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An outage: Lessons learned

This article talks about two outages that occurred at a college and lessons learned from them.

Scripting out DHCP reservations in Windows Server 2008 with Netsh

Scripting out DHCP reservations can save a lot of time for large pools of reservations. See how the Windows Server 2008 Netsh tool can help out in this regard.

Are you going to upgrade to Windows Server 2008?

There is a lot of hype in the IT industry when it comes to new releases of products. Look at the iPhone, Windows Vista, WiMax, OS X Leopard. This article digs through the hype to help you make a decision for yourself whether migrating to Windows Server 2008 will be worth it in the next 18-24 months.

Practical tips for setting up a UPS

Today I'm going to share some pointers I learned from my previous experiences in buying and setting up a UPS for a mid-size server room.

What does a DBA do all day?

Data integrity is a DBA's number one responsibility, but do you know what else they do all day?

How to spoof a MAC address

MAC address filtering for wireless networking isn't real security. Anyone who pays any attention to current trends in wireless security at all should know that MAC filtering is less effective than WEP -- and that WEP can be cracked almost instantly these days with commonly available tools.

Inside the Exchange Server Profile Analyzer

The Exchange Server Profile Analyzer is a tool that allows Exchange administrators to get a real-time look at a plethora of statistics surrounding your Exchange servers. The statistics generated by the Profile Analyzer tell the complete story behind the way that your Exchange server is used (or abused!) by your users.

Explore new task scheduler triggers in Windows Server 2008

The task scheduler in Windows Server 2008 is quite different from what is in previous versions of Windows Server. The key elements to a scheduled task are triggers, actions, conditions, and settings.

Scripting the remove and disable mailbox attributes in Exchange 2007

This article describes how you can disable or remove the e-mail attribute from the Windows account yet retain the account.

What virtualisation tools are available for testing?

This article talks about some of the free or inexpensive tools you might use to accomplish your virtualisation testing.

Implementing Windows Server 2008's Read-Only Domain Controller

One of the most touted features of Windows Server 2008 is the Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC). The RODC is a domain controller deployed after a traditional domain controller that contains the schema, configuration, domain, application directory partitions, and partial attribute set schemas of an Active Directory database in a read-only fashion.

Query Active Directory for empty computer account descriptions

It's very handy to populate the Windows Active Directory Description field for computer accounts. Organisationally, you may use the field as an indicator for the system's role.

Replicating your infrastructure in a lab

This article shows you how to do a test run of Windows Server 2008/Exchange Server 2007 running together in a test environment.

Selecting and installing your first UPS

As an IT professional, you see UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) just about everywhere.

Take service management to new levels in Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008

The sc (service controller) command manages Windows services from the command line. This can be integral to any semi-automated failover mechanism, service watchdog, or a mass update that requires some configuration to the service.

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