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Two years ago the AskDS blog was created. A few days later we had our first post . A huge thanks to you for all of your questions, comments, and kind words over the years; we really appreciate them. Ned 'Chuck E. Cheese' Pyle
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There are quite a few people out there blogging about AD-related stuff. Below are some I know about. There is an OPML file attached to this post if you just want to import them all into a feed reader (make sure you click through to this post specifically
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Hi, Steve again. I thought I would speak through a series of posts about what knowledge is critical to fulfilling the Windows Server Domain Admin role. This topic carries a ton of breadth and depth knowledge. As a beginning, you have to find out where
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We’ve been at this for over a year (since August 2007), with more than 100 posts (127 to be exact), so maybe we can indulge in a little metablogging to look back on what we’ve done. First let’s look at the posts that sparked the most conversation – because
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Hi, Ned here again. Today I’m going to talk about handling compressed files in Windows Server 2008 running as a Core server. You know, that thing with no pretty graphical interface and just a big command prompt that stares at you, daring you to
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On October 1, 2008 the Professional level “Enterprise Platforms Support” business at Microsoft will transition to a call-back model for all Professional support incidents in the United States and Canada. Below is a description of how to contact Microsoft
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Ned here. For all of our bilingual German readers, I wanted to point out that the Microsoft Germany DS support folks also have their own excellent blog: Aktives Verzeichnis - http://blogs.technet.com/deds/ Be sure to add them to your feed reader of choice.
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Hi. Jim from DS here again to show you how to quickly access the properties of your network interface cards via a custom desktop shortcut. In my previous blog post I put together a lovely “at a glance” reference to launching administrative and system
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Hello, this is LaNae Wade from the Directory Services team. Windows Server 2008 Core introduces some challenges in administering servers without an explorer shell. Here are some netsh commands that will help you administer your Server Core installation
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Hi, Ned here again. The Microsoft Office 2007 product group has released a terrific new whitepaper that covers the ins and outs of deploying Group Policy settings for Office 2007, and they asked that we share the love with you here from AskDS. The whitepaper
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Are you looking for an opportunity to work on the cutting edge of Windows Server technology? Do you love supporting and administering Windows environments? Are you looking for a challenging opportunity to develop your skills further? Do you want to be
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