Marcin Policht, Author at ServerWatch https://www.serverwatch.com/author/marcin-policht/ ServerWatch is the leading IT resource on all things server. Mon, 10 Apr 2023 20:06:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Windows Terminal Services & Remote Desktop Users https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/windows-terminal-services-remote-users Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/windows-terminal-services-in-windows-server-2003-a-preview-page-2/ The “Allow Logon Through Terminal Services” Policy Explained The “Allow Logon through Terminal Services” policy is a Microsoft Group Policy Object (GPO) that defines how the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) behaves when connecting users remotely to a machine. System Administrators use this policy to grant users the rights necessary for RDP sessions. In this article, […]

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]]> Win Server 2008 Directory Services, SYSVOL DFS Replication Page 2 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/win-server-2008-directory-services-sysvol-dfs-replication-page-2/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/win-server-2008-directory-services-sysvol-dfs-replication-page-2/ The 9 DFS-R States START (stable state 0) designates the initial point of the migration. At this stage, it is critical to make sure that both Active Directory and FRS-based SYSVOL replication function properly. To test the former, use the RepAdmin command line utility (with /showrepl /all or /replsum switches). To verify status of the […]

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]]> Windows Terminal Services in Windows Server 2003: A Preview https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/windows-terminal-services-in-windows-server-2003-a-preview/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/windows-terminal-services-in-windows-server-2003-a-preview/ With Windows Server 2003 released to manufacturers on March 28, we can expect that Microsoft will make the product commercially available as promised on April 24. With the economy in slump, the initial impact of this release won’t likely be overwhelming; nevertheless, new features introduced in Windows Server 2003 are worth exploring. In this article, […]

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]]> Win Server 2008 Directory Services, Active Directory Snapshots https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/win-server-2008-directory-services-active-directory-snapshots/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/win-server-2008-directory-services-active-directory-snapshots/ The previous article of our series, looked at the the Database Mounting Tool, which was introduced in Windows Server 2008 for the purpose of loading backups of Active Directory created using any native or third-party methods that leverage Volume Copy Shadow Service (VSS). We described its benefits in recovery scenarios and listed several tools that […]

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]]> Win Server 2008 Directory Services, Auditing https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/win-server-2008-directory-services-auditing/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/win-server-2008-directory-services-auditing/ Computing environments have changed drastically in recent years, not only because of magnified focus on security but also as the result of range of compliance-driven initiatives affecting practically the entire IT landscape. In response to these new requirements, Microsoft has revised some of its earlier designs, improving effectiveness of auditing functionality built into the operating […]

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]]> Advantages of SYSVOL Migration from FRS to DFSR https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/win-server-2008-directory-services-sysvol-dfs-replication/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/win-server-2008-directory-services-sysvol-dfs-replication/ The term Active Directory is most commonly equated with the NTDS.DIT database and its characteristics; however, its functionality is affected in a profound manner by content of the SYSVOL folder, residing by default, directly under the Windows directory (although its placement is customizable) and providing file system storage required to implement a wide range of […]

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]]> Group Policy Templates Windows Server 2008 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/win-server-2008-directory-services-group-policy-templates/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/win-server-2008-directory-services-group-policy-templates/ In the previous installment of our series dedicated to the most prominent Directory Services-related features available in the Windows Server 2008, we started discussing Group Policy functionality by describing its basic principles and providing an overview of innovations incorporated into its client-based components. In this article, we will shift our attention to improvements in the […]

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]]> Windows Terminal Services in Windows Server 2003 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/windows-terminal-services-in-windows-server-2003-a-preview-page-2-2/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/uncategorized/windows-terminal-services-in-windows-server-2003-a-preview-page-2-2/ Another change in the way the Terminal Services operate is the way permissions to run Remote Desktop sessions are set. In previous versions of Windows, ability to connect to Terminal Server (in Application Server mode) was granted to anyone who had the right to login locally to the server (in Administration mode, the right to […]

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]]> Network Load Balancing in Windows Server 2008 R2 Page 2 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/network-load-balancing-in-windows-server-2008-r2-page-2/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/network-load-balancing-in-windows-server-2008-r2-page-2/ The first of these uses a combination of the target port and source IP address to decide which cluster node is responsible for processing an incoming request. The second disregards the port value and relies on the source IP address only, which means that traffic matching specific rules originating from the same IP address is […]

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]]> Network Load Balancing in Windows Server 2008 R2 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/network-load-balancing-in-windows-server-2008-r2/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/network-load-balancing-in-windows-server-2008-r2/ There are two main high availability technologies incorporated into the Windows Server 2008 R2 platform. The first, known as Failover Clustering, tends to receive more attention, thanks to a wider range of scenarios, where its benefits can be fully realized. Its somewhat neglected sibling, Network Load Balancing, is less versatile, it deserves its share of […]

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