As you probably know Microsoft releases set of DST patches for their systems every year at December . To avoid DST calendar issues  make sure to install/deploy the following updates to entire organization. Microsoft Windows Server and Windows XP/Vista Clients : KB 955839 Microsoft Exchange Server and outlook 2000/2003/2007 Clients:KB 941018 make sure to read MS DST Blog The country that was skipped in MS  Day Light Saving update are Argentina/Brazil and Chile. Daylight saving time begins: Read more

Recently I installed 2 2008 terminal servers , and when I started configuring them I realized that I can't use lot of new features that are available only via 2008 Group Policy . The network was 2003 , and adding or upgrading current DC to 2008 domain controller rises project costs ( 2008 CAL's for entire domain ) I had to look for other solution . Since windows 2008 GPO templates changed their format from ADM to ADMX I couldn't import windows 2008 templates to windows 2003 DC. So here how you Read more

BASIC 01 What is Exchange 2003 Forestprep? Exchange 2003 Forestprep extends the AD schema to include Exchange specific information. 02 What is Exchange 2003 Domainprep? Exchange 2003 Domainprep creates the groups and permissions necessary for Exchange servers to read and modify user attributes. 03 What is a DC? A DC is a Windows 2000 or 2003 Domain Controller that holds active directory partitions for a domain (used for things like user authentication). 04 What is a GC? A GC is a Global Read more