Can I install KMS on Server Core ?
Server Core seems to be the perfect candidate for installing KMS. Key Management Service mediates your Volume Licensing with Microsoft Activation Services and acts as the man-in-the-middle for the activation for all your KMS clients that comprise of Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and R2. With Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, what [...]
Time Synchronization for Virtualized DCs
As usual a good conversation spurred on ActiveDir on a much discussed scenario of virtualizing your DCs while be varied of the known pitfalls. While virtualized DCs are fully supported on either competing virtualization solution by Microsoft, one known subject I would like to highlight here is the proper time synchronization. You must make sure [...]
What is DNS Cache Locking in Windows Server 2008 R2 ?
One of the DNS improvements in Windows Server 2008 R2 is DNS Cache Locking in which if configured the cache entries are not allowed to be modified for the percentage of TTL. Cache locking is a new security feature available with Windows Server® 2008 R2 that allows you to control whether or not information in [...]
PowerShell : How many users were created in an office since x number of days ?
A request came in from the Access Control team requesting that they be provided with the users that have been created in a particular office since last 90 days. As usual, PowerShell (with QAD cmdlets) has very simple one liners you can retrieve this information with. You may also use this to export this data [...]
Windows Server 2008 R2 Features Poster
Previously I had posted the 2003 AD and 2008 Features jigsaw posters, Mike Kline informed me that there is now a 2008 R2 Features poster. You can download the 44x24in poster from here