My name is Shariq Sheikh and I go by ‘Rick’. As of May 2011, I am a Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft focusing on Active Directory with strong interest in learning PowerShell.
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Hey Shariq,
I found your website blog posts on AD while doing a search this quiet Sunday afternoon.
You really have a ton of info on AD! Nice!
I work with Jeremy Moskowitz, Group Policy MVP, and we run PolicyPak Software together.
Based on what I see on your website, I thought PolicyPak might make an interesting blog entry for your readers.
We can configure applications after software is installed on desktops, laptops and VDI machines. Interesting?
We have a quick overview video here I think will give you the essentials:
http://www.policypak.com/products/policypak-professional-a-policypak-design-studio.html
If you think this is a good idea, I can send you the bits and you can talk with Jeremy if you have technical questions during your writeup.
What do you think?
-Laura Rubinstein, PolicyPak Software
Hello Shariq,
Thanks for such an informative website,
My name is Zulfi and i am also verymuch into Directory services, these days i am concentrating on ADFS,FIM,MIIS, just wanted to know if there are any posts,topics or case study which you might want to share on these technologies..
Thanks
Zulfi….