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** We have some prizes to give away at the April meetings **

Meeting schedule:

·         3rd Tuesday evening each month in Denver

·         Following evening in Colorado Springs

RMWTUG April 2009 meeting topics and agenda

·         Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services by Sean McNeill

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·         Optional: After-meeting gatherings

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April 2009

Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services by Sean McNeill

With the introduction of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft has made changes to Active Directory, including a longer name, Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).  What is new in 2008 AD DS? This presentation will highlight the new features and functionality of running AD DS with Windows Server 2008 domain controllers. Changes include: 

·         Read Only Domain Controller (RODC)

·         Fine Grain Password Policies

·         Restartable AD DS

·         DFS-R for Sysvol Replication

·         Security/Auditing Improvements

·         DNS Changes

Sean is a Senior Infrastructure Consultant with Statera, www.statera.com. His primary areas of expertise are Windows Server, Microsoft Active Directory, DNS, Exchange 2007, PowerShell and virtualization with Hyper-V. Sean has done numerous Microsoft Infrastructure assessments, Active Directory domain consolidations and migrations and Exchange 200x to Exchange 2007 migrations. Clients that Sean has worked with range from small 50 seat organizations to large companies with over 10,000 seats worldwide. Sean currently holds a MCITP for Enterprise Messaging Administrator and MCTS for Windows Server 2008 Active Directory: Configuration and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: Configuration.

About Statera:

Statera is a business and technology services and solutions provider that helps companies large and small optimize organizational performance by mapping strategic goals and objectives to IT initiatives. Our strategic technology solutions provide powerful insight into your organization, help you solve mission-critical problems and drive performance across the enterprise.
At Statera, our goal is to create efficiencies and balance between your people, processes and technology by facilitating collaboration, and leveraging best practices to improve existing IT investments. We provide the necessary insight and governing power for you to strategically manage and deliver on executive direction.
By utilizing the Business Value Framework and proprietary Balance methodology, our team of experts consistently delivers innovative, Business Value First technology solutions that enable you to reach your goals.

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