User MDMarra

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What are the different widely used RAID levels and when should I consider them?

asked Dec 8, 2011 at 19:40

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What is Active Directory Domain Services and how does it work?

asked Jun 27, 2012 at 3:47

46 votes

3 answers

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What should the order of DNS servers be for an AD Domain Controller and Why?

asked Jun 1, 2012 at 17:14

32 votes

3 answers

39k views

What is Group Policy and how does it work?

asked Jul 10, 2012 at 2:26

29 votes

3 answers

42k views

How are cached Windows credentials stored on the local machine?

asked Dec 3, 2012 at 15:32

25 votes

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What should I name my Active Directory? [duplicate]

asked Jan 29, 2013 at 16:18

25 votes

1 answer

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How is DNS related to Active Directory and what are some common configurations that I should be aware of?

asked Oct 23, 2012 at 2:52

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7 answers

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Why don't more organizations use inside-to-inside NAT or similar solutions to allow NAT hairpins?

asked May 17, 2013 at 12:14

17 votes

8 answers

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Using Y power cables in a datacenter

asked Jan 7, 2013 at 15:18

17 votes

2 answers

10k views

Uninstall legacy versions of Office when deploying Office 365 Pro Plus

asked Jul 14, 2014 at 15:31

16 votes

3 answers

5k views

Is there reserved OID space for internal enterprise CAs?

asked Nov 7, 2013 at 20:16

16 votes

2 answers

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How to properly remove lingering objects when -strict has been set on a large number of DCs for a long time?

asked Aug 8, 2013 at 14:23

15 votes

2 answers

19k views

Mixing disks of different sizes in a Storage Spaces pool

asked Apr 15, 2016 at 0:56

11 votes

4 answers

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Office 2010 silent activation after unattended installation

asked Jun 7, 2010 at 15:31

10 votes

4 answers

9k views

Send Nagios data to central monitoring server

asked Jul 15, 2010 at 19:50

10 votes

4 answers

18k views

How do I find orphaned computer objects in Active Directory using PowerShell?

asked Aug 9, 2012 at 12:45

10 votes

1 answer

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Configuration for a two machine ESXi cluster using VSA to present local storage to VMs

asked Apr 12, 2012 at 14:59

10 votes

3 answers

5k views

Detecting AD Site options using PowerShell

asked Oct 2, 2013 at 2:09

10 votes

2 answers

19k views

Best practice for decommissioning a Domain Controller that is also a DNS server?

asked Sep 7, 2013 at 11:08

10 votes

1 answer

997 views

In a multi-domain forest, what EXACTLY happens when some, but not all, of the Infrastructure Masters are on Global Catalogs?

asked Dec 12, 2012 at 14:08

9 votes

2 answers

11k views

How can I compare installed hotfixes between two Windows servers using PowerShell?

asked Nov 13, 2012 at 16:51

9 votes

2 answers

4k views

What the heck is going on with this AD filter in PowerShell?

asked Jan 10, 2013 at 17:16

9 votes

1 answer

359 views

Can you granularly control what comes over the SCOM CI connector in SCSM 2012?

asked Sep 2, 2013 at 20:41

7 votes

4 answers

17k views

Best practices for pagefile on an Exchange server with a large amount of RAM?

asked Feb 13, 2013 at 13:53

7 votes

1 answer

3k views

Evaluating current ACEs on NTFS ACLs with PowerShell

asked Apr 16, 2014 at 14:42

7 votes

1 answer

3k views

Cannot register new System Center 2012 Service Manager Data Warehouse after Service Manager database move

asked Dec 20, 2013 at 16:38

7 votes

1 answer

17k views

Third Party Wildcard Certificates for use with Microsoft NPS / RADIUS / PEAP

asked Oct 5, 2011 at 20:15

7 votes

2 answers

2k views

How to present shared storage for MS Cluster Services running on vSphere 5

asked Mar 28, 2012 at 14:18

7 votes

2 answers

12k views

Danger of Scavenging Stale Resource Records In _msdcs Zone?

asked Sep 12, 2011 at 20:13

7 votes

3 answers

3k views

What is the use-case for NAS on a mid-to-high end storage array?

asked Aug 21, 2012 at 13:16

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What are the different widely used RAID levels and when should I consider them?

What is Active Directory Domain Services and how does it work?

What should the order of DNS servers be for an AD Domain Controller and Why?

What is Group Policy and how does it work?

How are cached Windows credentials stored on the local machine?

What should I name my Active Directory? [duplicate]

How is DNS related to Active Directory and what are some common configurations that I should be aware of?

Why don't more organizations use inside-to-inside NAT or similar solutions to allow NAT hairpins?

Using Y power cables in a datacenter

Uninstall legacy versions of Office when deploying Office 365 Pro Plus

Is there reserved OID space for internal enterprise CAs?

How to properly remove lingering objects when -strict has been set on a large number of DCs for a long time?

Mixing disks of different sizes in a Storage Spaces pool

Office 2010 silent activation after unattended installation

Send Nagios data to central monitoring server

How do I find orphaned computer objects in Active Directory using PowerShell?

Configuration for a two machine ESXi cluster using VSA to present local storage to VMs

Detecting AD Site options using PowerShell

Best practice for decommissioning a Domain Controller that is also a DNS server?

In a multi-domain forest, what EXACTLY happens when some, but not all, of the Infrastructure Masters are on Global Catalogs?

How can I compare installed hotfixes between two Windows servers using PowerShell?

What the heck is going on with this AD filter in PowerShell?

Can you granularly control what comes over the SCOM CI connector in SCSM 2012?

Best practices for pagefile on an Exchange server with a large amount of RAM?

Evaluating current ACEs on NTFS ACLs with PowerShell

Cannot register new System Center 2012 Service Manager Data Warehouse after Service Manager database move

Third Party Wildcard Certificates for use with Microsoft NPS / RADIUS / PEAP

How to present shared storage for MS Cluster Services running on vSphere 5

Danger of Scavenging Stale Resource Records In _msdcs Zone?

What is the use-case for NAS on a mid-to-high end storage array?