remove/modify any node, link, or action. Etc., etc.
Go download it here.
Dmitry’s PowerBlog: PowerShell and beyond
The PowerShell help section, located is not the friendliest doc to review when you need to run a script using PowerShell. Luckily, Microsoft released the Graphical chm file that is both easy to use and practical
Download this utility / help file here
View the Windows PowerShell 1.0 help (including cmdlet help and the About topics) in a fully-searchable, graphical format (a standard Windows .chm file). Also included in the help file is the VBScript to Windows PowerShell Conversion Guide.
Download details: Windows PowerShell Graphical Help File
Published by ryangl July 21st, 2007
in Active Directory, Management and Tools.
Microsoft has released AD Explorer, a complementary tool to everyone’s favorite ADSI Edit. Think of AD Explorer as ADSI Edit with improved navigation and the ability snapshot your AD database.
You can download Active Directory Explorer here
Active Directory Explorer (AD Explorer) is an advanced Active Directory (AD) viewer and editor. You can use AD Explorer to easily navigate an AD database, define favorite locations, view object properties and attributes without having to open dialog boxes, edit permissions, view an object’s schema, and execute sophisticated searches that you can save and re-execute.
AD Explorer also includes the ability to save snapshots of an AD database for off-line viewing and comparisons. When you load a saved snapshot, you can navigate and explorer it as you would a live database. If you have two snapshots of an AD database you can use AD Explorer’s comparison functionality to see what objects, attributes and security permissions changed between them.
AD Explorer works on Windows 2000 and higher.
Active Directory Explorer v1.0
Scott Lowe has published a very thourough process detailing the steps required for Active Directory authentication for Linux.
Complete Linux-AD Authentication Details » blog.scottlowe.org
Published by ryangl July 18th, 2007
in Downloads, Guides and Windows Server 2008.
Download and install Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 and the check out the various step-by-step guides and scenarios located at:
https://windowsbeta.microsoft.com/server/intro.aspx
Evaluate the Windows Server 2008 Public Beta today
Published by ryangl July 18th, 2007
in Webcast and Windows Server 2008.
One of the much needed features for remote sites is the ability to deploy domain controllers to ”less than ideal” data centers, in a secure manner. For instance, if you opened a data center in a location where the site had a risk of being compromised; having a read-write copy of your forest and domains would be a huge risk. In Windows Server 2008, this issue is mitigated with the onset of Read-Only Domain Controllers (RODC) and Read-Only DNS. These features and other enhancements are detailed in the webcast: Windows Server 2008: Branch Office Solution Scenario
Windows Server 2008 provides integrated, secure, and cost-effective solutions that can help IT administrators efficiently manage the applications and services they must deliver to remote or branch office locations. Catastrophes and ongoing security threats increasingly require resilient distributed IT solutions for both public and private organizations. In this webcast, we present the new functionality and features in Window Server 2008 specifically for branch office environments. Topics we cover include: Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption, Distributed File System Replication (DFSR), improvements to the Active Directory directory service, Server Backup, Server Core, and more. We conclude the session by providing specific information about some of the exciting new solutions for branch offices developed by Microsoft partners.
TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008: Branch Office Solution Scenario (Level 300)
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