Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows Server 2008 Available for Download

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Microsoft has released the new GPO reference spreadsheet for Windows Server 2008. This is a must have reference for GPO administrators. Trust me with all the new GPOs added to Server 2008, you'll need it. There are over 2,700 administrative template settings!! You can download this reference from the...

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Windows Server 2008 and Vista Service Pack 1 Have Been Released to Manufacturing

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Microsoft, today announced that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 have been released to manufacturing. Server 2008 will be available for volume license customers by the end of February. See the Microsoft PressPass release below for full details: Source: Microsoft PressPass...

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Windows Server 2008 Hands On Lab In Indianapolis

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Tomorrow, my manager and I will be attending a Free Hands On Lab session at the Microsoft offices in Indianapolis. This 2 day lab will hopefully provide lots of great info on soon to be released Windows Server 2008. Stay tuned here for more info on the labs.

Shrinking Volumes in Windows Server 2008

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This is one of my new favorite features of Windows Server 2008. The ability to "Shrink" a volume. Yes that's right, you can now right click a volume and make it smaller. You can also extend volumes through the GUI disk management interface instead of using diskpart. I've attached a few screen...

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Microsoft Releases Active Directory Topology Diagrammer (ADTD)

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I just noticed this on the net yesterday. Microsoft has made available the Active Directory Topology Diagrammer (ADTD). This tool has been used for a few years now by the MS Premier Active Directory Risk Assessment Teams. After a risk assessment the customer would be left with this tool and the rights...

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Windows Server 2008 RC0 is Here

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Well just like every other techno blogger out there I felt it my duty to announce that RC0 is HERE!!! I'm super excited to check out the first version of Windows to give us a preview of Windows Server Virtualization (WSV). I will definitely have more to say about this at a later date. Stay Tuned!!! For...

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