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		<title>Update for the AD DS Best Practices Analyzer Rules in Windows Server 2008 R2</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=557</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory Best Practice Analyzer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Practice Analyzer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008 R2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft recently released an update for the Active Directory Domain Services Best Practices Analyzer (AD DS BPA) in Windows Server 2008 R2. This update adds the following 8 new rules to the AD DS BPA:
 

User accounts and trusts should not be configured for &#34;DES-only&#34; encryption. 
The &#34;Access this computer from the network&#34; user right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improving your Active Directory skills</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=556</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=556#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I came across a post on the Ask the Directory Services Team Blog, which provides some great links on additional reading for Active Directory. The post can be read here, and is has several useful links which are worth a read.
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		<title>Bridgehead Server Selection Improvements in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=555</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=555#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridgehead Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008 R2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 include improvements to bridgehead server selection, which are not very well known. In fact, Microsoft only recently published an article on TechNet to explain the improvements to bridgehead server selection in Windows Server 2008 R2. What follows is an in-depth look at these improvements.
 
Bridgehead Server Overview
When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADMT Migration Guide Updated with ADMT 3.1 and 3.2</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=554</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=554#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory Migrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADMT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008 R2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in a previous post, Microsoft recently released ADMT 3.2, which fully supports Windows Server 2008 R2. The ADMT Migration Guide was also recently updated into include ADMT 3.1 and ADMT 3.2. The ADMT Migration Guide can be downloaded here and read online here.
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		<title>Exchange Server 2007 is now supported on Windows Server 2008 R2</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=553</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=553#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008 R2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft officially released Service Pack 3 for Exchange Server 2007, and with it comes support for Windows Server 2008 R2. Exchange 2007 SP3 can be downloaded here. 
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		<title>The Virtualization of Domain Controllers</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=552</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=552#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtualization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virtualization is no longer simply a hot topic, but rather it has become vital in most enterprises today. The virtualization of domain controllers is no exception. I’ve personally had several clients express an interest in virtualizing their production domain controllers, and have first hand experience in doing so.
 
From my point of view, the virtualization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADMT 3.2 Released &#8211; Windows Server 2008 R2 Supported</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=550</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=550#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory Migrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADMT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008 R2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft released the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) 3.2, which fully supports Windows Server 2008 R2. A little late in my opinion, especially since Windows Server 2008 R2 went RTM almost one year ago, but nonetheless it is available now.
 
ADMT 3.2 can be downloaded from here. Unfortunately, the Active Directory Migration Guide has not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Progression of Information Technology</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=547</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=547#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m at an internal conference for my employer. During the keynote, a video was shown that shows the progression of Information Technology. There’s some really interesting facts in this video…well worth a read even for those not in IT.
The video itself was posted a year ago, so a lot has changed since  .
Here’s the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TechNet Magazine Article &#8220;AdminSDHolder, Protected Groups and SDPROP&#8221; Finally Updated</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=546</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=546#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AdminSDHolder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I’ve mentioned on my blog before, a TechNet Magazine article that I wrote had some errors in it. When I was informed of these errors, I fixed them and asked the TechNet Magazine team to revise the online version of this article. This was a few weeks after it was published. After several repeated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newly Released Windows Time Service Technical Reference</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=545</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=545#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Time Service]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve had to get technical information on the Windows Time Service, you probably found yourself digging through several KB articles, which contained conflicting information. Microsoft recently centralized this information into the Windows Time Service Technical Reference, and updated it to include Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. 
The Windows Time Service Technical Reference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Generation of AD Performance Analysis</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=544</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=544#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AD Performance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I came across a good blog post which talks about the next generation of AD performance analysis. More specifically, the author covers configuration and management of Active Directory Diagnostics Data Collector Sets. Data Collector Sets are the next generation of a utility called Server Performance Advisor (SPA). 
The post can be found here.
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		<title>TEC 2010 Presentation: In Depth Look at AdminSDHolder, Protected Objects, and SDPROP</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=538</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=538#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 20:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AdminSDHolder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protected Objects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SDPROP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEC2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you that are interested, the presentation I gave at The Experts Conference 2010 in L.A. last week can be downloaded from http://policelli.com/Files/TEC2010_John_Policelli_AdminSDHolder_ProtectedObjects_SDPROP.pdf.
You can also find more information on this topic on my blog post: http://policelli.com/blog/?p=136
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		<title>Updates for Best Practices Analyzer</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=543</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=543#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory Best Practice Analyzer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Practice Analyzer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008 R2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During one of Dean Wells’ TEC 2010 presentations, I learned that MS will be releasing updates for Best Practices Analyzer. This is a great thing  .
Dean mentioned that we should see updates every 6 months or so.
At present, there’s 7 updates available for BPA…none yet for AD DS though. These updates can be found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you Active Directory Documentation Team Blog</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=539</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=539#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Active Directory Documentation Team blog has a post on it titled Other places to find good information. The post states:
I want to take the opportunity to thank the people who are out there providing information everyday to people using Active Directory. As I say thank you, I will link to their sites, so our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clearing the Air: My TechNet Magazine Article &#8211; AdminSDHolder, Protected Groups and SDPROP</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=537</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=537#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 19:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I’ve mentioned on my blog before, a TechNet Magazine article that I wrote had some errors in it. When I was informed of these errors, I fixed them and asked the TechNet Magazine team to revise the online version of this article. This was a few weeks after it was published. However, after repeated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MVP Again for 2010</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=534</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=534#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MVP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I found out this morning that I was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) designation for 2010. This is the third year that I have been designated as a Microsoft MVP in the Directory Services expertise. It’s truly humbling!
One of the many perks with the MVP program is the Executive Recognition Letter, which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant: Additional Upgrade Scenarios Released</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=533</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=533#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upgrade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I announced back in November, Microsoft released the Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant. Microsoft recently released additional content for the following upgrade scenarios:

Upgrading from Exchange Server 2007
Upgrading from a mixed Exchange Server 2003/2007
New Exchange Server 2010 installation

The Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant, including the abovementioned additional upgrade scenarios, can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/exdeploy2010
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		<title>Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 Update Rollup 2 Released</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=524</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=524#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Update Rollup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Released Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 SP2. There are over 50 issues that the update rollup fixes. Details on the Update Rollup can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972076.
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		<title>Is your Exchange environment performing poorly because of Active Directory?</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=522</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=522#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Triaging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A post of the MS Exchange Team Blog does a great job of providing guidance on triaging Exchange performance issues related to Active Directory performance, networking, and DNS.
The post can be found here: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/02/03/453931.aspx.
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		<title>Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator v4.5 Released</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=521</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=521#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Version 4.5 of the Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator, which can be found here, has been released.
 
According to the MS Exchange Team Blog, here are the changes in v4.5:
Enhancements
There are only three improvements to the calculator in this release:

Added the calculations to help you determine the minimum number of global catalog cores you need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing the Exchange Server Pre-Deployment Analyzer (ExPDA)</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=520</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server 2010]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer (ExPDA) performs an overall topology readiness scan of your environment and provides you with a list of decisions that need to be made before you deploy Exchange Server 2010.
 
When you run the ExPDA, it provides a detailed report that will alert you if there are any issues within your organization, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Update Rollup 2 Released</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=519</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Update Rollup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010 fixes the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles: 
 


977633 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977633/ ) Certain third-party IMAP4 clients cannot connect to Exchange Server 2003 mailboxes through an Exchange Server 2010 CAS server 
979431 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979431/ ) The POP3 service crashes when a user connects to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official Microsoft Team Blogs / Microsoft Blogs</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=518</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=518#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The link below contains a listing of the official Microsoft Team Blogs and essential web feeds organised by category: http://blogs.technet.com/blogms/pages/directory-of-microsoft-team-blogs.aspx.
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		<title>A Look Back at Microsoft&#8217;s Internal Launch of Active Directory a Decade Ago</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=517</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=517#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


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		<title>Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) for Windows7</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=516</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=516#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD LDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In case you haven’t heard, Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) is now available for Windows7. Here is the link to the download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&#38;FamilyID=a45059af-47a8-4c96-afe3-93dab7b5b658
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		<title>DCDiag take a long time to run on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=515</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=515#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DCDiag]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[DCDiag.exe is an extremely useful built-in troubleshooting tool. I stumbled across a KB from Microsoft that explains that in certain environments, and under certain conditions, DCDiag.exe may take an excessive amount of time to run on computers with Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 installed. The good news is that MS has released an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Active Directory Garbage Collection Causes DCs to Run Slow or Stop Responding</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=514</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=514#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hotfix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KB]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has acknowledged an issue with the Active Directory garbage collection process, which may cause a domain controller to run slow or stop responding.
 
Garbage collection is a housekeeping process that is designed to free space within the Active Directory database. This process runs on every domain controller in the enterprise with a default lifetime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hyper-V Guest Clustering</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=513</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=513#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hyper-V]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Failover Clustering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008 R2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I ran into a situation where I needed to cluster two Hyper-V guests. I found several articles that provided guidance around setting up shared storage for this, but none of them were completely accurate. I then stumbled across the below post, which worked perfectly. It’s definitely worth a read.
Hyper-V Guest Clustering Step-by-Step Guide
]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m presenting at The Experts Conference (TEC) 2010 in Los Angeles</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=512</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=512#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AdminSDHolder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conferences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Directory & Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEC 2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was very happy to hear that I was selected to present at TEC 2010 in Los Angeles.
TEC was previously known as DEC (Directory Experts Conference). The conference has been expanded to include training on Exchange and SharePoint, and effectively renamed to TEC. Here’s a snippet for the TEC 2010 Website:
For the 9th consecutive year, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Placing Several RODCs in the Same Site</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=511</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=511#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RODCs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft recently published an article that addresses a hot topic – whether or not you should place several RODCs in the same Active Directory site. In my opinion, this article does a good job of giving you the information you’ll need to determine RODC placement. The article can be read here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee522995(WS.10).aspx
]]></description>
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		<title>BlackBerry Enterprise Server is Supported on Exchange Server 2010</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=510</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=510#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server 2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In order to enable full support, three updates are required:

Roll-Up 1 (RU1) for Exchange Server 2010
MAPI v6.5.8147
BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.1 Maintenance Release 1 (MR1)

More information can be found here and here.
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		<title>Upgrading to Exchange Server 2010</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=509</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=509#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ActiveSync]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OWA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upgrade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Microsoft Exchange Team Blog has started a series of posts that are must reads if you plan to upgrade to Exchange Server 2010. Here’s a list of the posts they’ve published to date:

Transitioning Client Access to Exchange Server 2010
Upgrading Outlook Web App to Exchange 2010
Upgrading Exchange ActiveSync to Exchange 2010

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		<title>Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Update Rollup 1 Released</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=508</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=508#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Update Rollup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of months after Exchange Server 2010 was released to manufacturing, Microsoft has released Update Rollup 1. The following is a list of issues fixed in Exchange 2010 Update Rollup 1:
 

Exchange Server 2010 users cannot open certain attachments when they access their mailboxes by using Outlook Web App
Meeting requests that are sent to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My &#8220;New&#8221; Efficiency</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=507</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=507#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hyper-V R2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008 R2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have finally arrived at the point where I can say that I’m running efficiently  .
Home Network

Windows Server 2008 R2
Hyper-V R2
Windows 7
Office 2010

Mobility

Windows Mobile 6.5

Work

Exchange Server 2010
Windows 7
Office 2010

It’s an efficient world after all  .
Here’s a link to Microsoft’s New Efficiency Website: http://thenewefficiency.com
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		<title>How to get Invited to take a Microsoft Beta Exam</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=506</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=506#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beta Exams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Learning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been following the Microsoft Learning’s Born to Learn blog for some time now. I’ve seen a number of public invitations for Beta exams. There’s a great post on this blog which will give you more insight on how to get invited to take a Beta exam. It can be found here: http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/2009/09/understanding-the-beta-invite-process.
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		<title>Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 Update Rollup 1 Released</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=505</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=505#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Update Rollup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Released Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 SP2. There are almost 50 issues that the update rollup fixes. Details on the Update Rollup can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971534 and http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/11/21/453277.aspx.
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		<title>Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=504</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=504#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upgrade]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://policelli.com/blog/?p=504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft just released the Exchange 2010 Deployment Assistant, which can be found by going to http://technet.microsoft.com/exdeploy2010.
 
Here’s an excerpt from the MS Exchange Team Blog:
It allows you to create Exchange 2010 on-premises deployment instructions that are customized to your environment. The Assistant asks a small set of questions, and based on a your answers, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using PowerShell to Protect OUs from Accidental Deletion</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=502</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=502#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PowerShell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008 R2]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://policelli.com/blog/?p=502</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I stumbled across a good post on Ulf B. Simon-Weidner&#8217;s Blog: 
http://msmvps.com/blogs/ulfbsimonweidner/archive/2009/11/11/using-ad-powershell-to-protect-ous-from-accidental-deletion.aspx
]]></description>
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		<title>Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=501</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=501#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Storage Calculator]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Great post by the MS Exchange Team:
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/11/09/453117.aspx
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		<title>Understanding AdminSDHolder and Protected Groups</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=136</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=136#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access Control List]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACLs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Default ACL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Default Permissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privileged Accounts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privileged Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Securing Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security principals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NOTE: I revised this article to fix some mistakes and to include new content from Windows Server 2008 R2.
Active Directory has built-in processes that exist to secure users that are members of privileged groups. These processes have been around for quite some time, but Active Directory administrators still get stumped by them regularly. What follows, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exchange 2007 WILL BE Supported on Windows Server 2008 R2</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=496</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=496#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange Server 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008 R2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s official, Kevin Allison (GM Exchange Customer Experience) published a post on the Microsoft Exchange Team Blog stating that Exchange 2007 will support Windows Server 2008 R2. The catch, it’s not here yet  . There is no specific date provided in his post, but he does state “In the coming calendar year we will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group Policy Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=495</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=495#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AD DS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Group Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PowerShell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008 R2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has made Group Policy cmdlets for Windows PowerShell available. These cmdlets, roughly 25 in total, can be used to:

Maintain GPOs (create, remove, backup, reporting, and import)
Associate GPOs with AD DS containers (link, update, and remove)
Set inheritance and permissions on AD DS OUs and domains
Configure registry-based settings and Group Policy Preferences Registry settings

 
The Windows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2.4 Million MCPs and Counting</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=488</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=488#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Certification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MCM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MCP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft started publishing the number of MCPs worldwide, broken down by credential on their Microsoft Learning site. The list can be found here: https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-overview.aspx#tab5.
If you drill down a little further on this site, you’ll also find the number of MCAs and MCMs. Here’s the direct link for this information: https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/master.aspx#meet
]]></description>
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		<title>Supported Upgrade Methods for Hyper-V</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=487</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=487#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hyper-V]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008 R2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft recently released a KB that outlines the methods that you can use to upgrade a Windows Server 2008, that has the Hyper-V role installed, to Windows Server 2008 R2.
The following methods are discussed in the KB:

Perform an in-place upgrade of the parent partition from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2.
Export a virtual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Active Directory in Hyper-V Environments</title>
		<link>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=486</link>
		<comments>http://policelli.com/blog/?p=486#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s no doubt that virtualization is hot these days. The following articles, posted on the Dirteam.com Blog, will answer virtually all (no pun intended) questions that you have when it comes to Active Directory in Hyper-V environments. 

Active Directory in Hyper-V environments, Part 1
Active Directory in Hyper-V environments, Part 2
Active Directory in Hyper-V environments, Part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Designing and Implementing a Microsoft-Based Public Key Infrastructure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory Certificate Services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I designed and implemented a fairly complex three-tier PKI, using Windows Server 2003 Certificate Services, a number of years back that proved to be a painful experience. At that time, there was not a lot of documentation available on MS Certificate Services. I recently stumbled across a couple of posts on the Ask the Directory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using ADMT 3.1 to Migrate to a Domain that Contains Windows Server 2008 R2 DCs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update June 19, 2010: Microsoft has released ADMT 3.2, which fully supports Windows Server 2008 R2. Please see the following post for more details: http://policelli.com/blog/?p=550.

As you may have heard, Microsoft is working on ADMT 3.2, which will be fully supported for Windows Server 2008 R2. However, ADMT 3.2 is still under development and there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enterprise IT Planet Article Published: Windows Server 2008 R2: Introducing the AD Recycle Bin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Active Directory Recycle Bin is a handy new feature in Windows Server 2008 R2. Once enabled, it is now easier to recover accidentally deleted Active Directory objects.
 
To read the article, please go to Windows Server 2008 R2- Introducing the AD Recycle Bin.
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		<title>Enterprise IT Planet Article Published: The New AD Domain Services in Windows Server 2008 R2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Active Directory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008 R2, released to manufacturing in July, introduces a number of new features, including a host of new Active Directory Domain Services features. We look at the seven that pack the most powerful punch.
 
To read the article, please go to The New AD Domain Services in Windows Server 2008 R2
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		<title>Windows 7: Will you or won&#8217;t you</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Policelli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
A Computer World Canada&#160; feature, Windows 7: Will you or won&#8217;t you, on Windows 7 adoption in Canada ran today following an interview with me. The story interviews a number of IT Managers across industries and business environments to present an overview of business’ approach to Windows 7.
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