…Overview…
  

The Global Catalog contains a partial replica of every object in the Active Directory. It’s what is accessed (unwittingly) by the end user and applications when searching for names, logon details, printers etc. It contains details of every object in the Active Directory but with only a small number of their attributes. In this article I describe the Global Catlogue in more detail and best practices for deploying and configuring.

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…How To…
  

I came across a problem recently where when moving mailboxes from one server to another. I got into a situation where I needed to import a few mailboxes from Outlook 2003 back to Outlook 2000. Here is the simple way I acheived this.

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 …Overview…

Domain Controllers in NT 4.0 used to be simple. You had one PDC (Primary Domain Controller) in a domain and all the others were equal BDCs(Backup Domain Controllers). In 2000 and 2003 with the introduction of alot more features domain controllers are very similair to each other in many respects. There are certain roles however that need to be performed on certain Domain Controllers. These are called FSMO roles (Flexible Single Master Operations) and will definately come up in the MCSe exams. Here I describe what they are and some best practices in setting them up and troubleshooting.

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…How To…
 
This article is simply advising how to install a license onto your Citrix License Server. If you are looking how to install the License server then see the article below.

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…How To…
 
 This is step 2 of my “How to Install Citrix Presentation Server 4″ guide. This shows you in simple steps how to install the Citrix  Metaframe License Suite which composes of the License Server and Console. Read the rest of this entry »

…Poll…
 
 This is a question that has already been asked many times but I would love to know what you guys think? With Longhorn offering many enhancements such as published applications and a web interface to Terminal Services will companies be able to justify the extra cost of Citrix Presentation Server (or whatever they call the next version)? I have included a poll for you to vote on this and the results are available for all to see. You will need to register to vote for the sake of fairness however others will not be able to see what way you voted.