Microsoft's official enterprise support blog for AD DS and more
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 reached general availability today.
The line in our site’s company store was out the door, but we were able to snag some for this nice picture taken from a new Windows Mobile phone. Yeah, I went there too.
Win7 and R2 Beta have been my fulltime job since October 2008 and it's been the most fun I've ever had as a Microsoft employee. I hope you enjoy using it as much as I enjoyed breaking it.
- Ned “The Shill” Pyle
KBs
975440
Error message when you try to access a DFS Namespace from a Windows XP-based computer: "Configuration information could not be read from the domain controller"
973246
Write error when you upload files into a shared folder that is hosted on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
975449
AppLocker incorrectly calculates the hash of certain files at runtime in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
Blogs
Understanding LDAP Security Processing
ADFS – Federated WebSSO with Forest Trust Scenario and its Limitations
So you have a slow logon…? (Part 1)
So you have a slow logon…? (Part 2)
AzMan MMC with a sample application
Delayed Write Failure Trace Study
OpenSource Windows Perf Log Analyzer
Troubleshooting WMI providers using MSFT_Providers class
SMB Opportunistic Locking Behavior
List of 2008 R2 Group Policy cmdlets
blog: Heads up on an upcoming codeplex project.
How to find extended rights that apply to a schema class object
How to find extended rights that apply to a schema class object (remix)
These are the Updates You Are Looking For
Active Directory Feature Components
KB
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When you run an LDAP query against a Windows Server 2008-based domain controller, you obtain a partial attribute list
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Filter Driver Registry Entries Are Migrated During Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 Upgrade or Service Pack Setup
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Step-by-step: Turn off the secure desktop in Windows 7 without changing other UAC settings
Blog
Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Core Parking / Intelligent Timer Tick / Timer Coalescing
Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Fault Tolerant Heap and Memory Management
Mergers, acquisitions, or reorganizations may have you considering Active Directory restructuring
Viewing and Comparing IE Security Zone Settings
So I used Serverless Binding with ADSI (or .NET), now what DC am I talking to??
Microsoft releases XP Mode virtualization to manufacturing
Gui for 2008 r2 Recycle Bin
Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: Upgrade Paths, Registry Enhancements, Crash Dumps and Page File Sizing
Configuring a Power Plan with Group Policy Preferences (by Alan Burchill)
John Fontana on SAML Interoperability
New test results for SAML Profile For eGovernment
DNS 6702