Archive for the ‘Active Directory’ Category

Active Directory 2008 R2 Design Guide

Posted: 2nd March 2010 by neil in Active Directory

You can get this from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=88f0184c-8f03-4f0f-b3f9-5109255fb461 Overview This guidance provides general recommendations for the design, deployment and management of an Active Directory environment in a healthcare organization according to current best practices. The purpose of this guidance is to accelerate Active Directory design and deployment in a healthcare organization, and provide a framework for [...]

Internal launch of Active Directory

Posted: 18th February 2010 by neil in Active Directory

Here is a video showing the internal launch of the MS Active Directory domain, the first ever in the world. Fascinating stuff!!

FSMO Role Holders

Posted: 6th February 2010 by neil in Active Directory

One thing that every support person who manages and supports active directory should know is the FSMO role holders, or operational masters as they are sometimes called, what they do and the effects of them being offline due to any kind of disaster/failure. These role holders are possibly one of the most important servers in [...]