Dan Holme

User Data & Settings: New DFS recommendations

I'm currently implementing a hybrid DFS namespace solution that addresses all of the requirements without needing 9 links per user (which is a problem for WS2003 environments in which DFS has a 5000 link limit per namespace). The DFS namespace becomes...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2008 4:33 PM by danholme

Filed under: User Data & Settings

Fully enumerating a user's group membership (Part I)

Very common question: How do I know what groups a user belongs to (including nested groups)? Answer, Part I: The DS Commands Exceprt from Solution 1-1 of the Windows Administration Resource Kit DS commands Enter the DS commands. The DS commands are command...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2008 2:10 PM by danholme

Filed under: Role Based Management, Groups

Solution 3-5 Script Update: UDS_Folder_Provision_DFS_Extended

The script that provisions user data & settings folders failed on Windows Server 2003 R2, because DFSUTIL is not available, rather DFSCMD is available (if installed from the Support Tools). This revision updates the script to work correctly with DFSCMD....

Published Wed, Feb 02 2008 4:18 PM by admin

Filed under: User Data Settings

Administrators' Idol (Connections 2008)

Thank you for your patience while I made it through the event, the post conference, and my 18 hour travel day home! The final slides for the session can be found using this link: WWN321 - Holme - Administrators Idol.pdf I actually added some stuff to...

Published Sat, May 05 2008 12:38 AM by danholme

UDS_UserFolders_Extended_Provision_DFS undocumented switch

The UDS_UserFolders_Extended_Provision_DFS.vbs script has a switch that is not listed in the usage instructions (/?). You can add /quiet:N to cause the script to output more verbose information, which is helpful if you are encountering errors. Note: an...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2008 4:35 PM by danholme

Filed under: User Data & Settings

Role-Based Management: Extreme Makeover (Connections Spring 2008)

The SLIDES for today's Role Based Management session can be downloaded using this link: WSE301 - Holme - Role Based Management.pdf The HTA tools I showed are in the following ZIP file: RBM DEMOS 080428.zip

Published Mon, Apr 04 2008 2:52 AM by danholme

User Data & Settings (Connections 2008)

To the folks who attended my session on managing user data & settings, THANK YOU for your great questions!! Slides can be downloaded using the following link: WWN328 - Holme - User Data and Settings.pdf The zip file below contains scripts that provision...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2008 6:53 AM by danholme

OU Design Example

Each time I present, at least a few people express interest in the OU design I have created for my sample domain, contoso.com or windomain.com . I've regularly been asked to provide it as an example, which I've done privately. Well, here it is...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2008 7:01 AM by danholme

Populate computer description field with information about the logged-on user

This script populates a computer object's description attribute with information about the computer and the last user who logged on, and where they logged on. It also uses the comment attribute as a 'log' of previous information, so you can...

Published Sun, May 05 2008 3:08 PM by danholme

Filed under: Administration, Active Directory

Create a drop-down list in an HTA populated with objects from Active Directory

The following code demonstrates how to create a drop-down list (also called a "combo box") in an HTA that is automatically populated by querying Active Directory. <html> <!-- This HTA demonstrates how to build a combo box filled with...

Published Tue, May 05 2008 8:28 AM by danholme

Filed under: HTA, Active Directory

Provision Computers Article

Microsoft Press Online will be releasing an excerpt from the Windows Administration Resource Kit, entitled Provision Computers . (The URL will be posted when the article is released.) The article refers to an HTML Application (HTA), which can be downloaded...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2008 4:32 AM by danholme

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