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Building Entra Dynamic Device Groups for AVD
Use Entra ID dynamic device groups to automatically target Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts by subscription and resource group - with an interactive rule builder.
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Articles on Microsoft products and solutions.
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Securing AVD and Windows 365 with Strong Authentication
Configuring strong authentication requirements using Entra Conditional Access to protect access to Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 and understanding the resulting behaviours.
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Validate UAT Images with Azure Pipelines and Pester
Automated validation of VDI images for user acceptance testing with Azure Pipelines and self-hosted agents running Pester to perform automated tests with Evergreen.
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Setting Up a Local Environment for IntuneCD
Setting up a local Windows, WSL2, Linux or macOS environment to use IntuneCD to backup and document an Intune tenant.
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You Should Be Testing Intune Endpoint Privilege Management Today
The Endpoint Privilege Management preview is available in your Intune tenant and it may well become a key tool for removing administrator access from managed Windows PCs.
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An Intune Package Factory for the Microsoft 365 Apps
Using PowerShell and GitHub Actions to automate the packaging of the Microsoft 365 Apps and import into an Intune tenant.
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Deploy a Single Microsoft 365 Apps Package Everywhere All At Once
Viewer mode the Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise will enable you to deploy a single package without needing separate packages for Visio and Project, simplifying management.
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Support Frontline Workers on Shared Virtual Desktops
Configuring virtual desktops to supporting frontline workers using Microsoft 365 F1/F3 etc. alongside users licensed for Microsoft 365 E3/E5.
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Automate Microsoft Intune As-Built Documentation on Azure DevOps
Using Azure Pipelines to automate the backup of Microsoft Intune and generate an as-built document.
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Automate Microsoft Intune As-Built Documentation on GitHub
Using GitHub Workflows to automate the backup of Microsoft Intune and generate an as-built document.
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Advanced Dynamic Device Collections for Intune without ConfigMgr
Build a cloud-only solution for advanced dynamic device collections using Proactive Remediations, Azure Log Analytics, and Azure Logic Apps to target policies and apps in Microsoft Intune, all without ConfigMgr.
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4 Things I Learned Deploying Azure Virtual Desktop
It pays to share lessons learned with Azure Virtual Desktop for others and your future self.
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Hosting a Patch My PC Publisher server in Microsoft Azure
How to host the Patch My PC Publisher on a virtual machine in Microsoft Azure, including costs, to provision applications into Microsoft Intune.
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Planning for OneDrive Known Folder Move with Azure Log Analytics
Use PowerShell, Azure Log Analytics, and Microsoft Intune Endpoint Analytics Proactive Remediations to collect data from endpoints to assist in migrating folders to OneDrive.
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Cross-platform Profiles with Profile Container and User Experience Virtualization
Improve the user experience as users move between virtual and physical desktops with FSLogix Profile Container and User Experience Virtualization.
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Manage User Experience Virtualization on the Modern Desktop
Use Microsoft User Experience Virtualization on Azure AD-joined Windows desktops to roam user's Windows and applications preferences between devices.
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Crowd Sourced Redirections.xml for FSLogix Profile Containers
A project to maintain a list of folder exclusions to assist in managing the size of FSLogix Profile Containers.
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A Practical Guide to FSLogix Containers Capacity Planning and Maintenance
How to effectively manage FSLogix Profile and Office Containers and optimise storage capacity.
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Default Start Menu Customisation via Intune
Improve the end-user experience on Windows Autopilot provisioned, and Microsoft Intune managed Windows PCs.
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Dynamic Software Update Rings in Microsoft Intune
A dynamic method of managing Windows 10 quality and feature update rings.
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Visualising ConfigMgr, Intune and Windows 10 Releases
I recently presented a session titled ‘Modern Management Methodology Imaginarium’ at the xenappblog.com Virtual Expo ...
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Folder Redirection to OneDrive on Windows 10 with Intune
If you’re deploying Windows 10 with Modern Management (Azure AD joined, MDM managed), you’ll likely have wondered abo...
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Intune Company Portal for macOS Experience
Microsoft released a beta version of the Intune Company Portal for macOS just last month; however, it’s since been pu...
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Setting up Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection
Understanding what Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) actually is had eluded me for a while - it’s not...
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Office 365 ProPlus Deployed with Intune in under 5 Minutes
Intune has simplified the process for deploying Office 365 ProPlus to Windows 10 PCs with a wizard driven process tha...
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Install-VisualCRedistributables.ps1 – Now with ConfigMgr Support!
This approach has now been replaced with the VcRedist PowerShell module. For more information on VcRedist, see the Vc...
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Resolving Issues Starting a CA due to an Offline CRL
Resolving issues when attempting to start a certificate authority due to an offline CRL.
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Deploying an Enterprise Subordinate Certificate Authority
How to setup an Active Directory Certificate Services subordinate Certificate Authority on Windows Server 2012 R2.
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Deploying an Enterprise Root Certificate Authority
How to setup an Active Directory Certificate Services Enterprise Root Certificate Authority on Windows Server 2012 R2.
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Windows Store User Experience in the Enterprise in Windows 10
Chicken Little seems to be working overtime when it comes to the Windows Store in Windows 10. I’ve read and heard man...
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Configuring Remote Desktop Certificates for OS X Clients
Windows has supported TLS for server authentication with RDP going back to Windows Server 2003 SP1. When connecting t...
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Enabling App-V and UE-V in Windows 10 Enterprise 14316
Enabling the App-V client and UE-V client in Windows 10 Enterprise Build 14316 via PowerShell and viewing the behavio...
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VDI 101: Persistent vs. Non-persistent
Just what is the difference between persistent (or personal) and non-persistent (or pooled) virtual desktops?
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Work around for getting File Transfer Manager to download from TechNet/MSDN
Update: August 8, 2015 - Microsoft have discontinued the Microsoft Download Manager as of March 2015, so the below wo...
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A Quick Look at Work Folders in Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft announced some interesting new features in Windows Server 2012 R2 at TechEd 2013 and one of those that piqu...
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Replacing Redirected Folders and Offline Files with AppSense DataNow
Note: this article covers a product that is in beta at the time of writing; therefore the specifics of the approach o...
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Disable Hibernation before enabling Hyper-V on a laptop
If you enable Hyper-V on a laptop (or any other machine where hibernation is enabled automatically) you’ll find that ...
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How to silently deploy RemoteApp Programs to the Start Menu
RemoteApp in Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services finally allows you to do what some 3rd party solutions ha...
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Configuring an Automatic Resolution Policy for Offline Files in Windows 7
If you’ve ever had any experience implementing Offline Files for Windows laptops, you’re no doubt aware that users ar...
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Someone on the Internet is wrong about Hyper-V and I must correct them
VirtualizationAdmin.com has a new article by David Davis titled: 5 things Microsoft must do to stay in the virtualiza...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1: What’s in it for Remote Desktop Session Host?
The document Hotfixes and Security Updates included in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Beta has t...
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Application Virtualisation Sequencing SuperFlow available
Microsoft have made available what looks to be an excellent resource for walking through the complete sequencing proc...
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Reduce logon times by excluding the bloat
Profile bloat – we’ve all seen it. Many applications, and even Windows itself, can store files in the most inappropri...
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Disable the EU Browser Choice screen
You’re probably aware of the Browser Choice screen coming to Windows users in the EU, the update that forced on users...
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App-V 4.6 Released
Microsoft Application Virtualisation 4.6 (RTM) has been made available, which you can download from the Microsoft Dow...
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RemoteApp for Windows XP and Windows Vista, the missing pieces
You may recall from my last post on RemoteApp, that we can get RemoteApp for Hyper-V works on other platforms too. Wh...
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RemoteApp for Hyper-V. Hyper what?
Microsoft posted about RemoteApp for Hyper-V yesterday, which was essentially highlighting the application publishing...
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Windows Server 2008 SP2: What's in it for Terminal Servers?
As you’re most likely aware, Microsoft has recently made available Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack...
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My Windows box has insomnia
When Windows just won’t stay in sleep mode there’s a simple fix. First you need to identify which component keeps bri...
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Some More Windows Virtual PC Screens
Of course, Windows Virtual PC has been covered in detail already, but I got a chance to play with the product and the...
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Start Menu in Windows 7 7057
In addition to the new Start Menu customisation options available in build 7048, build 7057 introduces a very subtle ...
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Remote Desktop Connection in Windows 7 7048
The Remote Desktop Connection client gets a facelift in build 7048 as well as Jump List integration, which is has bee...
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Command Prompt in Windows 7 7048
I like the Command Prompt, it’s a little like those old worn out pair of shoes that you just don’t want to get rid of...
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Start Menu in Windows 7 7048
For those looking to fit just about every link possible on their Start Menu, Windows 7 build 7048 and above are aimin...
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What's removable in Windows 7 7048
A little more than just Internet Explorer 8 is removable in Windows 7 build 7048. This build allow you to remove Inte...
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Microsoft issues update to fix disabling Autorun
registry key from functioning as expected.
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Google Chrome on Windows 7 x64
I’ve had some issues with Google Chrome (1.0.154.48) running on Windows 7 x64, but thanks to these two links, it’s no...
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User Based and Machine Based App-V deployment in SCCM 2007 R2
Ment van der Plas has a great article on virtual application deployment in SCCM 2007 R2
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"Fixing" Windows Briefcase
For the 10 people who use Windows Briefcase, this one is not for you. If you’re like me and can’t stand the rough edg...
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Eliminate the Windows Start Navigation sound
What’s the most annoying sound in Windows? For me it’s got to be the Start Navigation sound – that click that Windows...
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Hiding the vmware_user account in Windows 7
Installing VMware Server or Workstation on Windows 7 will leave the __vmware_user__ account showing on the logon scre...
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No App-V on Windows 7 (for now)
I was testing this myself yesterday without luck, but it looks like App-V does not currently run on Windows 7.
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Sometimes it pays to RTFM..
A reader e-mailed me the other day about the KEEPCURRENTSETTINGS property of the App-V 4.5 client setup and how when ...
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Learning to live in harmony with the SCCM and App-V Clients
Ment van der Plas posted yesterday at the SoftGridBlog about what happens when the SCCM and the App-V client co-exist...
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CLI09-IS: Microsoft Application Virtualization discussion
This was an open discussion session where customers were able to talk directly with some of the App-V team. There wer...
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CLI02-PD: New features in App-V 4.5
This was a session to demo the new features in App-V 4.5, mainly aimed at those people already familiar with App-V. I...
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SVR203: Windows Server 2008 R2: Work Anywhere Infrastructure
This session was about DirectAccess in Windows 7 and Windows Serve 2008 R2 as well as Terminal Services Remote Deskto...
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App-V Resource Kit Tools Available
A number of useful App-V (resource kit) tools have been released which look very useful:
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Troubleshooting an Extraneous UAC Prompt
Even though I log onto my domain machine with a standard user account, I’ve been prompted by UAC to elevate when runn...
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App-V Management Pack for OpsMgr 2007
Now this looks good: Microsoft Application Virtualization Management Pack for Systems Center Operations Manager 2007....
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Windows Vista Application Compatibility Downloadable List
Here’s a download that’s quite timely as I’m looking at application compatibility as a component of my Windows Vista ...
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Information about Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Vista SP2
Well actually, there’s none at the moment, but a there is a knowledgebase article available on SP2 as a place holder ...
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Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Security Configuration Roles
Security configuration roles for Application Virtualisation 4.5, which makes the Security Configuration Wizard in Win...
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Microsoft Application Virtualization Best Practices Analyzer
This came out of the blue (or perhaps I haven’t been paying attention). Here’s the Microsoft Application Virtualizati...
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Keeping The Windows Vista User Folder Clean
Because I’m a stickler for clean UI, I want to ensure users don’t see extra files or folders in their User folder on ...
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Application Virtualization 4.5 Podcast
A podcast that gives you can overview of Microsoft Application Virtualisation 4.5 has been posted that is worth check...
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App-V and SCCM 2007 R2: Are Virtualised Applications Delivered The Same Way?
This was a great question, at this evenings talk, about deploying virtualised applications via ConfigMgr 2007 R2 - a...
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Get Ready Now To Deploy Internet Explorer 8
Unless you’re hell bent on deploying Firefox in your corporate environment (and managing it with Group Policy), here ...
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WSUS Update for Server Manager in Windows 2008
Microsoft have made available an update for Windows Server 2008 that integrates the WSUS 3.0 console into Server Mana...
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Managing Control Panel in Windows Vista
At some point in your migration from Windows XP to Windows Vista you’ll no doubt be looking to manage which Control P...
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WAIK Documentation Updates
An update to the documentation included in the Windows Automated Installation Kit are available:
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Windows Update 80092026 plus Certificate Crypto Operation Failed
Ok, two separate issues but here, but fixed the same way. First up is Windows Update reporting:
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App-V 4.5 Putting It's Best Face Forward
What’s the best new feature of Microsoft Application Virtualisation 4.5? There’s plenty to pick from, but I’m digging...
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Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 for Windows XP SP2
Want the Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 client for Windows XP but can’t update to Service Pack 3 or Windows Vista? No ...
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Fixing Windows Explorer security warning prompts
Last week I wrote about avoiding Explorer’s Security Warning prompts, this time around I want to document a related f...
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Avoiding Explorer’s Security Warning Prompts
Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 made some changes to the way Windows handles specifi...
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Intel vPro and Network Access Protection
Here’s something I found interesting about Intel’s vPro management tool - Network Access Protection interaction is su...
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Disk Usage Display Improvement In Windows Vista
I’ve stumbled across a nice usability improvement in Windows Vista that had escaped me until today - the display of f...
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Troubleshooting Windows Vista Performance KBs
To get the best out of Windows requires the wipe and load approach when confronted with a slow performing OEM install...
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No Redirected Folders? Just Wait Longer
No, Ace Ventura hasn’t started writing knowledgebase articles, it’s the advice given about an issue with redirected f...
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Free Microsoft Visio Resources
I’ve seen some Visio resources popup around the place recently and though that these were worth sharing.
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Getting Rid Of That Unblock Button
I actually don’t mind UAC at all, but this button is really annoying:
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Delay On Windows Vista With Redirected Desktop
If you are redirecting the Desktop folder for users on Windows Vista laptops, a knowledgebase article just been publi...
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Providing Redirected Start Menus To Laptops
Sounds like a great blog post (and it gives my an excuse to avoid my eight other draft posts), so here’s my answer:
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Building Dynamic Start Menus With Access-Based Enumeration
I hinted at creating dynamic Start Menus using Access-Based Enumeration (ABE) in Windows Server 2003 SP1 and above. I...
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Access-Based Enumeration in Windows Server
You remember Access Based Enumeration right? I’m often surprised by people who didn’t know this features exists, so h...
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Changes To DACL Settings In Windows Vista
A new knowledge base article was published a couple of days ago, that details the NTFS DACL changes in Windows Vista ...
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In Defence Of The Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides
and I’m left scratching my head. His beef with the guides is that they haven’t yet been updated for RTM and still inc...
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Remote Server Administration Tools Available
The wait is finally over - the Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools are available. The RSAT also includes a t...
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Placing The SoftGrid User Data Directory
If you’re in the process of rolling out SoftGrid Application Virtualisation, you’ve most likely considered placement ...
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Windows Command Line Reference Documentation
for Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, which curiously doesn’t include every command line to...
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The Short NAP: Thursday March 13 2008
Network Access Protection is a great new feature of Windows Server 2008 that will help you understand the health of y...
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Export Your Product Keys Before Your TechNet Subscription Expires
With Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 requiring activation for all versions, the days of grabbing the corporate ...
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Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions Available
Microsoft have made available the Group Policy Preferences Client Side Extensions for download and deployment. You’ll...
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SoftGrid Tip: What's On That Q: Drive?
Here’s a nice SoftGrid tip from one of the guys in the team here.
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Planning and Deploying Group Policy? This Is For You
Here’s a great document from the Microsoft writing team on planning and deploying Group Policy for Windows Server 200...
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The Short NAP: Tuesday February 19 2008
Network Access Protection is a great new feature of Windows Server 2008 that will help you understand the health of y...
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Server Manager's Power Is In The Command Line
Like most IT Pros deploying and managing Windows Server, I’ve avoided the wizard interfaces, like Manage Your Server,...
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The Short NAP: Thursday February 7 2008
Network Access Protection is a great new feature of Windows Server 2008 that will help you understand the health of y...
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Download: Microsoft Consulting Services Sequencing Guide
Microsoft have posted a guide from Microsoft Consulting Services that details their best practises when sequencing ap...
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Book: Windows Server 2008 Networking and Network Access Protection
has turned up from Amazon today. This is a hefty book - at 816 pages it weighs a ton but there’s plenty of detail.
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Windows Server 2003 SP2 Administration Tools Pack Available
The Service Pack 2 Administration Tools pack has been released as a stand alone package. I’m fairly certain this is n...
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The Short NAP: Thursday January 10 2008
The Short NAP is a quick list of Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation related links from a...
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MSI Utility for Microsoft Application Virtualization Available
No official word from the SoftGrid/Application Virtualisation blog yet, but Microsoft have released the MSI Utility f...
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Windows Vista SP1 - Streamlining UAC Interaction
Here’s a great example of the improvements to interaction with User Account Control in Windows Vista Service Pack -cr...
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The Short NAP: Monday December 17 2007
The Short NAP is a (semi-regular) quick list of Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation relat...
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The Short NAP: Friday November 22 2007
The Short NAP is a (semi-regular) quick list of Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation relat...
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SoftGrid Infrastructure Planning and Design documents available
Microsoft have just made available a new series of Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) documents. The IPD docume...
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Enable Streaming from File in SoftGrid 4.5
The default behaviour of the SoftGrid Application Virtualisation 4.5 client is to not allow applications to be stream...
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SoftGrid Client Error: 411136-0E80A704-00001213
If you’ve ever added registry entries to your SoftGrid OSD file, you may receive an error like this, even though the ...
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New Group Policy White Papers Up For Grabs
Here’s a couple of new Group Policy white papers released to the Microsoft Download Centre. They detail some great Gr...
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SoftGrid: Launch Windows Explorer inside the bubble
If you’ve attempted to launch Windows Explorer as a component of your SoftGrid sequenced applications, you may find t...
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Windows Vista components available for Windows XP
Here’s a list of components developed for Windows Vista or during the same development time frame and included in Win...
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Microsoft Deployment Available on Download Centre
Microsoft Deployment looks to have made it’s way to version 1.0 and is available on Microsoft’s Download Centre. Ther...
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The Short NAP: Friday September 28 2007
The Short NAP is a (semi-regular) quick list of Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation relat...
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The Short NAP: Wednesday September 12 2007
The Short NAP is a (semi-regular) quick list of Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation relat...
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ISA Server 2006 Supportability Update
Don’t call it a service pack, but what’s a service pack by any other name? Seems it’s a “Supportability Update”. Micr...
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Group Policy Diagnostic Best Practice Analyzer
Here’s an interesting tool that Microsoft have just released - the Group Policy Diagnostic Best Practice Analyzer:
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Windows Script 5.7 Available for Download
We all know that PowerShell is the future, but Microsoft have released an updated version of Windows Script for Windo...
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NAP Component Diagram
Following on from the Windows Server 2008 Component Posters, I’ve made a nice PNG of just the NAP component. This doe...
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Windows Server 2008 Component Posters
( Via Aaron Tiensivu and Bink, this might be old news)
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The Short NAP: Thursday July 12 2007
The Short NAP is a (semi-regular) quick list of Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation relat...
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The Short NAP: Thursday June 14 2007
The Short NAP is a (semi-regular) quick list of Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation relat...
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The Short NAP: Thursday May 31 2007
The Short NAP is a (semi-regular) quick list of Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation relat...
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How to Move a Storage Group in a Cluster Continuous Replication Environment
TechNet has an article on moving the database and log file paths for a Storage Group in an Exchange cluster running i...
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The Short NAP: Wednesday May 23 2007
The Short NAP is a (semi-regular) quick list of Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation relat...
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Service Pack integration issues? It's probably something simple
I was having some issues integrating Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 into a copy of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise...
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Exchange Server 2007 and Public Folder Replicas
During a migration from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 you need to add the Exchange 2007 server to repl...
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The Short NAP: Monday May 7 2007
The Short NAP is a (semi-regular) quick list of Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation relat...
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ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 3
Microsoft have released ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 3, which includes support for Exchange Server 2007 and updated l...
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The Short NAP: Wednesday 25th April 2007
The Short NAP is a quick list of Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation related links from a...
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The Short NAP: Sunday 22nd April 2007
The Short NAP is a quick list of Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation related links from a...
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Changing Icons and Labels for Mapped Drives
I had a need on a Terminal Server project last year to change the icon and label for client-mapped drives in use by C...
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An Exchange 2007 Upgrade Is Like a Poke in the Eye
I’ve upgraded our internal Exchange organisation over the last week and I’ve got to say Exchange 2007 is a completely...
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Windows 2003 R2 and Integrated Service Pack 2
I recently ran into a spot of trouble with integrating Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 into Windows Server 2003 R2...
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A Quick Look at the Windows Vista MMC Consoles
There’s got to be a quicker way of getting to the management tools in Windows right? Well here’s a quick look at the ...
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The Short NAP: Wednesday 4th April 2007
The Short NAP is a quick list of NAP and Server/Domain Isolation links from around the web. Here are links for Wednes...
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Group Policy Scripts can fail due to UAC
If you are starting to deploy Windows Vista you may have noticed that any user who has administrative access to their...
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Why Are You Still Writing ADM Templates?
Microsoft have pulled the PolicyMaker Registry Extension download. This product is part of what is now known as Group...
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Recent Documents Sidebar Gadget
I came across a Windows Sidebar gadget the other day which is actually proving to be useful - the Microsoft Office 20...
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The Short NAP: Tuesday March 20th 2007
I’ve been speedlinking some interesting Network Access Protection links in the past (which you can find here, here, h...
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Crash the ISA Server Firewall Service - Open All Inbound Ports
Here’s an easy way to crash the Microsoft Firewall service in ISA Server - create a server publishing rule that allow...
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Windows Server 2003 SP2: What's in it for Terminal Servers?
Now that Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003 has been released, I thought that I would take a brief look at what’s...
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Windows Vista Previous Versions, System Restore and Disk Space
While checking out where my disk space was being consumed on my Windows Vista machines, I found that System Restore w...
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Print Migrator utility included in Windows Vista/Longhorn Server
Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003 Print Migrator 3.1 has now been rolled into the operating system with Windows Vista a...
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SafeWord RemoteAccess Keeps You Waiting
If you are ever installing SafeWord RemoteAccess, don’t be in a hurry. Be prepared to wait while the Setup applicatio...
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The Short NAP: Friday 2nd March 2007
Here’s a few interesting NAP links from the past several weeks:
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Fatal Error during Windows Setup
I received the following error (in a dialog box) from Windows Setup on a Terminal Server running Windows Server 2003 ...
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Link: Microsoft Cluster Configuration Validation Wizard
Microsoft have release a new tool, ClusPrep, for testing your servers readiness before you create a cluster to run th...
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The Short NAP: Saturday 3rd February 2007
Lot’s of NAP in the news over the past week or two, now if only I had the time and resources at the moment to do some...
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PowerShell 1.0 released for Windows Vista
Yay! (it is so very geeky to get excited over a scripting tool isn’t it?) Microsoft have released PowerShell 1.0 for ...
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TS Logon Issues? It's Not What You Think
Every six to eight months or so, I have an issue logging onto a Terminal Server and then have to research the issue e...
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Link: Update for Publishing Exchange Server 2007 for ISA Server 2006
Microsoft have released an update for ISA Server 2006 to support publishing Exchange Server 2007. You will also need ...
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Link: Using ISA Server to Extend Server and Domain Isolation Interoperability
Microsoft have posted a whitepaper on utilising ISA Server as an IPSec gateway/proxy in a domain or server isolation ...
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The Short NAP: Friday 5th January 2007
Microsoft have posted some updated NAP documents on microsoft.com/downloads today:
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Link: An Introduction to Network Access Protection
WindowsNetworking.com has posted an article about Network Access Protection: An Introduction to Network Access Protec...
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Link: Introduction to Server & Domain Isolation with Windows
Microsoft has posted what appears to be an updated document (version 1.1) from August 2005, Introduction to Server an...
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World of Network Access Protection Chat Transcript Available
The November 13, World of NAP chat transcript is finally available on the TechNet site. Unfortunately I’m usually asl...
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SafeWord RemoteAccess vs. Security Configuration Wizard
If you implement SafeWord RemoteAccess with the agent software on a machine running Citrix Web Interface and use the ...
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Publishing Outlook Web Access on an Alternate Port
We recently had client with a requirement to provide Outlook Web Access and Exchange over the Internet/Outlook Anywhe...
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NAP podcast with The Converging Network
Mitchell Ashley over at The Converging Network, has a podcast with a discussion with Amith Krishnan from Microsoft ab...
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Swivel PINsafe and Citrix Access Gateway Installation Notes
The good guys over at Swivel have let me post a document that Graham Field (from Swivel) has created for integrating ...
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Windows Vista Product Guide
Microsoft have posted the Windows Vista Product Guide on their Downloads Centre. At 61Mb and 316 pages this document ...
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Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate 802.1X NAP Enforcement in a Test Lab
No, I haven’t written a step by step guide, but Microsoft has and they have released a document detailing 802.1X NAP ...
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Forefront Client Security Beta Available
Microsoft has made available a general beta for the Forefront Client Security product. Here’s a quote from the downlo...
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The Short NAP: November 14th 2006
Here’s a quick list of interesting NAP and Domain/Server Isolation related links for November:
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ISA Server 2006 and LDAP Authentication
ISAServer.org has an excellent four part tutorial on using LDAP to pre-authenticate Outlook Web Access. You can find ...
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Better Together: Networking Scenarios with Vista and Longhorn Server
Ian Hameroff has put together a great webcast on the networking features of Windows Vista and Longhorn Server, and as...
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Webcast: Enabling Trusted Communications and Health Policy Enforcement with NAP
Gene Ferioli, a Program Manager with the Customer Connection Team at Microsoft did a webcast back in September on NAP...
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Windows and Exchange TechNet Sessions Australia
Microsoft Australia are hosting a TechNet session on Windows Server “Longhorn” and Exchange Server 2007 in Melbourne,...
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Windows Vista 101: Multiple Local Group Policy
Here’s an interesting new feature of Windows Vista that will be a help to shared computing environments such as publi...
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Network Access Protection TechNet Forum
In case you weren’t aware, Microsoft have a web forum for support and discussion around NAP. It’s a little sparse at ...
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NAP MVP Webcast Available To All
Jeff Sigman, the NAP Release Manager at Microsoft, has posted a link to a webcast he did recently for MVPs, which is ...
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NAP to be removed from Windows Vista?
Via Steve Riley and from the Today Tonight school of journalism comes NAP to be ‘kicked out’ of Vista. Here’s a coupl...
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Strengthening OWA Authentication with ISA 2006 and RSA SecurID
Now that Microsoft have released ISA Server 2006, we have more authentication options available to us. This includes ...
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ISA Server 2004 to 2006 Upgrade
I upgraded our firewall a couple of days ago from ISA Server 2004 to ISA Server 2006, which went fairly smoothly with...
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0xc0040357: The Server referenced by Array SERVERNAME does not exist
Just in the process of upgrading our firewall from ISA Server 2004 to ISA Server 2006. Before I did this, though, I w...
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Windows Vista Tips
Here’s a couple of nifty tips for Windows Vista that I’ve learnt this week and wanted to share:
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The Short NAP: September 25th 2006
Here’s a quick list of interesting NAP and Domain/Server Isolation related links from Microsoft for September:
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Windows Vista and Font Inconsistency
I’m not alone in my frustration with Windows Vista (or Windows XP) and the inconsistency in font usage. Fonts are def...
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IIS6, .ICA and 404 Not Found
I’m sure the use of adding .ICA files to web servers to launch published applications from Presentation Server doesn’...
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Windows Vista 101: How to leave UAC on
This one is in reply to Long’s post, but to be fair I know he’s all for UAC. Windows Vista finally introduces some re...
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Cisco and Microsoft Unveil Joint Architecture for NAC-NAP Interoperability
Microsoft and Cisco announced some time ago that they were working on NAP and NAC interoperability. They’ve demonstra...
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Laptop Battery Life Reaches 76 hours and 56 minutes
Check out the battery life on my IBM ThinkPad T41p. There’s way too much FUD out there about Windows Vista shortening...
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Download: Protecting a Network from Unmanaged Clients
I promise this won’t become yet another blog just reposting links to other sites (more original posts to come), but h...
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Outlook 2007 Icon Already in Vista
Ah, the things you find when you’re looking for something else. I was extracting some icons from Window Vista with th...
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Download: System Center Configuration Manager (SMS) Network Access Protection Process Flow
System Center Configuration Manager (SMS4) will be able to act as a remediation server in a NAP environment, which we...
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The Ten Commandments of Exchange Server
After performing two Exchange disaster recoveries in as many months, I’ve come up with a list of Fifteen Ten Commandm...
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Profile Changes in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 and beyond
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 introduce a number of new user profile paths and environment variables that dif...
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UI consistency and Microsoft Sans Serif
When Microsoft released Windows 2000, the new default UI font was changed to Tahoma from Microsoft Sans Serif. Unfort...
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The Windows Network Status Icon is Evil
I’ve always thought that turning the little icon that displays network traffic on is dumb. From remote RDP or ICA ses...
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Windows Vista, Windows Update and 0x8024402C
After adding my laptop running Windows Vista to our AD domain, Windows Update was unable to synchronise and would pro...
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Protecting Outlook Web Access with RSA authentication
Outlook Web Access can be protected with an extra layer of authentication via RSA SecurID. This can be implemented in...
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Windows Firewall Technet Resources
Back in June, Microsoft created a resource section on TechNet for the Windows Firewall, check it out here. There is a...
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Download: Introduction to Network Access Protection
For an overview of what NAP is and how it works check out the following document from Microsoft:
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Download: Introduction to Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
Microsoft have posted a document detailing Windows Firewall with Advanced Security in Windows Vista and Longhorn Serv...
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Vista: Restarting with Applications Open
When a user reboots Windows XP or 2000 etc. with a program open the user is presented with all sorts of dialog boxes ...
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Windows Aero over RDP / WPF Remoting(?)
I’ve been checking out a recent build of Windows Vista today and took the chance to look at connecting to a remote Wi...
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Raymond Chen on Profile Folders
The latest TechNet Magazine has an article by Raymon Chen on the “Program Files” and “Documents and Settings” folders...
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Citrix AAC and Microsoft's NAP
One of the great features of Citrix Advanced Access Control is the ability to control access to internal resources fr...
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Die Microsoft Sans Serif, Die
When Microsoft released Windows 2000, the new default UI font was changed to Tahoma from Microsoft Sans Serif. Unfort...
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Microsoft Systems Manager SoftGrid 4
Now that Microsoft intends to expand their virtualisation strategy with the purchase of Softricity, I expect that we ...
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Sizing Terminal Servers and the 4GB memory limit
Always an interesting discussion around the traps is that of how much memory to install in Terminal Servers. Due to t...
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We Don't Need No Stinking Anti-Virus
I’ve recently had conversations about running anti-virus software on some specialised servers. Specifically Windows S...
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UPHClean 2.x Beta
The User Profile Hive Cleanup Service is a tool that I’ve even been installing on desktops. A beta for version 2.x is...
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Applying the Principle of Least Privilege to User Accounts on Windows XP
Here’s an excellent document I’ve added to my list of articles to give to clients:
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Event Search
Has Microsoft realised the power of EventID.Net? They’ve added an ‘Events and Errors Message Center’ page @ TechNet.
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Lessons from the field - Backup Active Directory
Backup the system state on your domain controllers. “Like duh!” you say, well that’s what I said too. I spent Friday ...
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IIS and Site Identifiers
Having previously having issues installing an applications on IIS where the Default Web Site (i.e. the site with an i...
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Active Directory Migration Tool v3.0
The Active Directory Migration Tool v3.0 has just been released. I’ll have to add this to my list of things to check ...
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ISA Client Spy
Found this via Stanislas Quastana’s blog: ISA Client Spy. Free tools for ISA Server are great and this one, should be...
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Secure access to Exchange
Placing an Exchange Front-end server in the DMZ does nothing to increase security.
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Securing the network using Microsoft ISA Server 2004
This is a great article discussing the features of ISA Server as a layer 7 firewall (without the usual zealous bubble...