The Life of Brian : Server Core, Active Directory

Restartable AD DS and DSRM Logon Behaviors

BrianM — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:18:00 GMT

Ever since Windows 2000's implementation of Active Directory (AD) we have had a method to restore AD objects that were removed. Although it hasn’t been as easy as hitting CTRL-Z to undo a mistakenly deleted object or to try to restore from the...(read more)

Admin's Guide to Server Core Commands

BrianM — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:50:00 GMT

Repost from AdminPrep.com…I will be moving several of the articles over to this blog. Before all this starts, credit must go where credit is due. I did not come up with all of the info within this article. A lot of people have felt my pain and...(read more)

Installing Active Directory on Server Core with an Answer File

BrianM — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:11:23 GMT

Last week I spent some time at my former employer taking a Server 2008 upgrade course . Shame on you if you haven't checked them out for training because their Hard Hat courses are hands down the best out there. I spent a lot of time in that course...(read more)

Server Core CoreConfigurator

BrianM — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:54:40 GMT

I know i'm late on this but I've got to blog about it. Fellow Directory Services MVP Guy Teverovsky has created the coolest tool yet for Server 2008 Server Core. It is the Server Core CoreConfigurator . After you copy the four files to your Server...(read more)

Windows Server 2008 Reviewers Guide - Reviewed

BrianM — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:04:33 GMT

After spending a bit of time on Amazon I noticed that books, movies, and other random things you can buy all had customer reviews. I started to think, why don't white papers and technical documents have the same? Today I've decided to take action...(read more)

Screencast - Windows Server 2008 Password Caching

BrianM — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:38:08 GMT

I was just doing some catching up on some blog reading and saw that Keith Combs from Microsoft has an excellent screencast on Windows Server 2008 Password Caching on Domain Controllers. In fact he just doesn't show you how to set it up he takes it...(read more)

Windows Server 2008 Component Posters

BrianM — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:41:00 GMT

Back in January of 2007 I posted that TechNet Magazine had a really cool poster that showed Active Directory as a Jigsaw puzzle. I noticed in my latest copy of TechNet Magazine that it included two new posters. One of them was another Active Directory...(read more)