Microsoft released the November 2007 Community Technology Preview of Windows Server 2008 on the Connect website, which makes it available to beta testers. Note: This build is not Release Candidate 1.
My new CEO
No .. this will not be about changes in management @ Microsoft – if some changes will happen I will leave comments to it to mini. We have our new CEO in a little smaller company called Our home. He has black fur and he's British. Photo from his business profile is presented below. For … Continue reading "My new CEO"
Firewall management in Server Core, Part 2
A little while ago I showed how to manage the basic firewall in Windows Server 2008. Recently I found out the firewall team wants us to move to the Advanced Firewall commands, because netsh firewall can't: enable groups of rules; create rules for service; create rules that support multiple filtering criteria. Although netsh firewall will get … Continue reading "Firewall management in Server Core, Part 2"
How to determine your Windows Server 2008 version
Microsoft has recently decided to supply every Windows Server 2008 test version with the same major revision number. This number, also known as the Build number, is used often to distinguish test versions. When submitting a bug or asking a question in the TechNet forums you might even get asked for it. (or at least get … Continue reading "How to determine your Windows Server 2008 version"
Can I recover deleted object … maybe not exactly deleted.
Some time ago I've discussed with Jorge some disaster recovery scenarios. At the end of this MSN chat Jorge said – great topic for blog post, and here it is. As always he wrote excelent entry about it and I don't want to repeat these informations. Anyone interested in how to recover deleted object from … Continue reading "Can I recover deleted object … maybe not exactly deleted."
CN=Infrastructure – what is it?
Few days ago on a newsgroup (yes, Usenet still lives 🙂 ) somebody asked question what CN=Infrastructure is and if it can have something to do with GPO problems which are affecting his AD infrastructure. So … can it be a cause of such problems? I was thinking about describing some case related to objects recovery which … Continue reading "CN=Infrastructure – what is it?"
Change notification in .NET
Active Directory is replicating only changes between DCs. This is something which every person who is working with AD for a while is familiar with. Same mechanism can be used from .NET code to request changes from DC. With .NET it's fairly easy. However AD has one more mechanisms which can be used for pooling … Continue reading "Change notification in .NET"
Lifting the shroud off MinWin
Windows 7 isn't due for a very long time, but one of the most interesting things from the next version of Windows Operating System was publicly shown by Eric Traut on October 13th, 2007 at a presentation at the University of Illinois. (view links below) The feature I'm talking about is MinWin. It's basically a highly efficient Windows kernel … Continue reading "Lifting the shroud off MinWin"
Enabling Flip3D on Windows Server 2008
Sometimes you just have to be really dedicated to pull stupid stuff. Like today.I'll try and get my Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate box to do Flip3D's: the Windows Vista feature that lets you switch between windows on a 3d manner.
Firewall management in Server Core, Part 1
In Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008 the Windows Firewall is enabled by default. This means it's locked up by default and offers little weakness towards unfriendly administrators and users. When you want to do something with your Server Core box you might want to open up the Windows Firewall a little bit to allow … Continue reading "Firewall management in Server Core, Part 1"