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Master RSoP: Map Group Policy Mutations

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With Resultant Set of Policies, you can simplify management of policy settings and ensure Group Policy is healthy and happy.


Enable Remote Desktop Over a Network On Demand

By Alex K. Angelopoulos, 04/28/2008

Remote Desktop is an important tool for admins of remote Windows OSs, but often it's disabled on desktop systems. Fortunately, you can use one-line scripts to not only enable ...

Mastering RSoP

By Darren Mar-Elia, 04/28/2008

Discerning the effective policy settings for a given user or computer can be hard, especially in larger organizations. Resultant Set of Policies cuts through the confusion and ...

IronKey 1GB Enterprise Special Edition

By Jeff James, 04/28/2008

Removable USB flash drives pose a unique security threat to your IT infrastructure. The IronKey USB Drive tackles the problem with its security-crammed defenses.

Getting and Using the System.String Object's Members

By Robert Sheldon, 04/28/2008

PowerShell treats all strings as System.String objects. Find out how you can learn about and use this object's methods and properties.

3 Enterprise Disk Defragmenters

By Eric B. Rux, 04/28/2008

This comparison of three disk defragmentors—Diskeeper’s Diskeeper 2008 Server, O&O Software’s O&O Defrag 10 Server Edition, and Raxco’s PerfectDisk 2008 Server—will help you ...

Keys to Group Policy Success? Prepare and Test!

By Caroline Marwitz, 04/28/2008

Want better results from your GPO-based software deployments? Then heed the advice of LAN administrator Mike Foster, who offers pointers on using Group Policy to do such things as ...

Managing PST Files in Microsoft Outlook

By William Lefkovics, 04/28/2008

The evolution of PST files has brought new flexibility to email storage. But there are still caveats to consider. We show you how to best use PST files according to your unique ...

Configuring a DC to Register Site-Specific Records for an Additional Domain

By John Savill, 04/28/2008

By default, a DC registers records for its own site. Learn how to configure a DC to also register records for an additional location.

New and Improved

By Editors, 04/28/2008

Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace.

Upgrading OpenLDAP on CentOS

By Dustin Puryear, 04/28/2008

To be able to access all AD data, you’ll need to upgrade from OpenLDAP 2.2 to OpenLDAP 2.3. Here’s how to do it on CentOS 4.3.

Controlling SharePoint Access

By Kevin Laahs, 04/28/2008

Identify users and control their access to SharePoint content with an understanding of SharePoint's security architecture.

Find Out Who Is Leaving Files Open at Night

By Readers, 04/28/2008

When Daniel discovered that some files weren't being backed up because they were open, he discovered a little-known tool named Openfiles. By running this tool through a batch ...

PowerShell 101, Lesson 4

By Robert Sheldon, 04/28/2008

Understanding how to handle strings in PowerShell cmdlets is important. Learn when to enclose strings in quotes and whether to use single or double quotes. Also learn how to ...

What's Hot

By Jeff James, 04/28/2008

Readers review Microsoft SyncToy 2.0, the Strangeloops AS1000 Appliance, and the NetIQ Aegis platform.

What You Need to Know About Microsoft Response Point

By Paul Thurrott, 04/28/2008

Microsoft Response Point is a prepackaged IP-based PBX-type small business phone system—not your typical Microsoft software solution, relying instead on familiar-looking hardware ...

Letters@windowsitpro.com

By Editors, 04/28/2008

Readers chime in about the Cipher tool, Robert Sheldon’s “PowerShell 101” series, Michael Otey’s look at Microsoft's Hyper-V thin hypervisor, and more.

Enterprise Antivirus Software

By Gayle Rodcay, 04/28/2008

Choose the best antivirus protection for your environment with this evaluation of more than a dozen products.

Learning About the Active Directory Load Balancer Tool

By John Savill, 04/28/2008

Discover how this tool can optimize intersite replication.

System Center to Support Linux and VMware

By Karen Forster, 04/28/2008

In this exclusive interview, Microsoft's Brad Anderson and Larry Orecklin disclose groundbreaking developments from the Microsoft Management Summit regarding System Center support ...

Paul's Picks

By Paul Thurrott, 04/28/2008

Windows Live SkyDrive, Microsoft's Web-based storage service, is a rare example of the software giant beating Google to market. But is it worth it? And Office 2008 for Mac isn't ...

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Togetherness

By Karen Forster, 04/28/2008

Microsoft’s product managers for Windows Server and Windows Client Deployment explain that customers who use Server 2008 and Vista together will benefit from improved performance, ...

Control Windows Server 2008 Roles and Features

By Mark Minasi, 04/28/2008

With the Computer Management console missing from Server 2008, you need an efficient way to configure your servers and roll them out. Your best bet is to go to the command line ...

Integrate Active Directory and OpenLDAP

By Dustin Puryear, 04/28/2008

OpenLDAP’s proxy service can help you integrate Active Directory (AD) and OpenLDAP—to authenticate your AD users in LDAP applications that use OpenLDAP or to provide access to ...

What You Need to Know About Windows Vista SP1 Scheduling

By Paul Thurrott, 04/28/2008

Microsoft released Windows Vista SP1 on a tiered scheduled, which though strange, makes perfect sense—Paul explains the reason why and reveals the actual schedule.


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