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Account Provisioning Done Easy
Maarten Goet
writes "....The nifty tool let me build my functionality in a graphical script language within 15 minutes the most complex functionality (prevent double names) worked in a test environment....Result; 100% consistent AD user accounts, changes to AD are done by the Human resources department, so less (boring) work for the helpdesk/ AD admin. "
Active Directory Component Jigsaw - released to the web
mkleef
writes "A little known resource, the Active Directory Component Jigsaw has finally released to the web as a PDF. Its about 8MB in size but should blow up to print out very nicely on A3 or right up to A1 posters. Its a poster that diagrams all the pieces of Active Directory and is accurate up to Windows Server 2003...."
Webcast Resources: Best Practices for designing the Active Directory Structure
Kevin Remde
writes "Here are some resources relating to the webcast I presented on December 20, 2006, entitled “Best Practices for designing the Active Directory Structure" I hope you find them useful."
One of My Favorite TechNet Magazine Resources
Chris Haaker
writes "I love reading TechNet Magazine. They always have a host of timely and well-written articles in every issue. And as much as I try to go "paperless" having a printed magazine comes in handy when in an airport or when I have to spend extended amounts of time in "my office." On occasion they will have some bonus posters or materials included in each issue. My all time favorite is now available from Microsoft Downloads as a .pdf file."
Active Directory Basics Webcast - Q&A here
jweston
writes "Friday I did a webcast on Active Directory Basics. Here is the questions and answers log from that webcast....I am doing two webcast this week on SQL 2005. Today is Reporting Services and Friday is Data Mining!! Enjoy!"
Rename Users within AD by script
Ron Crumbaker
writes "I used the tool ADMT from Microsoft that allows you to move users from NT 4.0 Domain to an Active Directory Domain.
Once I got the users migrated over, I noticed the User's Name was the same as the login username.
I like having my AD Users Name by their full name, so I searched for a script that would do such a think.
I found the following script and added a few tweaks to it...
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Why 64-Bit is Good for Active Directory
Rodney Buike
writes "So we know how x64 can benefit Exchange 2007 and Terminal Services, but what about one of the most common parts of a Windows network, Active Directory?
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Free e-learning - Removing a DC from Active Directory
BrianMcCann
writes "I just published another Rewind session entitled "Removing a DC from Active Directory". This session along with the other 7 I created are free for anyone to use to help learn how to perform tasks within Windows....."
19 Smart Tips for Securing Active Directory
Chris Haaker
writes "From the Microsoft TechNet Security newsletter! For more detail on each item, read the full post here from an article by Sean Deuby. The enlightening tidbits below are my own two cents …
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Dissecting the Active Directory Infrastructure Master Role
BrianMcCann
writes "Dean Wells has a very interesting and in-depth look at this FSMO role. This will actually be an 8 part series that looks into this DC role. Teaching AD for years this was always a mystery to students on what this role really did..."
Query Based Distribution Groups
Rodney Buike
writes "A while back I wrote on Active Directory groups. If you are running Exchange 2003, there is one more group type you can use. Query Based Distribution Groups are a new type of distribution group. Unlike the normal distribution groups, they do not have static members, rather the groups membership is based on a query or queries that you can specify. "
Active Directory Federation Services Tech Center
trobbins
writes "Like Steve this is one of the things that I get asked about frequently and this page has some great resources..."
ADFS Operations Guide Released
mkleef
writes "I like to understand when things go wrong and why. When I first started playing with ADFS I got really frustrated in setting it up and the lack of documentation at the time for it. Good news is that the ADFS Operations Guide is now released, helping ..."
Restoring Active Directory
BrianMcCann
writes "Here are a few great articles that discuss how to restore Active Directory. This is something you want to practice and document in your format so that when and I mean WHEN it happens you are prepared..."
Using ADModify to Edit AD
Rodney Buike
writes "Modifying user attributes in AD can be time consuming when you have a large number of users to edit. You can use VBS to speed the process, and Windows 2003 domains have some ability to mass edit AD users. ADModify is a free tool that allows you to mass edit users in Windows 2000 and 2003 domains...
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Introduction to ADMT Part 3 - Reporting
Rodney Buike
writes "In the previous two articles in this series, we looked at setting up ADMT and then moved some accounts. The last part of this series will cover reporting. You can run reports on ADMT before and after a move is performed. I recommend you run reports before and after each migration run."
Introduction to ADMT Part 2 - Moving Objects
Rodney Buike
writes "If you read Part 1 of this series, you have created a trust between the 2000 source domain and 2003 target domain, installed ADMT and opened up the ADMT tool. This part will go over running user, group and computer migrations and Part 3 will cover reporting...
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Introduction to ADMT Part 1 - Setup
Rodney Buike
writes "Upgrading a Windows 2000 domain to Windows Server 2003 is a relativley easy procedure however moving from an old domain to a new one is not as easy. Thankfully Microsoft offers the Active Directory Migration Toolkit to ..."
Linux/Unix Active Directory Authentication Integration Part 2
Rodney Buike
writes "Ned Gnitchel finishes off his article on integrating AD Authentication with Linux/Unix using Samba WinBind. Today will describe the steps required to configure WinBind. A downloadable version of this article is available at the end of this article which includes links to more information.
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Linux/Unix Active Directory Authentication Integration Part 1
Rodney Buike
writes "I'd like to welcome a special guest author, Ned Gnitchel, who has written an excellent 2 part article on integrating AD Authentication with Linux/Unix using Samba WinBind. Ned works for a large software company and is a specialist in OS Internals, Directory Services and Collaboration. This is..."
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