Using AdRestore to recover Tombstone items

What is a Tombstone? Well, when we delete an object in the Active Directory it is not deleted directly, if not, the attribute 'isDeleted' is checked’ as 'True’ and is hidden from the normal view of AD consoles in addition to moving to the 'Deleted Objets' container. Eye, almost all but the most important attributes like GUID and SID are deleted. These objects remain in the Active Directory as Tombstone's until after 90 days, once this time has elapsed they are eliminated by the 'Garbage collector'. What is the Garbage Collector? It is a process that runs the Active Directory by default every 12 hours, although this parameter is modifiable in the attribute 'garbageCollPeriod'’ in the configuration object (NTDS). This, apart from removing the Tombstone's, also defragments the Active Directory. All of this comes in handy when using the Sysinternals AdRestore tool, since this utility allows us to […]

SQL Server Scheduled Database Backup 2005

Let's perform a scheduled backup of a SQL Server Database 2005 if you do not have any centralized backup system. We must keep in mind that this system is not going to replace the backups that are constantly being generated, therefore we have to look at or look for a solution so that it does not increase too much and fill up the disk.

Use of MADTD – Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer

Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer or MADTD is a great program, that will help us to get Visio format schemes on the topology of our Active Directory. It will take us a vsd drawing with the data from: Domains, Ous, Sites, Exchange, Applications, Servers… To do this,, we download the application from the Microsoft website (HTTP://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cb42fc06-50c7-47ed-a65c-86266174276).

Installation, Configuring and Managing Windows Server Update Services 3.0

This document describes in detail the process of installing the Microsoft Update Server for Microsoft products, We will see the installation options that we have and then we will see how to distribute these updates in the positions that interest us. The main function of the WSUS 3.0 is to be the update server for all Microsoft products, he would be responsible for downloading the updates to distribute them through our Windows-based operating systems or to our SQL Server products, Exchange Server, Office… Best of all, it's a free product, Much less!

Installing Windows Multilingual

If we have a server installed or are going to install it with the Windows version MULTILINGUAL, by default it will install it in English, This procedure explains how to install the “Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack ” on the server so that our OS. be it in the language we are interested in (In my case to Spanish). The steps are very simple, first we will install it as normal with the English CDs and then, when you have already installed Windows and updated, we can install the package that will translate it for us.

Microsoft PowerShell on Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows 2008

Windows PowerShell is a new Windows command-line shell that is purpose-built for system administrators. The shell includes an interactive command prompt and scripting environment that can be used independently or together. This shell already comes by default in Windows Server Vista, Windows Server 2008 and logically in the Windows Server edition 2008 Core. But if we want we can also install it on Windows 2003 or Windows XP SP2 If we want information about all the possible commands with Power Shell, it is best to enter the official website and download all the manuals, there are in Spanish: HTTP://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/powershell.mspx If we want to download Power Shell for XP or 2003, We can do it from this website: HTTP://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/download.mspx being able to choose the x86 or x64 platform we have.