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- Enforcing Group Policy Object settings
- AD part of big shift for Windows Server
- Best practices for AD and share permissions
- Handling patch emergencies
- How to backup and recover GPOs
- News from Microsoft TechEd 2005
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ENFORCING GROUP POLICY OBJECT SETTINGS | By Derek Melber, Contributor
Most companies that run Active Directory also use Group Policy to ensure user, client and server network security and compliance.
Guarantee that your settings are getting to the target object -- and sticking -- by learning how to force Group Policy.
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MORE INFO:
> Tracking AD logs for compliance
> Ten attacks you can easily avoid with Group Policy
> Browse more Active Directory tips
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AD PART OF BIG SHIFT FOR WINDOWS SERVER | By Margie Semilof, Senior News Writer
Microsoft's directory services will be the focus of a next-generation server operating system that will have security policies at its core, says Microsoft senior vice president Bob Muglia.
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BEST PRACTICES FOR AD AND SHARE PERMISSIONS | By Derek Melber, Contributor
In an Active Directory networking environment, two forms of share permissions are available for all Windows shared folders: share and NTFS (NT file system). Read more about configuring each in this tip.
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HANDLING PATCH EMERGENCIES | By James Michael Stewart, Contributor
Managing an Active Directory environment means systems administrators must successfully juggle hordes of patches from Microsoft, and patch management is even more precarious and essential for domain controllers (DC). Here are a handful of suggestions to follow when managing patches for your AD DCs.
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HOW TO BACKUP AND RECOVER GPOS | EXPERT WEBCAST
This Webcast will review the essential aspects of GPOs as it pertains to backing up, restoring, and recovering GPOs. Audit and security Expert Derek Melber will review Microsoft's free tool, the Group Policy Management Console. Melber will also cover key aspects of performing these tasks such as security ACLs, group membership and delegation.
> When: Wed., June 15, 2005 9:00am EDT (13:00 GMT)
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NEWS FROM MICROSOFT TECHED 2005 | REPORT
TechEd, Microsoft's annual showcase event for enterprise IT professionals and application developers, was sold out this year.
Find out which topics were the talk of TechEd.
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'PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION SECURITY' | CHAPTER OF THE WEEK
Stop reacting to security incidents and start proactively preventing them. That's one of the most important steps you can take in securing your network of Windows systems, and Roberta Bragg will help you get there with this chapter. She presents the principles of information security and explains how to implement them using technologies and controls in Windows Server 2003.
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