| 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
OİReilly & 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, weİll 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 |
