--English-- Thanks to everyone involved, I am awarded again as an MVP, 6th or 7th time in a row. (Well, I am not sure which is correct. ) I received MVP awards in the following order: Security (2002.07-2002.09; this may not be an official one) Security (2002.10-2003.09) Windows Server Systems Security (2003.10-2004.09) Windows Security (2004.10-2005.09) Windows Security (2005.10-2006.09) Windows Security (2006.10-2007.09) Windows Security (2007.10-2008.09) My first opportunity as an MVP came when

-- English -- Moving user profiles, which is needed during/after migration from existing environments to Active Directory, is a kind of somewhat tough thing, I mean the amounts of target accounts and time consumed, and some of caveats. Currently we can mainly use the following supported patterns: User Settings Migration Tool(USMT)/Files and Settings Transfer Wizard(FSTW) USMT is for automatic deployment. This tool can migrate profiles settings from the source accounts to the target accounts on the

----Japanese---- 日本語での投稿テストです。日本語が使えることが確認できたので、日本語と英語の両方で投稿してみよう。この投稿では、日本語を先、英語をその次、の順番で。 ---- English ---- This is just a test post in Japanese. As I confirmed that we can use Japanese, I am going to post articles both in Japanese and English. Japanese first, then English texts follow, for this post.

Today I have signed up for the MVP program for another one year. This time I am awarded for Windows Security, as it seems the category I got awarded, "Windows Server Systems Security", does not currently exist. Whew, there are really bunch of famous and cool people in the category... I have also found a good thing. Japanese MVPs specialized in Windows Security has increased in number. Here are Japanese Security MVPs whom I know: Name Web Site in Japanese (pls open up your favorite translator when

From seculogger 's blog . Honeynet Security Console It seems very neat. I decided that I should evaluate this, with sebek!

This webcast covers topics around "how to use the recovery console" and more about troubleshooting the boot phase. It is a must thing, you know, as we engineers handle issues around servers. ;-) Microsoft Support Webcast: Microsoft Windows XP: Exploring Boot Options and Recovery Console June 25, 2002

From SQLJunkies. Quest Software Quest Central for SQL SERVER - FREEWARE Now Available http://www.quest.com/quest_central/sql_server/freeware/ It features things like this: Database Administration Space Management 24x7 Monitoring Performance Diagnostics with Spotlight Database Analysis Load Testing and Data Generation Hmm, sounds not too bad, you know.

Softwares from Weird-Solution seems somewhat cool. http://www.weird-solutions.com/ As for Syslog Turbo there are things that is helpful for daily sysadmin jobs, like analysis and log rotation features. We can manipulate it with a sql-like dialect, which may be fairly useful as long as you are familiar with SQL. There are other easy-to-manipulate server softwares like DHCP, BOOTP, and TFTP so please check them out.

From Bernard's article. Errors in IIS 6.0 Documentation I have once tested this NNTP Feed feature of IIS 6.0, with Shavlik's news server. It seems I have to dig more on this.;-) Thanks, Bernard!

From seculogger , another Japanese MVP. http://www.7th-angel.net/seculog/item/550.html According to NHK, a leading broadcasting company in Japan, about 38% of market-leading companies in Tokyo Stock Exchange Market stated that they do not and will not have|prepare rules to prevent the outflow of private information. Src (Pls use babelfish to have them translated): http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/2004/05/09/k20040508000025.html http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0508/012.html * Babelfish: http://babelfish