Backing up Active Directory should always be a very crucial part of your backup regime. If Active Directory gets corrupted for whatever reason (a virus written to do this very thing for example) then without a backup you are in trouble. Here I describe exactly how to backup Active Directory.

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The Citrix CCA, CCEA and CCIA exams are industry recognised qualifications. I am happy to be able to now offer some practice exams on the site to help aid your study. Just click on the exam link at the top and go through and place your order.  

When troubleshooting problems I often find it useful to check what domain controller you were authenticated by. If you need to do this it’s simply a matter of issuing a command.
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You may have spent a lot of time searching group policy for this option in Windows 2000 or 2003. You may have even gone as far as downloading the Microsoft Outlook ADM file for office 2000 XP or 2003 to try and find this option to add to group policy. If you haven’t tried these things then let me save you some time. It ain’t there! You need another way to sort this which is what I describe here.
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I received an email the other day from Citrix. They have appointed me as a member to their Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) program. It is similair to the Microsft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program and something I am quite proud to have acheieved paticularly when I look at the list of names of the other CTP members. Congratulations to the other CTPs who were also appointed. Unfortunately I won’t be able to make it to the CTP summit at IForum as I am just starting a 4 week contract. Note to Citrix - I would like to put a CTP logo on my website but don’t think one exists yet.

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System administrators like myself always want the latest technologies. With Longhorn still in beta and not yet a viable option many companies using the “One operating system behind” policy are now looking at upgrading to 2003 server. This is not a system I agree with as Windows 2003 server has been stable and better than W2k since service pack 1 in my opinion. As for Windows XP, it’s been out now and stable for a hundred years hasn’t it? Anyway, with all the hype regarding Windows Vista and Longhorn alot of companies are now looking at moving from Windows NT or 2000 to Windows 2003 server. It often begs the question from people in charge of finances of these companies “Why do I need to?” If their systems have been stable for the past few years they will need some reasons for upgrading. Here are my top 10 reasons to upgrade to Microsoft Server 2003.

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