Tutorials

Tutorials

• Securing Windows domain controllers

  Domain controllers control the keys to your Windows kingdom. They need to be even more secure than your other servers. Ensure their security by following these steps from Active Directory expert Derek Melber.  Continue Reading

• Phishing exposed -- 10 tips in 10 minutes

  A must read for programmers and administrators responsible for system security, this collection of 10 tips from Phishing Exposed, by Lance James, will teach you how to prepare for and defend against phishers and spammers. You'll learn tricks ...  Continue Reading

• Step 4: Location and desponsibilities of domain dontrollers in Active Directory

  Domain controllers control the keys to your Windows kingdom. They need to be even more secure than your other servers. Ensure their security by following these steps from Active Directory expert Derek Melber.  Continue Reading

• Step 3: Domain controller communications

  Domain controllers control the keys to your Windows kingdom. They need to be even more secure than your other servers. Ensure their security by following these steps from Active Directory expert Derek Melber.  Continue Reading

• Step 2: Network access

  Domain controllers control the keys to your Windows kingdom. They need to be even more secure than your other servers. Ensure their security by following these steps from Active Directory expert Derek Melber.  Continue Reading

• Tutorial: Exchange Server public folder permissions

  In this four-part tutorial, learn how to create a simple Exchange 2003 public folder tree structure, customize Exchange public folder roles and permissions, and automatically propagate Exchange parent public folder permission changes to all child ...  Continue Reading

• Step-by-Step Guide: How to repair Exchange-related IIS virtual directories

  Exchange Server depends on Internet Information Server (IIS) virtual directories for a number of functions related to Outlook Web Access, Outlook Mobile Access and ActiveSync. IIS virtual directories are generally stable, but can become corrupted by...  Continue Reading

• Learning Guide: Printer Management

  Printer management is a fact of life for network administrators. Browse our tips, articles and expert advice for the ins and outs of setting up, fine tuning and troubleshooting these persnickety peripherals.  Continue Reading

• Exchange Server Backup and Recovery Learning Guide

  In today's business world, e-mail is a mission-critical application for almost every company. With increased business continuance standards and compliance regulations, downtime or lost e-mail is no longer an option. This SearchExchange.com learning ...  Continue Reading

• Step 1: The "easy, but stupid" approach

  In the wrong hands IM and P2P file sharing can be too much of a risk for your organization. There are many ways to block this traffic, but some are more elegant -- with less adverse effects -- than others. Contributor Serdar Yegulalp details this ...  Continue Reading

• Step 3: The "block the nexus" approach: P2P

  In the wrong hands IM and P2P file sharing can be too much of a risk for your organization. There are many ways to block this traffic, but some are more elegant -- with less adverse effects -- than others. Contributor Serdar Yegulalp details this ...  Continue Reading

• Step 2: The "block the nexus" approach: IM

  In the wrong hands IM and P2P file sharing can be too much of a risk for your organization. There are many ways to block this traffic, but some are more elegant -- with less adverse effects -- than others. Contributor Serdar Yegulalp details this ...  Continue Reading

• Step 2: Create quarantined resources

  Windows Server 2003's Network Access Quarantine Control (NAQC) prevents remote users from connecting to your network with machines that aren't secure.  Continue Reading

• Step 6: Distribute the profile to remote users

  Windows Server 2003's Network Access Quarantine Control (NAQC) prevents remote users from connecting to your network with machines that aren't secure.  Continue Reading

• Step 4: Install the listening components

  Windows Server 2003's Network Access Quarantine Control (NAQC) prevents remote users from connecting to your network with machines that aren't secure.  Continue Reading