This is a common problem IT Administrators face when a member Server/Workstation reaches it’s Domain Controller only via a VPN connection. We need the VPN connection to be established before the logon time, so the member Server can Authenticate agains it’s Domain Controller, otherwise (unless be have cached credentials) we’ll get a “No Domain Controller... read more
I’ve get used to the GPMC (Group Policy Management Console) tool for managing group policies and delegate group policy privileges, by the way if you still use the Active Directory Users and Computers to administer Group Policy, I strongly encourage you to go to Microsoft’s Web site and download GPMC. (www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/gpmc/). The only negative to... read more
I’ve been running Windows 2003 Server Enterprise x64 for a while now, on a lab environment, in order to get familiar with common issues before we deploy it as a production server. This post is aimed to share the gained knowledge on this experience. My experiences lies on an Intel EM64T architecture, with 1GB Memory... read more