One of the improvements to Active Directory Users and Computers (DSA.MSC) in Windows Server 2008 is the "protection from accidental deletion" feature. This blog article explains what the feature is and how it works under the hood. Probably the most common cause of restore operations in AD is accidental deletion of objects. Administrators with fat… Read More »
Those of you already familiar with Windows Server 2008 will know that one of the key Active Directory-related improvements is the introduction of the Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC). With the RODC comes the ability to separate administrative roles. This removes the restriction of having to use a Domain Administrators account when carrying out administrative tasks… Read More »
Today I installed Outlook 2007 on a test machine and enabled the RSS defaults. An hour or so later I noticed that the Junk Mail folder contained 60 items. Curious as to what might be in there so quickly, I found it was RSS items from MSNBC.com. Interesting that one Microsoft product considers… Read More »