1. Mailbox-enabling many users with the Exchange 2007 management shell (PowerShell)
(Blogs/paulw)

... “2” is Exchange 2007, so one of my test labs happens to consist of a 64-bit Windows Server 2003 R2 domain controller running Exchange 2007 SP1 (yeah, I know this isn’t really good p...

2. Group Policy Restricted Groups
(Blogs/paulw)

...o the purpose of this blog – the behaviour changes between Windows 2000 and Windows XP and Server 2003 and Server 2008 or, more specifically, the service packs. Let me explain using an example t...

3. Find all read only domain controllers (RODC) in the domain
(Knowledge Base/Code)

...ry-Info ' ' Sub prints the DC that is being used and the level of the ' directory service, e.g. Win2003 or ADAM ' ' ' Note. Sub calls function Get-DS-Functionality ' ' ******************...

4. Ascertain whether or not a DC is read-only (RODC)
(Knowledge Base/Code)

...DSE attribute and doesn't take ' into consideration the actual version of the DS, e.g., ' Win2008, Win2003, ADAM, etc. ' Private Function IsRODC(dCName) ' as boolean Dim rootDse, base ' as IADs...

5. INFO: Configure USERENV.LOG logging
(Knowledge Base/Articles)

... Windows NT 5.x refers to Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Windows NT 6.x refers to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The default configura...

6. INFO: Fine Tuning Net Logon’s SRV Resource Record (RR) registrations
(Knowledge Base/Articles)

...rst option, via Group Policy, is the preferred option. However this was introduced with Windows Server 2003 therefore the only available option for Windows 2000 Server is number two. When modif...

7. INFO: Last-Logon-Timestamp (lastLogonTimestamp)
(Knowledge Base/Articles)

lastLogonTimestamp is a new attribute that is enabled in Windows Server 2003 Forest Functional Level. Unlike lastLogon, it is replicated, however due to its update frequency it can give the incorr

8. HOW TO: Install the Windows Server 2003 SP 1 Administration Tools (ADMINPAK) on Windows Vista
(Knowledge Base/Articles)

By default, the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack (SP) 1 (or SP2) Administration Tools better known as ADMINPAK or ADMINPAK.MSI do not work, or only partially work under Microsoft Vista. There i

9. TIP: Configuring the confidentiality bit on CAT-1 schema items
(Knowledge Base/Articles)

In Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Microsoft introduced a new setting for non-category 1 (base schema) objects and attributes – the confidentiality bit, otherwise known as Confidential Att

10. INFO: What are Active Directory Recursive Queries?
(Knowledge Base/Articles)

In Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2007 Microsoft have added a new LDAP query matching rule for linked-value DN syntax attributes, currently known as a recursive query. The id