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Windows Server 2008 RMS (Part 1)

Today I will start a series of articles on Windows Server?? 2008 RMS. In this first one I will explain what is RMS and why use it in your environment. RMS (Right Management Services) is a role that can...

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Windows Server 2008 RMS (Part 3)

Here comes the “hard” part. Setting up the infrastructure needed to successfully implement AD RMS in your environment. This method is only recommended if you are testing AD RMS in virtual environment...

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Windows Server 2008 RMS (Part 4)

It s time to set up RMS server role on our Windows Server 2008. We will use Server manager console to add AD RMS role to our domain controller. The first server in an AD RSM environment is the root...

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Windows Server 2008 RMS (Part 5)

Now that we have infrastructure all set up we need to check its funcionality. RMS client is by default installed in all Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems. For earlier versions RMS client...

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Windows Server 2008 NAP (Part 1)

I am starting a new series of articles that will deal with new Windows Server 2008 roles. ?First one will be NAP (Network Access Protection). NAP is responsible for evaluating client “health” status...

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Windows Server 2008 NAP (Part 2)

Configuring DHCP NAP enforcement In this article I will describe how to configure DHCP NAP enforcement for DHCP clinets. There are couple of prequisites that I will presume you allready have...

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Windows Server 2008 NAP (Part 3)

… continued from Part 2 ? We have to configure DHCP service for NAP enforcement: ?Open DHCP console, expand it and right click on IPv4 Scope earlier created?and select properties On Network Access...

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Windows Server 2008 NAP (Part 4)

In the next couple of articles I will describe how to set up NAP with VPN enforcement. I will assume that you have prepared following virtual machines: DC as domain controler SRV as?member server CL as...

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Windows Server 2008 NAP (Part 5)

… continued from part 4 Configuring NPS as NAP health policy server (do this on SRV computer): Start NPS console Expand Network Access Protection and click System Health Validators Double click on...

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Windows Server 2008 NAP (Part 6)

… continued from part 5 Configuring connection request policies Click Connection Request Policies Disable default policies Create new policy and name it VPN connections Select Remote Access Server...

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Windows Server 2008 NAP (Part 7)

… continued from part 6 Configuring client computers and testing NAP enforcement. Configure client computer so Security Center is always enabled (this can be done using GPO but I will do it using local...

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Disable UAC in Windows 7 without user knowledge?!

Well, there are ways to do this using scripts, but it does require some user interaction. User must start a script, and user must restart computer to apply new UAC settings. It all comes down??to...

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Personal log, stardate 62989.8, begin recording

So, what Star Trek, stupid terminals, voice recognition, cloud computing, Windows Server 2008 R2, application virtualization, vhd files and green computing have in common? Well, first I have to explain...

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Pre-populate passwords on a RODC

Yesterday I ran into a small problem with RODC. As we all know, RODC is a feature of Windows 2008 and later operating systems. After initial setup, RODC will replicate AD database to itself with the...

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TechEd 2010 BOF sessions

Two of the biggest IT associations, Gitca and Ineta are organizing BOF (Birds Of a Feather) sessions on TechEd this year in Berlin. My college Robert and I have submitted sessions up for election....

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Microsoft TechEd Europe 2010 BoF

Thank you all for voting on BoF (Birds of a Feather) sessions for the past two weeks. With your help, Robert and I are going to Berlin to deliver our sessions on TechEd 2010. As a short reminder here...

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Good, bad and ugly admins & SBS 2011 as “cloud killer”

I have two great IT Pro user group sessions recorded and I have just uploaded them for your viewing pleasure. Both videos are in Croatian language. First one is talking about admins that are gone bad...

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Certificates, CA, IIS and the rest

Once again, here is one cool security session delivered by one and only Robert Petrunic. Learn how to securely use certificates, what is CA and how in all that fits IIS and clients on the network....

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Kulendayz 2012 Private Cloud track

Kulendayz 2012 Private Cloud track is now live. We covered almost all relevant technologies and products that combined enable users to create and fully utilize Microsoft private cloud solution. List of...

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Pi-Hole in Azure Virtual Machine

As you may have noticed, lately I am spending lots of time trying out some Linux appliances and running them in Azure. One example would be FreeNAS appliance, couple of weeks ago. This mini project...

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