Marcin Policht

One of the more involved aspects of managing Active Directory infrastructure is handling its recovery. This results primarily from the distributed and dynamic characteristics of its content, its dual nature (comprising of hierarchical database and file-system based SYSVOL structure), as well as lack of friendly, intuitive interface that would simplify dealing with its idiosyncrasies. While […]

The previous installment of our series dedicated to Windows Server 2008 Directory Services, laid out an innovative approach to providing granular Password and Account Lockout Policy settings, incorporated into a set of features available in Windows Server 2008 domain functional level (for their overview, refer to our earlier article). The new functionality allows you to […]

The two initial installments of our series dedicated to Windows Server 2008 Directory Services, provided a general overview of functionality incorporated into Active Directory since its introduction as part of Windows 2000 Server platform. It presented them in the context defined by modes and functional levels. Going forward, we will focus on features specific to […]

At some point, nearly every system administrator in a large computing environment will be faced with the challenge of automating the setup of a new operating system. While an upgrade is typically an easier option to implement, it does not provide the same flexibility as a new installation and typically leaves systems vulnerable to issues […]