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Q: How secure is the DFS Replication (DFSR) protocol?Q: How secure is the DFS Replication (DFSR) protocol?

byJan De Clercq

Apr 14, 2010

1 Min Read

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Q: Can the password of a Windows machine’s domain account expire just like a normal user account’s password expires (as defined in the domain password policy settings)?Q: Can the password of a Windows machine’s domain account expire just like a normal user account’s password expires (as defined in the domain password policy settings)?

byJan De Clercq

Mar 30, 2010

2 Min Read

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Q: How can I block FTP users from taking down my Windows FTP server by filling up its disk space?

Q: How can I block FTP users from taking down my Windows FTP server by filling up its disk space?

byJan De Clercq

Q: Can I hide the account information of a locked Windows desktop?

Q: Can I hide the account information of a locked Windows desktop?

byJan De Clercq

Q: What are the different Windows Logon Types that can show up in the Windows event log?

Q: What are the different Windows Logon Types that can show up in the Windows event log?

byJan De Clercq

Q: In Windows Server 2008, there's a feature that lets you use the Directory Service Restore Mode (DSRM) administrator account and password to log on to a Server 2008 domain controller (DC) at any time. What's this feature for and how do I enable it?

Q: In Windows Server 2008, there's a feature that lets you use the Directory Service Restore Mode (DSRM) administrator account and password to log on to a Server 2008 domain controller (DC) at any time. What's this feature for and how do I enable it?

byJan De Clercq

Q: How can I find the Windows Server 2008 event IDs that correspond to Windows Server 2003 event IDs?

Q: How can I find the Windows Server 2008 event IDs that correspond to Windows Server 2003 event IDs?

byJan De Clercq

Revive Deleted AD Objects with Active Directory Recycle Bin

Revive Deleted AD Objects with Active Directory Recycle Bin

byJan De Clercq

Using Active Directory Administrative Center in Windows Server 2008 R2

Using Active Directory Administrative Center in Windows Server 2008 R2

byJan De Clercq

Q: Do I need to upgrade to Windows Server 2008 from Windows Server 2003 to get Alternative Name (SAN) certificate support?

Q: Do I need to upgrade to Windows Server 2008 from Windows Server 2003 to get Alternative Name (SAN) certificate support?

byJan De Clercq

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Security

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Security

byJan De Clercq

Q: Can I use a single Subject Alternative Name (SAN) certificate to secure access to multiple namespaces?

Q: Can I use a single Subject Alternative Name (SAN) certificate to secure access to multiple namespaces?

byJan De Clercq

Q: Is there a way to set and maintain a single Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) administrator password that applies to all my DCs?

Q: Is there a way to set and maintain a single Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) administrator password that applies to all my DCs?

byJan De Clercq

Q: What types of disk configurations does BitLocker Drive Encryption (BDE) support?

Q: What types of disk configurations does BitLocker Drive Encryption (BDE) support?

byJan De Clercq

Q: What options does Windows provide to attach automated actions, such as sending an email alert message, to events on a Windows machine?

Q: What options does Windows provide to attach automated actions, such as sending an email alert message, to events on a Windows machine?

byJan De Clercq

Active Directory

Q: I want to install an enterprise certification authority (CA) on one of my Active Directory (AD) domain controllers (DCs), but it only lets me install a Standalone CA. Why?

Q: I want to install an enterprise certification authority (CA) on one of my Active Directory (AD) domain controllers (DCs), but it only lets me install a Standalone CA. Why?

byJan De Clercq

Q: What's the scope of the built-in Authenticated Users group in a multi-forest Active Directory (AD) environment?

Q: What's the scope of the built-in Authenticated Users group in a multi-forest Active Directory (AD) environment?

byJan De Clercq

Q: Does Windows include a mechanism to show failed logon information to the user at logon time?

Q: Does Windows include a mechanism to show failed logon information to the user at logon time?

byJan De Clercq

Q: Can I use the Windows Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) to harden my Exchange 2007 servers? Does the SCW come with specific security templates for the different Exchange 2007 server roles (such as Client Access, Hub Transport, Mailbox, and Edge)?

Q: Can I use the Windows Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) to harden my Exchange 2007 servers? Does the SCW come with specific security templates for the different Exchange 2007 server roles (such as Client Access, Hub Transport, Mailbox, and Edge)?

byJan De Clercq

Q: How can I determine from the Windows security logs whether a user has logged on using a smart card?

Q: How can I determine from the Windows security logs whether a user has logged on using a smart card?

byJan De Clercq

Microsoft Windows

A Better BitLocker: BDE Enhancements

A Better BitLocker: BDE Enhancements

byJan De Clercq

Q: How can I prevent my users from deleting their Internet Explorer (IE) browsing history?

Q: How can I prevent my users from deleting their Internet Explorer (IE) browsing history?

byJan De Clercq

Q: How can we relocate the event log files of our Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 file servers to a different drive?

Q: How can we relocate the event log files of our Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 file servers to a different drive?

byJan De Clercq

Attacks & Breaches

Q: Does Microsoft IIS 7.0 include a feature to protect an IIS web server from Denial of Service (DoS) attacks? Does Microsoft’s ISA Server 2006 include a similar feature?

Q: Does Microsoft IIS 7.0 include a feature to protect an IIS web server from Denial of Service (DoS) attacks? Does Microsoft’s ISA Server 2006 include a similar feature?

byJan De Clercq

Microsoft Windows

Q: What's the fastest, easiest way to disable User Account Control (UAC) on a Windows Vista machine?

Q: What's the fastest, easiest way to disable User Account Control (UAC) on a Windows Vista machine?

byJan De Clercq

Microsoft Windows

Introducing Windows CardSpace

Introducing Windows CardSpace

byJan De Clercq

Identity Management & Access Control

Q: What is the easiest way to set up access control restrictions on the content of our intranet websites that are hosted on an IIS 7.0 web server?

Q: What is the easiest way to set up access control restrictions on the content of our intranet websites that are hosted on an IIS 7.0 web server?

byJan De Clercq

Server Virtualization

Q: Does Microsoft provide a mechanism to restrict which administrators can manage a particular Hyper-V virtual machine (VM)? I want to make sure that VM administrators can only manage their VMs and can't touch the parent partition.

Q: Does Microsoft provide a mechanism to restrict which administrators can manage a particular Hyper-V virtual machine (VM)? I want to make sure that VM administrators can only manage their VMs and can't touch the parent partition.

byJan De Clercq

Q: How can I configure and manage Windows user rights from the command line?

Q: How can I configure and manage Windows user rights from the command line?

byJan De Clercq

Q: Do I still need to install the URLscan tool on my Microsoft IIS 7.0 Web server to filter malicious data from incoming HTTP requests?

Q: Do I still need to install the URLscan tool on my Microsoft IIS 7.0 Web server to filter malicious data from incoming HTTP requests?

byJan De Clercq

Q: How can I export an X.509 certificate and the associated private key from my old laptop and import it on my new one?

Q: How can I export an X.509 certificate and the associated private key from my old laptop and import it on my new one?

byJan De Clercq

Regulatory Compliance

Q: Can you use a web publishing rule instead of a server publishing rule to offload SSL processing on an ISA server?

Q: Can you use a web publishing rule instead of a server publishing rule to offload SSL processing on an ISA server?

byJan De Clercq

Q: Is it possible to provide roaming user profiles specifically for user credentials such as certificates, private keys, user names, and passwords?

Q: Is it possible to provide roaming user profiles specifically for user credentials such as certificates, private keys, user names, and passwords?

byJan De Clercq

Active Directory

Q: How can I delegate the right to unlock locked Active Directory (AD) user accounts?

Q: How can I delegate the right to unlock locked Active Directory (AD) user accounts?

byJan De Clercq

Networking & Security

A Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) Primer

A Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) Primer

byJan De Clercq

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