Top 10 Security Settings to make directly after Installing Active Directory
Most of these tips are very basic. But we all need to start somewhere.
The initial settings that you should make to get Active Directory secure for your network before you dive into setting up the entire structure.
1.Create an Administrative Account for Yourself
2.Set a Complex and Long Password for the Administrator Account
Top 10 Security Settings to make directly after Installing Active Directory
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May 12, 2008 No Comments
bye,bye Linux trial
I installed wubi a few months ago. so I could dual boot with ubuntu. Just to see how far linux has come as an option for a business desktop. After fight with my wireless card and video drivers. I was able to get it running on my wireless network at home, but I could never get the fancy desktop (Compiz-fusion) to work correctly.
Now the latest kernel update make my Linux install un-bootable. I really don’t want to spend too much time troubleshooting it. I’ll write down the error and post it here soon.
After spending about 5 months using Linux on and off, mostly at home. I still have way too many windows apps I need at work. I would say Linux still has quite away before it comes a solid business desktop, especially for mobile users.
Here’s some of the past post:
wubi update
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May 11, 2008 1 Comment
Best Practice Tips for Windows Server 2003 Cluster Service (MSCS)
We have a few windows 2003 clusters. Just found out this weekend that one of the nodes isn’t working. its complaining of bad disk signatures so right now the cluster can only run on the one node. I’d also like to know the best practice for add another drive (LUN) to the cluster. I need a larger disk for our exchange db, I could add another LUN or move the LUN to a larger one and use diskpart to extend it in windows. I just don’t know how well that works in a cluster 
1. Under no circumstance should any other resource be created in the Cluster Group other than the default ones which are Quorum, Cluster IP Address and Cluster Network Name. (ref: KB168948) If MS DTC is installed in the Cluster Group using the cluster’s resources and it’s not going to be used heavily by SQL, then this is the only exception that is supported as long as the MS DTC resource has the “Affect the group” box on the Advanced tab unchecked.
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April 13, 2008 No Comments
16,000 Exchange Mailboxes, 1 Server - VMware VROOM!
Even with all that horse power, they didn’t talk about network traffic running all exchange 2007 roles on the same box. I wonder how long one of these boxes takes to vmotion. Also I’d like to know the details on how they setup the luns and if they used vmdk files
We recently finished a large Exchange 2007 capacity test on VMware ESX Server 3.5. How large? Well, larger than anything ever done before on a single server. And we did it from start to finish in about two weeks.
We did this test because we have felt for a while that advances in processor and server technology were about to leave another widely-used and important application unable to fully utilize the hardware that vendors were offering. Microsoft has guidelines on what environment works well with Exchange, and a system with more than eight CPUs and/or 32GB of RAM is beyond the recommended maximums.
16,000 Exchange Mailboxes, 1 Server - VMware VROOM!
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March 5, 2008 1 Comment
20 useful sites for Cisco networking professionals
If you’re studying for Cisco exams and about to tear your hair out, don’t fret; there are many others in the same position, and they are writing up their experiences in their blogs and passing along hints and tips. Even if you’re a CCIE pro, there’s always room for personal improvement and expansion. With that in mind, here are 20 useful sites.
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February 23, 2008 1 Comment
PST on a Network Folder - Not!
Another post about not storing PST files on the network. Man we so need to get an email archive application at work!
We’ve had some recent posts in one of the SBS listserves asking how to manage Outlook archived PST files for users, and it was asked if the PST files could be stored on the server. Microsoft’s KB 297019 specifically says that .pst, .ost, and …(read more)
PST on a Network Folder - Not!
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January 25, 2008 1 Comment
SolutionBase: Installing and configuring Network Access Control with PacketFence
PacketFence is the next big thing with network security and open source. Jack Wallen shows you how to run this installation completely by command line.
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December 26, 2007 1 Comment
Twitter Updates for 2007-10-09
- BenwayNet: Links for 2007-10-08 [del.icio.us]:
Bacula, the Network Backup Tool for Linux, U.. http://tinyurl.com/273trt #
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October 9, 2007 No Comments
Twitter Updates for 2007-08-02
- I am dragging right now. Things went well this morning getting the network up, now we are waiting for the next step of the project #
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August 2, 2007 No Comments
Do you store PST files on file servers?
You probably shouldn’t – you’ll eventually see I/O problems (hang’s and general slowness) on the file servers. I see this occasionally with new clients that we bring on, and not surprisingly it’s the IT organizations (or HR) that often institutesthe policy of having users store their .PST files on the file server. It’s hard to argue with the logic – PST files stored on a file server can get backed-up. Further, on smaller networks you can often get by with doing this for quite a while – until growth and higher I/O utilization cause the issue to manifest itself.
KB article 297019 hits the highlights, and there’s an excellent post on TechNet as well.
So you can either store the PST files locally and risk them being lost or destroyed - or, put them on files servers and risk having the I/O problems. If you’re looking for a compromise, check out the Outlook Add-In Personal Folders Backup tool. There are also some other third-party tools like Genie Outlook Backup, and Mobiliti Outlook Backup. The downside of course is that these are all compromise solutions in that they don’t’ just work. In each case, it’s another layer of complexity – deployment, management, and user training to consider.
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May 6, 2007 No Comments
