Link to PLE Assignment

For those of you who may not have gotten the PLE assignment here is a link.

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhmq547v_174f4525wtj

Configuring applications in Windows with Group Policy preferences

http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid68_gci1512673,00.html?track=sy193

Tweetshare: Choosing USV Solutions

We’ve been spending quite a bit of lab time troubleshooting and implementing Roaming Profiles with varying degrees of success. As it turns out this is not uncommon. Alternate forms of USV such a group policy and folder redirection are becoming the standard read the article and download the White Paper and use the checklist to create a USV solution for your domain.
Tweet from Microsoft Windows (MSWindows) Microsoft Windows (MSWindows):
Choosing an Appropriate User State Virtualization Solution (via the Springboard Series Blog) http://cot.ag/aRxRu9 ^KH

http://twitter.com/MSWindows/status/13923890503

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Blog Archive: Windows Scripting Tutorial

I actually posted this on another class blog sorry for the delay.

http://intro2exchange.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/windows-scripting-tutorial-part-1-of-10/

Why Ubuntu excites me more than Windows or Macintosh – Times Online #introS2K3

Here’s a post from a Tech writer who gives you his reasons for switching to Linux from Windows. Interesting perspective, and it also offers a nice little history on the modern OS from the end-user POV.

You know that thing that happens on your computer, when you are using Windows? When you ask it to do something, and it thinks about it, and then it keeps thinking, and then you go off and make a cup of tea, and it’s still thinking, and you want to headbutt the wall, again and again, until gets all smeared and red and bloody and bits of your brain are raining down on to your shoes? Yes? Well, there’s a way to stop that happening. Stop using Windows. Use Ubuntu instead.

Why Ubuntu excites me more than Windows or Macintosh – Times Online.

Could Virtualized Servers Present Security Holes? #introSK3

We’ve been hearing for some time now that virtualization is the way of the future. Virtualization, however,  potentially presents certain security risks for IT professionals whose job it is to manage and secure an organizations infrastructure. Read the article in the link below and be prepared to discuss the pros and cons of relying on virtualized infrastructure vs physical infrastructure.

http://campustechnology.com/articles/2010/05/11/could-virtualized-servers-present-security-holes.aspx

Black Hats Plan to Move Forward with Banned ATM Vulnerability Demo @ Black Hat Security Conference #intros2k3

The Black Hats are a consortium of security experts whose main goal is to promote better security practices by showing the vulnerabilities in systems. This year’s conference has an ATM vulnerability demo scheduled that is drawing some fire. Read on for the Full Story.

http://www.feedzilla.com/r/3BACB8615B34340FEA54A67E3EBF693051EDB335

Creating User Accounts in Active Directory: Video Tutorial

DCPROMO Tutorial

In lab on Monday we’ll be bringing up new DCs in a virtual environment.
http://www.visualwin.com/AD-Controller/

Windows Tools: Barracuda Firewall Wins Readers Choice Award #intro2K3SRV

http://www.WindowsNetworking.com/news/WindowsNetworking-Readers-Choice-Award-Anti-Spam-Hardware-Barracuda-Spam-Firewall-Mar10.html