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HOW TO: Add Users to the Pre-Windows 2000
Compatible Access Group in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
325363 - This step-by-step article describes the Pre-Windows 2000
Compatible Access group, and how to add members to the group by
using either of the following methods: The Active Directory Users
and Computers snap-in The command line
HOW TO: Assign a Home Folder To a User
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
816313 - This step-by-step article describes how to use the Active
Directory Users and Computers management console, the Computer
Management management console, a logon script, or the command line
to assign a home folder to a user
HOW TO: Assign a Logon Script to a Profile for a
Local User in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
324803 - This article describes how to assign a logon script to a
profile for a local user's account in Windows Server 2003. This
logon script runs when a local user logs on locally to the
computer
HOW TO: Audit Active Directory Objects in Windows
Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
814595 - This step-by-step article describes how to use Windows
Server 2003 auditing to track user activities and system-wide
events in Active Directory.
HOW TO: Configure User and Group Access on an
Intranet in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
326214 - This article describes how to configure user and group
access on an intranet in Windows Server 2003. The World Wide Web
(WWW) and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) services that are included
with Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) are fully
integrated with Windows Server 2003 user accounts and file access
permissions.
HOW TO: Bypass DNS Name Resolution to Test SMTP
Service Mail Flow in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
816115 - This article describes how to create and configure a
remote domain to forward e-mail messages to a smart host in
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
HOW TO: Configure Windows Server 2003 to Function
as a Router
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
323355 - This step-by-step article describes how to configure
Windows Server 2003 as a router on your local area network (LAN).
HOW TO: Clear the Paging File When You Use the
Sysprep Tool Before Imaging in the Windows Server 2003 Family
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
326210 - This article describes how to automate the removal of a
paging file by using the Microsoft Sysprep tool before imaging
Windows Server 2003 (to reduce the time to copy an image or reduce
its total size).
HOW TO: Convert DNS Primary Server to Active
Directory Integrated
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
816101 - This article describes how to convert a primary DNS
server to an Active Directory directory service Integrated Primary
server, force replication to another domain controller, and add
the new domain controller as a DNS server
How to Create a Template to Run the Recovery
Console by Using a Remote Installation Service Server
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
316558 - This article describes how to create a template to run
the Recovery Console by using a Remote Installation Service (RIS)
server
HOW TO: Create an Active Directory Server in
Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
324753 - This article describes how to install and configure a new
Active Directory installation in a laboratory environment that
includes Windows Server 2003 and Active Directory. Note that you
will need two networked servers that are running Windows Server
2003 for this purpose in a laboratory environment.
HOW TO: Create a Custom Default User Profile in the
Windows Server 2003 Family
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
325364 - This article describes how to create a custom default
user profile. A custom default user profile is useful if several
people use the same computer but each user wants both a separate
profile and access to shared resources
HOW TO: Create an External Trust in Windows Server
2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
816301 - This step-by-step article describes how to create an
external trust in Windows Server 2003. An external trust is a
non-transitive trust that is used to provide access to resources
that are located either on a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 domain or an
Active Directory domain that is located in a separate forest that
is not joined by a forest trust. A non-transitive trust is a trust
relationship that is restricted to two domains, and can be either
a one-way or a two-way trust.
HOW TO: Create Domain Organizational Units in
Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
325872 - This step-by-step article describes how to create
organizational units in Windows Server 2003. Organizational units
are Active Directory containers into which you can put users,
groups, computers, and other organizational units
HOW TO: Create Organizational Units in Windows
Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
324743 - This article describes how to create organizational units
(OUs) in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory. Organizational
units are Active Directory containers into which you can put
users, groups, computers, and other organizational units.
HOW TO: Enable Verbose Startup, Shutdown, Logon,
and Logoff Status Messages in the Windows Server 2003 Family
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
325376 - This article describes how to configure Windows so that
you receive verbose startup, shutdown, logon, and logoff status
messages. Verbose status messages may be helpful when you are
troubleshooting slow startup, shutdown, logon, or logoff behavior
HOW TO: Establish Trusts with a Windows NT-Based
Domain in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
325874 - This step-by-step article describes how to establish a
trust relationship between a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based domain
and a Windows Server 2003-based domain.
HOW TO: Find and Clean Up Duplicate Security
Identifiers with Ntdsutil in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
816099 - This article describes how to check for and clean up or
remove duplicate security identifiers (SIDs) in the SAM database.
A unique SID identifies each security account such as users,
groups, and computers
HOW TO: Install and Configure a DHCP Server in an
Active Directory Domain in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
323360 - This step-by-step article describes how to build and
configure a new Windows Server 2003-based Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server in a Windows Server 2003
Active Directory domain.
HOW TO: Install the Active Directory Administrative
Tools to Windows XP Professional in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
324745 - This step-by-step article describes how to install the
Active Directory administrative tools to a Microsoft Windows XP
Professional Workstation computer. With Windows Server 2003
Administration Tools (included on the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM),
you can manage a server remotely from any computer that is running
Windows XP Professional Workstation. Windows Server 2003
Administration Tools contain Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
snap-ins, Active Directory administrative tools, and other tools
that are used to manage computers that are running Windows Server
2003.
HOW TO: Install and Use RSoP in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
323276 - This article describes how to install the Resultant Set
of Policy (RSoP) snap-in and how to use the RSoP tool. RSoP is an
addition to Group Policy that makes policy implementation and
troubleshooting easier.
HOW TO: Integrate DNS with an Existing DNS
Infrastructure If Active Directory Is Enabled in Windows Server
2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
323418 - This step-by-step article describes how to install and
configure a new Windows Server 2003-based Domain Name Services
(DNS) computer in an existing DNS server environment with Active
Directory enabled
HOW TO: Manage the Active Directory Schema in
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
326310 - This article describes how to manage the Active Directory
schema in a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition environment.
The Active Directory schema is the set of definitions that defines
the kinds of objects and the types of information about these
objects. These definitions are stored in Active Directory as
objects so that Active Directory can manage the schema objects
with the same object management operations that are used to manage
the rest of the objects in Active Directory. There are two types
of definitions in the schema: attributes and classes. Attributes
and classes are also referred to as objects or metadata
HOW TO: Manage the Application Directory Partition
and Replicas in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
322669 - This article describes how to use Ntdsutil.exe to manage
the application directory partition. An application directory
partition is a directory partition that is replicated only to
specific domain controllers
HOW TO: Manage COM+ Partitions and Partition Sets
in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
324868 - This article describes how to manage COM+ partitions in a
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition environment or a Windows
Server 2003 Standard Edition environment
HOW TO: Reset the Directory Services Restore Mode
Administrator Account Password in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
322672 - This article describes
how to reset the Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM)
administrator password for any server in your domain without
restarting the server in DSRM
HOW TO: Raise Domain and Forest Functional Levels
in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
322692 - This article describes how to raise the domain and forest
functional levels that are supported by Microsoft Windows Server
2003 domain controllers. Functional levels are an extension of the
mixed/native mode concept introduced in Microsoft Windows 2000.
HOW TO: Remove and Reinstall TCP/IP on a Windows
Server 2003 Domain Controller
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
325356 - This article describes how to remove and then reinstall
TCP/IP on a Windows Server 2003 domain controller.
HOW TO: Rename a Windows 2003 Domain Controller
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
814589 - For a Microsoft Windows 2000 version of this article, see
This step-by-step article describes various methods to rename a
Windows Server 2003-based domain controller
HOW TO: Set Up ADMT for a Windows NT 4.0-to-Windows
Server 2003 Migration
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
325851 - This article describes how to set up the Active Directory
Migration Tool (ADMT) to perform a migration from a Windows NT
4.0-based domain to a Windows Server 2003-based domain.
HOW TO: Troubleshoot the File Replication Service
in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
327341 - This step-by-step article describes how to troubleshoot
the File Replication service (FRS).
HOW TO: Use the Dcpromo.exe Tool to Remove Active Directory in
Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 816108 - This step-by step
article describes how to remove Active Directory from a Windows
Server 2003-based domain controller by using the Dcpromo.exe tool.
You can use the Dcpromo.exe tool on an existing domain controller
to remove Active Directory
HOW TO: Use DsFind with Attributes that Require
Distinguished Name Syntaxes
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
811509 - When you perform an advanced search, for some objects'
attributes you must know the distinguished name (also known as DN)
of the object that you are searching against. Every object is
stored in the directory database according to its relative
distinguished name (also known as RDN) and parent identifier.
Therefore, if you know the relative distinguished name of an
object, you can determine the full distinguished name by following
the references to the parent objects and finally to the root
object
HOW TO: Use the Directory Service Command-Line
Tools to Manage Active Directory Objects in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
322684 - This article describes how to use the Directory Service
command-line tools to perform administrative tasks for Active
Directory in Windows Server 2003. The following tasks are broken
down into task groups.
HOW TO: Use the Netdom.exe Utility to Rename a
Computer in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
325354 - This article describes how to use the Netdom.exe utility
(included in Windows Server 2003 Support Tools) to rename a
computer that is a member of a Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows
Server 2003 domain
How to Verify an Active Directory Installation in
Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
816106 - This step-by-step article describes how to verify an
Active Directory installation. After you have performed an
upgrade, you can verify the promotion of a server to a domain
controller by verifying the following items
HOW TO: View and Transfer FSMO Roles in Windows
Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
324801 - This article describes how to transfer Flexible Single
Master Operations (FSMO) roles (also known as operations master
roles) by using the Active Directory snap-in tools in Microsoft
Management Console (MMC) in Windows Server 2003
HOW TO: Use Netdom.exe to Reset Machine Account
Passwords of a Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
325850 - This step-by-step article describes how to use Netdom.exe
to reset machine account passwords of a Windows Server 2003 domain
controller.
HOW TO: Use Ntdsutil to Manage Active Directory
Files from the Command Line in Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
816120 - For a Microsoft Windows 2000 version of this article, see
This step-by-step article describes how to manage the Active
Directory database file, Ntds.dit, from the command line.
HOW TO: Upgrade a Windows NT 4.0-Based PDC to a
Windows Server 2003-Based Domain Controller
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
326209 - This step-by-step article describes how to upgrade a
Windows NT 4.0-based primary domain controller (PDC) to a Windows
Server 2003-based domain controller. The first step in the upgrade
process is to upgrade the PDC to Windows Server 2003
How to Upgrade Windows 2000 Domain Controllers to Windows Server
2003
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 325379 - This article discusses how to upgrade Windows 2000
domain controllers to Windows Server 2003 and how to add new
Windows Server 2003 domain controllers to Windows 2000 domains.
Upgrading to Windows Server 2003
This is a reprint of Chapter 14 from Active
Directory, 2nd Edition (ISBN: 0-596-00466-4),
published by
O©Reilly & Associates, Inc.. The first version
of Active Directory with Windows 2000 was
surprisingly stable and robust. Microsoft does not
have the best track record for initial releases of
products, but they must be commended for Windows
2000 Active Directory in terms of its feature
rich-ness and reliability. Before we cover the
upgrade process to Windows Server 2003, we©ll first
discuss some of the major new features in Windows
Server 2003 and some of the functionality
differences with Windows 2000. Based on this
information, you should be able to prioritize the
importance of how quickly you should start
migrating. Source: Technet
From NT Domain to Server 2003 Active Directory
Finally, an NT Domain to AD upgrade without the
pain. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols discovers that with
some prep work, administrators can expertly conquer
an upgrade that once left scores of battered IT
managers in its wake. Source: Swynk.com |
