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Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Capacity and Scaling: Date - Jul 03, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; 469 KB Microsoft Word file - Microsoft Windows Terminal Server lets users run Windows®-based applications on a remote computer running one of the Windows Server 2003 family of operating systems. This white paper contains testing methodologies, results, analysis, and sizing guidelines for Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server.
Geographically Dispersed Clusters in Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; 201 KB Microsoft Word file - This paper discusses multi-site network load balancing and server cluster configurations, along with how to deploy geographically dispersed clusters. Also covered are key server cluster features in Windows Server 2003.
Hide a Server from the Microsoft Computer Browser Service: Date - Apr 26, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Stop sending announcements to the domain.
W2K3 DHCP vs. SBS2K3 DHCP: Date - Aug 03, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; There's an important difference in how DHCP works on a W2K3 DHCP server as compared to a Small Business Server 2003 (SBS2K3) box.
Managing Microsoft Office Applications with Group Policy: Date - Jun 08, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Chris Sanders; In organizations where Microsoft Office is commonplace on workstations, the ability to manage settings within those applications can come in handy. I will show you how we can manage those settings via Group Policy
Using Netsh to Backup and Restore Network Configuration: Date - Apr 13, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Chris Sanders; When you change your network configuration often it may make the process more efficient to backup your commonly used network settings so you can restore them in a much faster process by using the Netsh utility.
Troubleshooting Network Connections with Netsh: Date - Dec 21, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Netsh is a very simple to use command-line utility that can make troubleshooting connectivity issues a breeze.
Cut and Paste Virtual Directories: Date - Sep 06, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; It would be nice if one could cut and paste a virtual directory from one IIS website to another.
Avoiding Metabase Corruption: Date - Aug 11, 2005; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; IIS 6 on W2K3 has a new feature that helps prevent metabase corruption.
Installing the Windows Server 2003 Network Monitor: Date - May 18, 2006; Rating - 4; Author - Chris Sanders; The Windows Server 2003 Network Monitor is a very useful tool for network monitoring and troubleshooting. Here is how to install it.
TechNet Webcast: Access in Exchange Server 2003 from your Mobile Device, Anywhere, Anytime: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; 101 minutes : This session will include a brief overview of wireless technologies, which enable mobile device access. Learn about this new functionality including always-up-to-date sync to the upcoming Microsoft Mobile Devices.
How to choose a tunneling protocol: Date - Jan 23, 2007; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Which tunneling protocol should you use for VPN?
Why do we still need WINS?: Date - Jul 11, 2006; Rating - 3.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Why do we still need WINS servers on AD networks?
NETBIOS: Leave On or Turn Off?: Date - Apr 14, 2005; Rating - 3.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; NETBIOS is supposed to be no longer needed since Windows 2000, but this is not really the case.
How to remove unwanted local user accounts: Date - Apr 10, 2007; Rating - 3.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to get rid of those pesky local user accounts on your workstations, or at least mitigate their unwanted presence.
Disabling Caching of Failed DNS Lookups: Date - Apr 11, 2006; Rating - 3.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to prevent caching of failed DNS lookups from preventing you from having DNS name queries resolved.
Naming Network Connections: Date - Apr 12, 2006; Rating - 3.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Take a moment to name your network connections appropriately and save yourself time when troubleshooting later on.
Quorums in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Clusters: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; 395 KB Microsoft Word file - This document provides a basic explanation of the two types of quorums available in Microsoft Windows server clusters.
Map Your Network For Better Protection and Incident Response: Date - Apr 01, 2005; Rating - 3.7; Author - Tony Bradley; It is difficult to protect devices that you don't even know exist. In larger enterprises it is very easy to lose track of the asset inventory which leads to complacency about rogue devices. In order to effectively protect the network and to respond to incidents efficiently, an updated asset inventory and network map should always be handy.
When to lengthen your DHCP lease period: Date - Oct 26, 2006; Rating - 3.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; When to lengthen your DHCP lease period
IIS 6 and MIME Types: Date - Sep 07, 2005; Rating - 3.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Serving up files from a web server running IIS 6 can sometimes be problematical.
Using a Script to Add a Domain User to a Local Group: Date - Aug 31, 2006; Rating - 3.6; Author - Chris Sanders; There are sometimes situations when you need to be able to script the process of adding a domain user to a local group on a machine. Here is a script that will do just that.
DHCP Reservations and Exclusions: Date - Sep 20, 2007; Rating - 3.6; Author - Chris Sanders; When configuring a DHCP server I have often seen people interchange the words reservation and exclusion. These are two incredibly different concepts.
Technical Overview of Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services: Date - Jul 25, 2004; Rating - 3.5; Author - Wayne Maples; 212 KB Microsoft Word file - The Terminal Services component of Windows Server 2003 builds on the solid foundation provided by the Application Server mode in Windows 2000 Terminal Services, and includes the new client and protocol capabilities in Windows XP. Terminal Services lets you deliver Windows-based applications, or the Windows desktop itself, to virtually any computing device, including those that cannot run Windows.
Tips for Securing Your Wireless LAN: Date - Feb 04, 2009; Rating - 3.4; Author - Eric Geier; Ways to protect your Wi-Fi network from eavesdroppers and hackers.
Backing Up DHCP: Date - Jul 27, 2005; Rating - 3.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; There's an important difference in how W2K and W2K3 store DHCP information.
TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2003 Remote Desktop & Remote Desktop Web Connection: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; 94 minutes - you will hear about the new features of the Remote Desktop Connection client and Remote Desktop Web Connection in Windows Server 2003. Additionally, learn about how to script the Remote Desktop Web Connection and some of the new APIs added to enhance deployment of applications over the web.
Can't Ping the Server: Date - Sep 07, 2006; Rating - 3.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Why you can't ping some Windows servers and how to fix it.
Round Robin DNS and VPN Servers: Date - Jan 16, 2007; Rating - 3.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to load-balance multiple VPN servers.
Hiding an Entire Computer from Network Users: Date - Aug 12, 2009; Rating - 3.2; Author - Eric Geier; Preventing network users from seeing a computer in My Network Places or Network.
Setting up a VPN on the Go: Date - Jul 06, 2006; Rating - 3.2; Author - Chris Sanders; Setting up a VPN in Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP is something that is fairly easy to do in no time at all. Here is a no fluff guide on how to get it done.
Viewing the Effective Permissions for a Network Resources: Date - Sep 06, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; It can sometimes be really hard to keep track of the actual permissions a user is receiving based upon all their various group memberships. Here we will look at a place where we can get to the bottom of a user's effective permissions.
Packet Sniffing on a Switched Network: Date - Oct 18, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Packet sniffing is one of the best ways to analyze network problems. Unfortunately, doing this on a switched network can be a bit tricky.
Limitation of WebDAV on IIS: Date - Aug 10, 2005; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; IIS 5/6 has a limitation on how WebDAV works and which you should know about before implementing WebDAV.
How to choose a VPN auth protocol: Date - Jan 17, 2007; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How do you decide which auth protocol to use on a VPN client?
Deleting files from network shares: Date - Oct 30, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Deleting files from network shares
Verifying ports are listening: Date - Jun 26, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to determine if a server is listening on a given port.
Exporting DNS zone information: Date - Jul 10, 2007; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to expert your DNS zone info.
When to shorten your DHCP lease period: Date - Oct 25, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; When to shorten your DHCP lease period
TechNet Webcast: Designing and creating an Indestructible Windows Server 2003 Networking Environment: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3; Author - Wayne Maples; 91 mins - This session will address the strategies used by organizations around the world to create truly non-stop network environments that use technologies available today to operate 24x7x365. Covered in this session is everything from basic system maintenance practices that will help you tune and optimize your Windows environment to maintain a more reliable environment to fault tolerance technologies such as Network Load Balance, Component Load Balance (AppCenter), and Active/Active Clustering that provide advanced failover technologies. Also covered in this session will be discussions around new technologies built-in to Windows Server 2003 such as Volume Shadowcopy Services, DFS mirroring, ASR, hotswap PCI / RAM, and others.
Technical Overview of Windows Server 2003 Clustering Services: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3; Author - Wayne Maples; 244 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper gives an overview of the differences in clustering technology between Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server. Some of the areas covered in the article are installation, integration, Network Load Balancing, and the new Network Load Balancing Manager.
Microsoft Windows Clustering: Storage Area Networks: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3; Author - Wayne Maples; 655 KB Microsoft Word file - This document describes what storage area networks (SAN) are, how server clusters can be deployed in a SAN, and how the Windows platform, and Windows clustering in particular, take advantage of SAN technology.
Managing Terminal Servers Using MOM and SMS: Date - Aug 02, 2004; Rating - 3; Author - Wayne Maples; 166 KB Microsoft Word file
Domain Rename Tools: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3; Author - Wayne Maples; link to download tools and 401K word document "Understanding How Domain Rename Works"
Listing All DHCP Servers: Date - Aug 09, 2005; Rating - 2.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Want to know the DNS names and IP addresses of all DHCP servers on your network?
Disabling Automatic Private IP Addressing: Date - Nov 30, 2006; Rating - 2.9; Author - Chris Sanders; APIPA is a great Windows feature, but there are some occasions when you may not want computers to use it.
Session Directory and Load Balancing Using Terminal Server: Date - Jul 28, 2004; Rating - 2.8; Author - Wayne Maples; 375 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper discusses how to plan and deploy a load balanced terminal server farm using session directory, and how the session directory operates in a load balanced environment.
Preventing Rogue DHCP Clients: Date - Aug 04, 2005; Rating - 2.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; If you are using DHCP on your network and you want to prevent rogue clients from obtaining IP addresses from your DHCP server and participating on your network, your options are simple.
Netsh dhcp not working: Date - Aug 02, 2005; Rating - 2.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Have trouble running the netsh dhcp command to configure your DHCP servers?
Enable Network Support for the Recycle Bin: Date - Jul 22, 2009; Rating - 2.6; Author - Eric Geier; Using a Recycle Bin replacement to protect network shares.
How To Quickly Check IP Address on Remote Computers?: Date - Oct 21, 2008; Rating - 2.6; Author - Nirmal Sharma; How to quickly check IP Address information on all the computers using a single command.
Windows Server 2003 Server Cluster Architecture: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.6; Author - Wayne Maples; 747 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper focuses on the architecture and features of server clusters and covers terminology, concepts, design goals, key components, and planned future directions.
Simplifying Infrastructure Complexity with Windows Distributed File System: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.5; Author - Wayne Maples; 474 K Word doc - With DFS, administrators can create simplified views of folders and files, that is, a virtual organization called a namespace, regardless of where those files physically reside in a network.
Understanding Site Links: Date - May 10, 2005; Rating - 2.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Site links can provide redundancy but not in the way you might think.
Disabling the WZC Service to Solve Random Wireless Disconnects: Date - May 04, 2006; Rating - 2.4; Author - Chris Sanders; It is not uncommon for users to report their wireless clients dropping connection at random times. Here is how to cure the most common cause of this.
Troubleshooting network connectivity with a DHCP server: Date - Nov 01, 2006; Rating - 2.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to troubleshoot network connectivity with a DHCP server
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.3; Author - Wayne Maples; 90:35 mins - presentation will cover several of the network infrastructure features of Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003. Topics covered in this session will include Network Address Translation (NAT) and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Certificate Services, remote access policies, Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), and Internet Authentication Service (IAS), an implementation of a Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) server.
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Licensing: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples; 84:49 minutes - how licensing works, different types of licenses, different modes of license server, and how to install the license server correctly. The presentation is designed to answer frequently asked questions about licensing in a logical fashion. A Q&A session with the Terminal Services development team will follow the presentation.
Authorized DHCP: Date - Dec 04, 2007; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to authorize DHCP for clients
Group Policy in a Workgroup Environment: Date - Jun 01, 2005; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Using Group Policy in a workgroup setting.
Remote Administration of Windows Servers Using Remote Desktop for Administration: Date - Aug 01, 2004; Rating - 1.8; Author - Wayne Maples; 177 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper explores the design goals and implementation of Remote Desktop in Windows Server 2003, and explains how an enterprise can use this feature to remotely manage its Windows Servers from anywhere.
Changing Worker Process Identity in IIS 6: Date - Aug 30, 2005; Rating - 1.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; In IIS 6 on W2K3, all worker processes run by default using NetworkService as their identity.
Copying a Web Server Configuration: Date - Sep 14, 2005; Rating - 1.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; It would be nice if you could just copy the metabase file from one IIS box to another to make a clone of your web server.
Disabling network configuration settings using Group Policy: Date - May 08, 2007; Rating - 1.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to disable network configuration settings using Group Policy
Service accounts and user profiles: Date - Jul 17, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to create a profile for a service account and why you may need to do so.
Troubleshooting network browsing issues: Date - Nov 21, 2006; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Troubleshooting network browsing issues
Configuring the DHCP Cleanup Cycle: Date - Oct 31, 2006; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Configuring the DHCP Cleanup Cycle
Metabase Changes Not Applied Immediately: Date - Aug 31, 2005; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; IIS 6 on W2K3 lets you edit the metabase directly using a text editor like Notepad.
How To Check If Servers In DMZ Are Up and Running Or Pinging?: Date - Nov 26, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains the steps you have use to make sure the Servers in the DMZ are pinging from a Desktop computer which is running out of the DMZ.
How To Change The Bakcup Interval Of DHCP Database: Date - Jan 06, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can change the Backup Interval of DHCP using a registry entry.