Microsoft's Server 2003 pages

  • Windows Server 2003   start page
  • Index of Windows Server 2003 Technical Articles  

  • Directory Services Community Center  
  • Active Directory  
  • Windows Server 2003 Active Directory How-to Guide  
  • Active Directory in Windows Server 2003  
  • Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Technology Center  
  • Windows Server 2003 Security Center   Good starting page
  • Windows Server System: 64-Bit Computing   Good starting page

  • Upgrading to Windows Server 2003  
  • How to Upgrade Windows 2000 Domain Controllers to Windows Server 2003  
  • Threats and Countermeasures Guide   Including XP security

  • Download Center  
  • Technet: Troubleshooting and Support  
  • Search the Knowledge Base  New     Search the Knowledge Base  Old

  • Security   Technical information and security updates

  • MBSA   Good
  • Microsoft Server Products:  
  • SUS   Software Update Services
  • WSUS   Windows Update Services, this is SUS 2.0

  • W2003S SP1  

  • W2003S R2   Unix Tools  
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Overview Guide  
  • Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2  
  • Port 25  Microsoft Open Source Software Lab



    • Documents

  • ADO:
  • About ADO search parameters   Page Sizen omituinen piirre
  • Searching Active Directory   Good!
  • ADO search tips   by RLMueller.net
  • CA:
  • Policy and exit modules  
  • Advanced Certificate Enrollment and Management  
  • Step-by-Step Guide to Administering Certificate Services  
  • Step-by-Step Guide to Setting up a Certification Authority  
  • Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Certificate Services Web Enrollment  
  • HST Henkilökortti W2K3/XP -ympäristössä   by Raimo Lehmus
  • CardSpace:
  • Windows CardSpace (formerly "InfoCard")  Links
  • Getting Started  
  • Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog  
  • Introducing Windows CardSpace  
  • DFS:
  • DFS links   by LabMice.net
  • Domain and Forest:
  • Active Directory Domain Rename Operation   ppt file
  • Domain and Forest Functional Levels  
  • Password Change Filtering & Notification  
  • How to remove data in Active Directory after an unsuccessful domain controller demotion  DC:n manuaalinen poisto
  • Understanding Active Directory Services  
  • Quick recovery of deleted objects   !!
  • EFS:
  • Encrypting File System   !
  • Encrypting File System in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003  
  • How to back up the recovery agent Encrypting File System (EFS) private key  
  • Step-by-Step Guide to Using the Encrypting File System  
  • Using Encrypting File System  
  • Enable a remote server for file encryption  
  • The Encrypting File System   Paljon linkkejä
  • Step-by-Step Guide to Using the Encrypting File System  
  • How to back up the recovery agent Encrypting File System (EFS) private key  
  • Implementing EFS in a Windows Server 2003 Domain   by WindowsSecurity.com
  • Encrypting File System Tools and Settings  
  • XP ResKit: Using Encrypting File System  
  • Certificate Autoenrollment in Windows Server 2003  
  • Configure Public Key Group Policy  
  • Implementing the Encrypting File System in Windows 2000  
  • Methods for Recovering Encrypted Data Files  
  • Group Policy:
  • Group Policy in Windows Server 2003  
  • Client, service, and program incompatibilities that may occur when you modify security settings and user rights assignments  
  • Using Administrative Template Files with Registry-Based Group Policy   How to write ADMs
  • Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 Group Policies by policy name   All GPO-settings and their Registry values !!
  • Windows Server 2003 Group Policy   GPO info center
  • IIS
  • Securing ASP.NET  
  • Microsoft ASP.NET ValidatePath Module   will protect all ASP.NET applications against all potential canonicalization problems
  • IPSec
  • Troubleshooting tools / W2003S  
  • Using IPSec in Windows 2000 and XP:   Part 1   Part 2   Part 3  
  • Kerberos:
  • Troubleshooting Kerberos Errors  
  • Troubleshooting Kerberos Delegation  
  • Kerberos V5 System Administrator's Guide  
  • LDAP:
  • How To Change a Windows 2000 User's Password Through LDAP   Sample
  • How to Configure the Address Book to Query Users Contained in Active Directory   Outlook Address Book
  • Logs:
  • How to configure Active Directory diagnostic event logging in Windows Server   !!
  • Events and Errors Message Center   by MS
  • Logon Type Codes Revealed  
  • Logon Events  
  • How can enable Kerberos event logging?  
  • How to enable Windows Installer logging  
  • Troubleshooting Program Deployment By Using Verbose Logging  
  • Novell:
  • Novell Client: Initialization, Login and Settings  
  • Password synchro:
  • Windows Sync  Between Red Hat Directory Server and AD
  • Ports:
  • Network Ports Used by Key Microsoft Server Products  !!!
  • How to configure a firewall for domains and trusts  
  • Service overview and network port requirements for the Windows Server system  
  • How to configure Windows 2003 SP1 firewall for a Domain Controller  !
  • RMS:
  • Windows Rights Management Services  
  • Roaming Profiles:
  • User Data and Settings Management  
  • User Profiles and Folder Redirection FAQ  !
  • Recovery:
  • Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Fast Recovery with Volume Shadow Copy Service and Virtual Disk Service
  • Active Directory Disaster Recovery  
  • How to restore deleted user accounts and their group memberships in Active Directory  
  • How to restore deleted user accounts and their group memberships in Active Directory   Mark's way
  • Replication:
  • Active Directory Replication over Firewalls
  • Configure RPC Dynamic Port Allocation to Work with Firewall
  • Troubleshooting Active Directory Replication Problems
  • RMS:
  • Rights Management Services
  • RIS:
  • Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit: Automating and Customizing Installations  
  • Cannot Prestage RIS Clients in Active Directory by Using the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit   Perhanan Bill ku ei tee valamista!
  • Schema:
  • Active Directory Schema  
  • Extending the Schema  
  • Userclass  
  • Active Directory Naming Registration  Getting OID
  • Scripts:
  • TechNet Script Center   Good     The Script Repository
  • Using ADSI, LDAP, and Network Management Functions With Active Directory  
  • Some scripts   for settings ACLs and default user customization
  • W2K3 advice   Scripts
  • Wrappers for Console Tools  
  • Automating TCP/IP Networking on Clients  
  • Secrets of Windows Management Instrumentation  
  • Remote Administration Tools Overview  
  • 126 code samples   O'Reilly book
  • The script library   Plenty
  • Security:
  • Windows Server 2003 Security Guide   12 chapters
  • Aaron Margosis' non-admin blog   RunAs, ...
  • Securing Active Directory Administrative Groups and Accounts  
  • Best Practices for Delegating Active Directory Administration  
  • Best Practice Guide for Securing Active Directory Installations  
  • Using Software Restriction Policies to Protect Against Unauthorized Software  
  • Securing Active Directory  
  • Default ACLs of New Objects - Inside Active Directory   by S Kouti
  • Change password with ldifde: 1   2  
  • Windows Server 2003 Access-based Enumeration   Hakemistojen piilotus
  • Services:
  • Default Services in W2003S  
  • SFU:
  • Windows Services for UNIX   New versio 3.5
  • SUS:
  • SUSserver Forums   SUS information and talk
  • Tweaks:
  • Sanx   2003,2000,XP tweaks
  • Troubleshooting XP  
  • Windows Firewall:
  • Windows Firewall Settings   Ports needed by different tools, services, ... !
  • WSUS:
  • WSUS main page  



    • Other Windows Server 2003 pages

  • Installation of Windows 2000 at CERN   Bill Cernissä



    • Tools

  • Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools  
  • Startup Application Database  
  • netmask calculator  
  • SDK Update Site  
  • XP PE  
  • Eventtriggers   Eventquery.vbs   Eventcreate  
  • equitrac   KY:n printtiquota ja -laskuri
  • sysinternals   Mark siirtyi Billille



    • Exchange

  • Exchange 2000 Installation and Configuration Resources   by LabMice.net



    • IIS

  • Enabling Identity Delegation on IIS6 and killing NTLM support  



    • Other Microsoft products

  • Microsoft Virtual PC 2004  
  • Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware  







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