Stuff I found helpful (part 1)

FattyAcid

I recently passed all the tests for MCITP: EA and MCITP: SA. I thought I would share of the Windows Server Technical Library, Microsoft Knowledge Base, etc. and other various Internet sites I found helpful in studying for these tests and generally helpful for my job as a AD administrator. Some of this is 2008-specific, some of it is not.

If people indicate this is useful, there will be several more parts.

Windows 2003: Moving the AD database and log files to a local drive
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/550e5cf9-07c2-4bda-9c05-f1dcccc0f0761033.mspx?mfr=true

Reset Disaster Recovery Mode Password
http://thelazyadmin.com/blogs/thelazyadmin/archive/2006/03/24/Reset-Disaster-Recovery-Mode-Password.aspx

Nice Examples of UPN vs. down-level name
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243280/

Add UPN suffixes to a forest
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243629/

Best Practices for SYSVOL
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324175

SYSVOL Migration
http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/2008/02/08/sysvol-migration-series-part-1-introduction-to-the-sysvol-migration-process.aspx

How to view and transfer FSMO roles in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324801

Using Ntdsutil.exe to transfer or seize FSMO roles to a domain controller
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255504

Appendix of Domain/Forest Functional Levels
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/34678199-98f1-465f-9156-c600f723b31f1033.mspx?mfr=true

Determining the Site Link Replication Interval
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/4c9a255a-80bd-4fa5-bcc3-7019ab387faf1033.mspx?mfr=true

DNS Conditional Forwarding in Windows Server 2003
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/DNS_Conditional_Forwarding_in_Windows_Server_2003.html

Step-by-Step Guide for Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/ea8d253e-0646-490c-93d3-b78c5e1d9db71033.mspx?mfr=true

AD DS: Fine Grained Password Policies
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/056a73ef-5c9e-44d7-acc1-4f0bade6cd751033.mspx?mfr=true

How a slow link is detected for processing user profiles and Group Policy
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/227260

Default Behavior for Group Policy Extensions with Slow Link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/227369

Delegating Administration of Group Policy
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/a2d14869-d06a-44ea-abec-a5cc559351d71033.mspx?mfr=true

Windows & Active Directory Auditing
http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Windows-Active-Directory-Auditing.html

How DNS Support for Active Directory Works
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/9d62e91d-75c3-4a77-ae93-a8804e9ff2a11033.mspx?mfr=true

Create the default DNS application directory partitions
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/c2d2fcbd-c859-493e-a4fc-aef57a880db11033.mspx?mfr=true

How to configure DNS dynamic updates in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816592

Installing, Configuring, and Troubleshooting the Online Responder (Microsoft's OCSP Responder)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/045d2a97-1bff-43bd-8dea-f2df7e270e1f1033.mspx?mfr=true

Password Replication Policy (RODC)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/977fff54-0c7e-46cd-838b-1161aa09a46c1033.mspx?mfr=true

Enable Aging and Scavenging for DNS
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/7972082c-22a1-44fc-8e39-841f7327b6051033.mspx?mfr=true

Scenarios for Installing AD DS
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/708da9f7-aaad-4fa1-bccb-76ea8569da501033.mspx?mfr=true

Create a one-way, outgoing, shortcut trust for one side of the trust
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/9c6e4c87-576f-4c2b-a229-886204644d6c1033.mspx?mfr=true

Wbadmin
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/4b0b3f32-d21f-4861-84bb-b2eadbf1e7b81033.mspx?mfr=true

Creating Password Settings object
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/67dc7808-5fb4-42f8-8a48-7452f59672411033.mspx?mfr=true

Windows Server 2008 Auditing AD DS Changes Step-by-Step Guide
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/a9c25483-89e2-4202-881c-ea8e02b4b2a51033.mspx?mfr=true

dynamik

Cool. I'm eagerly awaiting the subsequent installments

Also, congratulations on your new 2008 designations