WindowsSecurity.com – Active Directory information exposed to users?

For the time being I have not really time for blogging I’m afraid but will continue writing articles for the windowsecurity.com website. I know many things are visible in the Microsoft Active Directory and tried a few things to investigate the things a standard user can see. If this is something for you, then take [...]

Cloning Windows Server 2008 using sysprep

To make a copy/duplicate of a Windows Server 2008 you need to make sure the Security ID (SID) and all other settings that are machine-specific are unique . This is the "normal" and supported way to clone a Windows client/server and has been since Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. The sysprep-command is by default located in [...]

Quick guide to Windows Server 2008 Core

I have made a quick guide to the Windows Server 2008 Core edition. This is meant as a reference and installation-help, so you can have the basic commands in one place. http://cid-38ca35b6277b6302.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Blog%20items/Quick%20guide%20to%20Windows%20Server%202008%20Core.xps Duplex print: 1 page Please provide feedback to make the quick guide as good as possible.

Make your file shares redundant with DFS

The situation Every company use file-servers for storing business data and these are getting a more important role as the IT infrastructure evolves. Take a minute and think about the following scenario: An electronic component on a main file-server has a malfunction and the server goes black 6′o’clock in the morning leaving the users without [...]

Query the forest for SPN’s configured

You can query the SPN’s (used in Kerberos environment) from other computers with this Microsoft script found and documented at Microsoft’s website SPNQUERY . For other ways to query the SPN’s look into KB321044 Script command: cscript spnquery.vbs HOST/MyServerName* >check_SPN.txt Sample output: CN=SHARE08,OU=Sharepoint Servers,OU=Denmark,DC=domain,DC=localClass: computerComputer DNS: share08.extrico.local– HOST/SHARE08– HOST/share08.extrico.local

Supporting Microsoft Servers in a Virtual Environment

You need to consider certain issues when running your Windows Servers in a virtual environment and Microsoft have written some knowledgebase articles regarding these challenges. Considerations when hosting Active Directory domain controller in virtual hosting environments Running Domain Controllers in Virtual Server 2005 (Word document download) Support policy for Microsoft software running in non-Microsoft hardware [...]