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Let's see what everyone has been up to this past week.
The Directory Services Team offers up some very useful information regarding OST and PST files if there is a Windows 7 migration in your future. You need to check this out especially if you are planning on using the User State Migration Tool (USMT). And why wouldn't you?
If you are a PowerShell user, and especially if you prefer to use the free PowerGui tool from Quest then perhaps you have heard about the forthcoming commercial version called PowerGui Pro. It is currently in beta and apparently has been for a few weeks. Somewhere I missed the announcement, or perhaps it was intentionally kept low key. Anyway, Dmitry Sotnikov has a succinct comparison chart of the two products. The bottom line is that the freeware version will still be around. If you are interested in the PowerGui Pro beta then take a quick trip here.
On the Group Policy front, you might be very interested in this post from the Group Policy Center. If you were intrigued by the Windows 7 policy that allows you to configure USB drives as read-only but still have WinXP clients, then your dreams have been answered. According to the article the outlined steps will also work with Windows Vista.
Lastly, I came across an article actually published a few weeks ago. Not sure how I overlooked it. As you most likely know I do a lot with Windows PowerShell and over the last several months have been diving deeply into the new R2 cmdlets and providers. The R2 AD cmdlets connect to a domain controller running Active Directory Web Services. On an R2 server this happens pretty much automagically and you can install the AD Gateway Service on downlevel domain controllers. This permits you to run the AD cmdlets from your Windows 7 desktop even though your domain controllers may still be at WIndows Server 2003. Anyway, Brian McCann posted a handy article on how the AD cmdlets find an appropriate DC. I encourage you to check it out.
Until next week.
The Directory Services Team offers up some very useful information regarding OST and PST files if there is a Windows 7 migration in your future. You need to check this out especially if you are planning on using the User State Migration Tool (USMT). And why wouldn't you?
If you are a PowerShell user, and especially if you prefer to use the free PowerGui tool from Quest then perhaps you have heard about the forthcoming commercial version called PowerGui Pro. It is currently in beta and apparently has been for a few weeks. Somewhere I missed the announcement, or perhaps it was intentionally kept low key. Anyway, Dmitry Sotnikov has a succinct comparison chart of the two products. The bottom line is that the freeware version will still be around. If you are interested in the PowerGui Pro beta then take a quick trip here.
On the Group Policy front, you might be very interested in this post from the Group Policy Center. If you were intrigued by the Windows 7 policy that allows you to configure USB drives as read-only but still have WinXP clients, then your dreams have been answered. According to the article the outlined steps will also work with Windows Vista.
Lastly, I came across an article actually published a few weeks ago. Not sure how I overlooked it. As you most likely know I do a lot with Windows PowerShell and over the last several months have been diving deeply into the new R2 cmdlets and providers. The R2 AD cmdlets connect to a domain controller running Active Directory Web Services. On an R2 server this happens pretty much automagically and you can install the AD Gateway Service on downlevel domain controllers. This permits you to run the AD cmdlets from your Windows 7 desktop even though your domain controllers may still be at WIndows Server 2003. Anyway, Brian McCann posted a handy article on how the AD cmdlets find an appropriate DC. I encourage you to check it out.
Until next week.
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