Active Directory/Documentation

WolfTech Active Directory

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• Documentation
• Architecture
• Service Groups
• Naming Standards
• Special Groups
• Security Policies
• Software Distribution
• Software Packages
• Scripts & Tools
• References
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Active Directory Users and Computers

• SpecOps Addon for ADUC

Automatic Logon

• How to prevent group policy from removing automatic logon?
• How to enable automatic logon for kiosk?

Administrative Users

• ACS Applications

Automatic Updates (WSUS)

• WolfTech WSUS
• WSUS Update Policy
• Manually Install Updates
• WSUS Notification Email Template
• WSUS Management Console
• Manipulate Client Behavior Using Command-line Options

• Windows Update Agent force script

Disaster Recovery

• Disaster Recovery

DNS

• DNS Notes
• Dynamic DNS

Distributed File System (DFS)

• What is DFS?
• DFS Architecture
• Enable Multiple DFS Roots on Windows 2003 Server Standard

Group Policy

• Using Resultant Set of Policy
• More than you wanted to know about ADM...

Group Policy Preferences

• Overview
• Remote Server Administration Tools
• Configuring Preferences
• Clients & Deploying Preferences
• Item-Level Targeting

• Mapping Printers
• Mapping Drives

Internet Explorer 7

• RSS Feeds
• Phishing Filter

Laptops

• Security Policies When Offsite

Macintosh

• Parallels (BME is currently beta testing)

Migrating

• College of Textiles Migration

Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT)

• Enable User/Password Migration
• Enable Computer Migration
• Computer Migration Instructions

MS-SQL

• Documentation
• Moving User Databases
• Moving System Databases
• Set SPN

New OU Admins

• Getting Started
• Join a Computer
• Default OU
• Admin Shortcuts
• ShellRunAs

Printing

• Printing via Print-a-File
• Windows 2003 R2 and Printing

Public Labs / Kiosks

• Printing via Print-a-File
• Microsoft SteadyState

Remote Assistance

• Configuring AD for Remote Assistance
• Offering Remote Assistance

Remote Installation Services (RIS)

• RIS
• Add Driver To RIS
• nLite
• Duplicate GUID
• Computers folder
• Centralized RIS

Scripting

• phpAD Library
• SysInternals Tools (incls psexec / pstools)
• GUI for psexec

Services for UNIX

• What is SFU?

Software Packaging

• Packaging Notes
• Assigning Software via Group Policy
• Windows Installer
• Manually Uninstall MSI
• Removing Ghost Installs

• MSI Testing

Symantec Antivirus (SAV)

• Definition Updates
• Group Management Script

Teaching Labs

• Using Common Accounts

User Account Control (UAC)

• User Account Control for Developers

Virtual Servers

• Virtual Servers

Vista

• Vista on MSDN
• Planning

Windows 2003 Server R2

• How to extend the schema?

Windows Defender

• Disable Windows Defender

Windows Deployment Services (WDS)

• WDS