New Directory Services KB Articles/Blogs 3/7-3/13

In addition to the normal list of KBs and blog posts, here is a look at the topics related to Directory Services that have been created on the TechNet Wiki recently.

TechNet Wiki Topics

Automating DFSR Health Report Creation

DFSR Does Not Replicate Temporary Files

DFSR performance objects, their counters, corresponding WMI classes, and using WMIC or vbscript to view them

Gathering a Network Trace During Computer Startup

How to Back Up and Restore NTFS and Share Permissions

How to Reset Secure Channel Remotely Using Script

How to Reset the Local Administrator Password on Multiple Computers Remotely

Windows MMC Snap-ins (.MSC)

Windows Server: Microsoft Blogroll

Advanced Security Auditing in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Step-by-Step Guide to Bulk Import and Export to Active Directory

Default User Accounts and Groups

Managed Service Accounts (MSAs) versus virtual accounts in Windows Server 2008 R2

Managing Trusts

Hyper-V: How to run Hyper-V on a laptop

Hyper-V: Survival Guide

Windows PowerShell: Survival Guide

What VMM Does with AZMan Role Definitions from Hyper-V

Elevation of Privilege - The Game

KB

980959	The "Configure new tab page default behavior" Group Policy setting does not work on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 and that has Internet Explorer 8 installed
979470	The "Remote Desktop Services" service cannot protect a console session from being disconnected in Windows Server 2008 R2

Blogs

USMT and /SF

Friday Mail Sack – Mogwai Edition

The Terminator Script

Lock Your Workstation

New identity management software takes the heat off of IT

Active Directory Domain Services Command Fu, Part 1

Is DirectAccess a threat to Windows security?

ADFS To the Rescue!

New Networking-related KB articles for the week of February 28 – March 6

How to use Group Policy to remove the Adobe Reader desktop shortcut

Group Policy Team Blog : Visual C# Samples Using the GPMC Class Library Published!

Explaining Close_Wait

How to customize your Windows PowerShell environment

Expert to Decrypt TLS/SSL Traffic

SAML vs. XACML for Authorization: VHS versus Betamax?

The Effective Security Practices Whitepaper Series

How to use Group Policy to remove the Network Connectivity Status Indicator message in your network icon