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- Active Directory Query (zip)
- AD Query allows you to view various objects within your Microsoft Active Directory environment. Several administrative functions are available for various objects as well. Features include the following: Ability to query user, computer, deleted items, and other objects stored within Active Directory Perform basic account administration such as disabling accounts,...
- Tags: Object, Tumbleson, AD Query, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Help Desk, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations
- Software downloads 2008-05-12
- Active Directory Reporter (msi)
- Active Directory Reporter ADR enables IT organizations to extract vital data from Active Directory in seconds after installation. ADR provides the best solution to meet Active Directory Reporting requirements. ADR has an extensive reports list with over 100 out of the box reports. Armed with this information, organizations can quickly...
- Tags: Active Directory Reporter, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2008-05-06
- Active Directory Groups (zip)
- Active Directory Groups allows you to select individual users and view their corresponding groups without logging on the server and possibly booting someones session. It also allows you to write single users or all users and their groups to a .txt file. This version is the first release on CNET...
- Tags: Ricky O'Leary, Active Directory Groups, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2008-05-07
- CCAccountMangler (exe)
- CCAccountMangler allows support staff to easily determine if a domain user account is locked, unlock the account, disable or enable the account, view last logon and password change timestamps, and account expiration without Active Directory Users and Computers. The application takes the user logon account as an argument, avoiding having...
- Tags: Account, Reliant Systems, CCAccountMangler, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2008-05-09
- Batch Active Directory tasks with ease using dsmove
- When you have to do specific Windows administration tasks on a frequent basis, it makes your job easier if all relevant objects are in the same organizational unit OU. The practice of a holding OU can make partial removal, mass changes, parallel access, and pre-implementation staging easy for user accounts....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Organizational Unit, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Rick Vanover
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- How do I configure a Distributed File System (DFS)?
- A Windows Distributed File System DFS allows users to find, view, and work with files on your network from one central location. With DFS configured, users do not have to understand the complexities of a network or enter long UNC addresses to browse to files. DFS is installed with Windows...
- Tags: Root, Distributed File System, Windows Distributed File System, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Networking, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Steven Warren
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Momentum Webcast: Increase Your E-Mail Security and Availability by Leveraging Active Directory (Level 100)
- Information technology professionals face many daily challenges. Maintaining the security and availability of e-mail for users is probably one of the most important of these daily challenges. Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 was developed with this in mind. Exchange Server 2003 builds on the strengths of Active Directory and provides a...
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Exchange Server, E-mail Security, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, E-mail, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, E-mail Servers, Directory Services, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Operations (Level 200)
- This webcast is a follow-up to the previous session on Active Directory directory service operations. This webcast covers operations master roles, Active Directory directory service backup and restore, intersite replication, and the Active Directory database and domain controllers. The presenter of the webcast also discuss high-level operations and planning information...
- Tags: Webcast, Directory Service, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- Step-by-Step Guide to Managing the Active Directory
- This paper introduces the administration of the Windows 2000 Active Directory service. The procedures in this paper demonstrates how to use the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in to add, move, delete, and alter the properties for objects such as users, contacts, groups, servers, printers, and shared folders. The Active...
- Tags: Domain, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers
- MSDN Webcast: Microsoft Windows CardSpace, Active Directory Federation Services, Identity Lifecycle Manager and More: A Comprehensive Overview of Identity on the Microsoft Platform (Level 200)
- Microsoft offers a range of technologies for working with identity, including Windows CardSpace, Active Directory Federation Services ADFS, Identity Lifecycle Manager ILM, and more. This webcast provides an overview of these technologies, showing the problems each one addresses and how they relate to one another. The goal is to provide...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Webcast, Microsoft Windows CardSpace, Goal, Microsoft Corp., Identity, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts
- Capgemini Saves 50 Per Cent on Administration Costs With Identity
- Capgemini, a leading provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing, chose Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with its component Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 for its e-mail and data services. However, Capgemini wanted the two systems to coexist for at least 18 months, as all the company's existing business...
- Tags: Capgemini, Administration, Identity, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Hardware Upgrade, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- Case studies
- Seamless Route to Systems Standardisation for Discovery
- Looking technologically to place its entire workforce on a level playing field, and reap the substantial business advantages such a move would inevitably sow, Discovery Networks Europe DNE chose Getronics for a modernising, root-and-branch upgrade of an IT infrastructure based on outmoded domains and client devices. Working to a corporate...
- Tags: Getronics, ITIL, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Process Improvement, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Directory Services, It Services, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Quality, Business Operations, Human Resources, Management
- Case studies
- ADSI Open Interfaces for Managing and Using Directory Services
- One of the challenges of working within a large distributed computing environment is identifying and locating resources, such as users, groups, print queues, and documents. A directory service is part of a distributed computing environment that provides a way to locate and identify the users and resources available in the...
- Tags: ADSI, Directory Service, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers
- Active Directory Inside Out (Part 1 of 11): Active Directory Logical Concepts-Level 200
- Because Active Directory plays such a pivotal role in Windows network architecture, a thorough knowledge of this service is essential for IT administrators. Each session in this eleven-part webcast series offers a thorough, focused perspective on key aspects of AD 2003, giving you what you need to get the most...
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- Using Active Directory for a Competitive Business Advantage
- Many businesses today realize the advantages of tying together corporate applications to automate business processes. Yet such implementation scenarios face many difficult challenges: lack of interoperability between applications within companies due to isolation; difficulty in establishing application relationships between business entities; and the great expense of maintaining the number of...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Webcasts
- Momentum Webcast: Exchange Server 2003: Deployment Planning (Level 200)
- This webcast examines the planning phase needed for any Exchange deployment and explains the basic considerations for deployment, including the hardware and software required to support one or more Exchange servers. The webcast examines the infrastructure requirements and covers basic services such as Domain Name System DNS, Internet Information Services...
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Digital Media, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- Financial Services Firm Supports Growth Through Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization
- HSBC acquired a large local bank in Mexico with more than 1,400 branch locations and wanted to take control of its decentralized IT environment. Manual deployment of software applications and security updates could take months, and the company lacked tools to monitor its IT resources effectively. To improve system management,...
- Tags: Optimization, Information Technology, Financial Service, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Financial Planning, Directory Services, Financial Services, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
- Case studies
- DNS and the Active Directory Tree
- This webcast will address the best practices and concepts regarding DNS in and for Active Directory. This session will cover potential configuration and design issues, how to check to see that Active Directory is correctly registering records in the DNS database, and some of the ways that an incorrectly configured...
- Tags: DNS, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Domain Names, Directory Services, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet
- Webcasts
- TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Designed and Deployed Active Directory Federation Services (Level 200)
- Active Directory Federation Services ADFS helps companies extend their authentication infrastructure across enterprise and organizational boundaries. The listener of this webcast will hear the engineer who was responsible for the internal deployment of ADFS at Microsoft discuss ways to configure the ADFS components, including the federation server, federation server proxies,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Webcast, Information Technology, Server, Microsoft Corp., Authentication, Microsoft TechNet, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Disaster Recovery (Part 2 of 2) (Level 300)
- This webcast explains how to recover from different failure scenarios, including failures of the database, domain controllers, global catalogs, Flexible Single-Master Operations FSMO roles, and the SYStem Volume SYSVOL shared folder. It explains how to successfully recover domains and forests, and how to perform authoritative restores.
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Digital Media, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Disaster Recovery, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts
