Microsoft's Windows 2000 pages
Communications & Networking Services Introductory Overviews, Online Demos, Technical Overviews,
Planning & Deployment, ...
Introduction to Interoperability: Using Windows 2000 in a Mixed Environment Useful links
Microsoft Operations Manager MOM (management product, designed to manage IT envs with 1000's of Win-based
servers and apps)
Windows Update Corporate Edition Distributing critical updates. Available in Q2/2002
SUS Software Update Services
Microsoft Oy - Suomi Microsoftin suomenkieliset sivut
Microsoft Server Products: (Propaganda and links)
Application Center
BizTalk Server (business-to-business (B2B) application integration, requires SQL)
Commerce Server (build e-commerce web applications, requires SQL)
Exchange Server (mail server)
Host Integration Server (HIS; IBM mainframe and AS/400 connectivity)
Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA; firewall and caching)
Mobile Information Server home (services for mobile devices)
SharePoint Portal Server home ("Tahoe", document management server, can be integrated to Office, IIS and Exchange)
SQL Server home
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Workstation Products: (Propaganda and links)
Current: W2Kpro
Future: XP
Old: NT
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MSDN Downloads
All Microsoft Resource Kits
Resource Kits - Web Resources !
Server home page Propaganda and links
Support for other Operation Systems and Directory Services:
SFU Services for UNIX ver 2 download
Services for NetWare 5.0
MSDSS Microsoft Directory Synchronization Services (sync with NetWare)
MMS Microsoft Metadirectory Services Concepts and Architecture
MMS 2.2 XML and File Toolkit
MIIS2003 Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003
Support:
Microsoft Help and Support
Support Knowledge Base - Advanced Search
Search Support
Systems Management Server Home (SMS; future version of SMS is "Topaz")
TechNet
What's New
Deploying Microsoft Products & Technologies
TechNet Newsgroups
Technical Resources White papers, deploying, planning, functional specs, best practices, online Help, ResKit. Good starting page.
Deployment Planning Guide 25 steps
How It Works Communications & Networking, Directory Services, File & Print Services, Management, ...
Technologies in Depth Plenty of documents
Updates:
Updates and other downloads Critical updates, recommended updates, service packs, ...
Download Center Downloads for every product
Windows Update Corporate Site Updates for corporates
Auto-Updaters: Windows Update
Office Product Updates
SDK Update
ftp.microsoft.com/ Updates for ResKit etc.
(Order auto-notifications)
Public Hotfix Knowledge Base Articles List of all public fixes
Hotfixes by Technology
Windows Update and Redistributable Patches How to get redistributable version of the patch from Windows Update !
White Papers Technical White Papers
Windows Scripting Host VBScript Language Reference
System Administration Scripting Guide Very good
Windows 2000 -asiakasratkaisut Kotimaista propagandaa linkein
Sites
Mini-FAQ by j.buchan Browsing, name resolution, ...
Usenet Advanced Search Deja search from Usenet
Security sites:
Microsoft Technet Security
NTBugtraq Home by Russ Cooper
SecurityFocus.com
Windows IT Security ex-NTSecurity.net
Windows2000 FAQ by John Savill
Windows 2000 Magazine Discussion Forums
Windows NT/2000 ® Tips, Tricks, Registry Hacks and more... Stupid site name but a good site
LabMice.net Good site!
Documents
Active Directory:
Active Directory by 2000tutor.com
ADMT Active Directory Migration Tool
How to Configure Active Directory on a Home Network
Step-by-Step Guide to Bulk Import and Export to Active Directory
Using LDIFDE to Import/Export Directory Objects to the Active Directory
Viewing Deleted Objects in Active Directory
AD Advanced Troubleshooting
Directory Services Does Not Start If Ntds.dit File Is Missing
Backup of the Active Directory Has 60-Day Useful Life
HOW TO: Remove Data in Active Directory After an Unsuccessful Domain Controller Demotion
Active Directory by Microsoft
ADSI:
Active Directory Service Interfaces Overview
MS Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) White Paper
ADSI FAQ
ADSI pages
Basic User Account Creation with ADSI Scripting
Easy Access to Active Directory Using ADSI Good article
Auditing:
Auditing User Authentication Authentication events
Authentication:
How to Enable NTLM 2 Authentication for Windows 95/98/2000 and NT
How to Disable LM Authentication on Windows NT
Browsing:
Description of the Microsoft Computer Browser Service
Information on Browser O
Troubleshooting the Microsoft Computer Browser Service
Domain Browsing with TCP/IP and LMHOSTS Files
How to Support Browse Lists for Multiple Domains
List of Names Registered with WINS Service
How can I create a browse election log file?
Recommended Practices for WINS
NetBIOS Browse List May Not Contain all Domains in a Windows 2000 Environment
NetBIOS Suffixes 16th Character of the NetBIOS Name
CA:
Step-by-Step Guide to Setting up a Certification Authority
Step-by-Step Guide to Certificate Services Web Pages
Step-by-Step Guide to Automatic Certificate Request for Computers
Step-by-Step Guide to Mapping Certificates to User Accounts
Step-by-Step Guide to Administering Certificate Services
DFS:
How to Install Distributed File System (DFS) on Windows 2000
DNS:
DNS Records Registered by Windows 2000 Domain Controllers
Integrating Windows 2000 DNS into an Existing BIND or Windows NT 4.0-Based DNS Namespace
Windows 2000 DNS - Interoperability with Other DNS Servers
EFS:
Best Practices for Encrypting File System
How to Back Up Your Encrypting File System Private Key
How to Restore an Encrypting File System Private Key for Encrypted Data Recovery
Methods for Recovering Encrypted Data Files
Step-by-Step Guide to Encrypting File System (EFS)
Event Logs:
INFO: Events for Performance Monitor Extensions
EventID: 1000 !!
FSMO:
How to View and Transfer FSMO Roles in the Graphical User Interface
Flexible Single Master Operation Transfer and Seizure Process
FSMO Placement and Optimization on Windows 2000 Domain Controllers
How to Find FSMO Role Holders (Servers)
How to Find the FSMO Role Owners Using ADSI and WSH
Global Catalog:
How to Control What Data Is Stored in the Global Catalog
How to Enumerate Attributes Replicated to the Global Catalog
Group Policy:
Troubleshooting Group Policy Application Problems
How to Configure Group Policies to Set Security for System Services
Group Policy Error Message When Appropriate Sysvol Contents Are Missing
Group Policies in Windows 2000 by LabMice.net
Troubleshooting Group Policy in Windows 2000 White paper
Group Policy History Stored in Registry
Troubleshooting Missing SYSVOL and NETLOGON Shares on Windows 2000 Domain Controllers
How to Identify Group Policy Objects in the Active Directory and SYSVOL
ESENT Event IDs 1000, 1202, 412 and 454 Are Logged Repeatedly in the Application Event Log Re-creating Group Policy
Troubleshooting Group Policy Client-Side Extension Behavior
Identifying Group Policy Client-Side Extensions
Event ID 1000,1001 Is Logged Every 5 Minutes in the Application Event Log SYSVOL rights etc.
IE:
Internet Explorer home page Updates, security and utils
IIS:
Web and Application Services Propaganda and links
HOW TO: Configure ASP Web Pages in Windows 2000
IIS FAQ
Secure Internet Information Services 5 Checklist
IIS Lockdown Tool New version 2.1
Installing:
Command-Line Switches for the Microsoft Windows Installer Tool
Logging your application installs in Windows 2000
Windows Installer - Command Line Options
How to Use Property Reference Command-Line Parameters with Msiexec.exe
IPSec:
Overview of Secure IP Communication with IPSec in Windows 2000
Step-by-Step Guide to Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)
Basic IPSec Troubleshooting in Windows 2000
Kerberos:
Answers to Frequently Asked Kerberos Questions
Interoperability with Active Directory and Kerberos Services Supported Protocols, Unix LDAP and Kerberos Libraries, samples
Step-by-Step Guide to Kerberos 5 (krb5 1.0) Interoperability
Windows 2000 Kerberos Authentication Kerberos protocol, Kerberos components, Authorization Data, ...
Windows 2000 Kerberos Interoperability KDC in W2K/UNIX, W2K/UNIX clients, UNIX-based services and applications
Description of Common Kerberos-Related Errors in Windows 2000
LDAP:
Common LDAP RFCs
HOWTO: Change a Windows 2000 User's Password Through LDAP
How To Enable Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Communication Over LDAP For Windows 2000 Domain Controllers
Understanding LDAP
Using Ldp.exe to Find Data in the Active Directory
Logs:
How do I enable debug logging for IPSec?
How can I enable diagnostic event logging for Active Directory services?
How can enable Kerberos event logging?
NTFRS database and logs Additional NTFRS log files
Security event ID's
Security event ID's
How to Enable Logging for Security Configuration Client Processing in Windows 2000?
How to Enable User Environment Debug Logging in Retail Builds of Windows 2000?
Troubleshooting Program Deployment By Using Verbose Logging
How to Enable Windows Installer Logging in Windows 2000?
Troubleshooting Group Policy Application Problems
How to Enable Verbose Logging in Windows 2000 GUI-Mode Setup
How to Enable Diagnostic Event Logging for Active Directory Services
Ports:
TCP and UDP Port Assignments Port Assignments for Commonly-Used Services
TCP and UDP Port Assignments Port Assignments and Protocol Numbers
Windows NT, Terminal Server, and Microsoft Exchange Services Use TCP/IP Ports List of Ports Used by NT4 services
How to Configure a Firewall for Domains and Trusts
A List of the Windows 2000 Domain Controller Default Ports
Description of Windows 2000 TCP Features
Active Directory Replication over Firewalls
Processes:
Default Processes in Windows 2000
Recovery:
Description of the Windows Recovery Console
Replication:
Initiating Replication Between Active Directory Direct Replication Partners
Urgent Replication Triggers in Windows 2000
RIS:
Step-by-Step Guide to Remote OS Installation
Technical Guide to Remote Installation Services
Roaming profiles:
Configuring roaming profile rights
How do I debug roaming profiles?
The Cache Option for Offline Files Must Be Disabled on Roaming User Profile Shares
Schema:
Default Active Directory Attributes in the Windows 2000 Schema
Common Default Attributes Set for Active Directory and Global Catalog
Scripting:
ADO
WMI SDK
ADSI
Win32 Scripting WSH, Perl, Python, Vbscript, Jscript, Kix, Kixtart, REXX, ADSI
vbscripts
Windows Scripting Solutions
Windows-Script
Script Center
VBScript Language Reference Microsoft TechNet
Windows Script Technologies Help File by Microsoft. Good
Books
Examples by S Kouti
Examples by Réal Gagnon
sloppycode.net VBScript Reference
Windows Script Library by SWYNK.COM
WSH Scripts Good selection by Cramsession.com
WSH Commands by SS64.com
VBS: Objects French
WMI Book Samples