August 2005 - Posts

• Windows Server 2003 SP1 upgrade and SMS

  Here is an updated article that has information about when upgrading your SMS site server to w2k3 sp1 http://myitforum.techtarget.com/articles/8/view.asp?id=8753 Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Sponso Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 31, 2005 2:02 PM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• How to load balance a Web server farm by using one SSL certificate in Internet Information Services version 6.0 and in Internet Information Services 5.0

  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313299 This article is the ONE I was looking for. It has every scenerio possible step by step from Microsoft. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 30, 2005 10:09 PM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• Deploying Windows Server 2003 SP1 with SMS

  This document provides detailed steps on how to prepare Windows Server 2003 SP1 files for deployment, create queries to identify SMS clients ready for the Windows Server 2003 SP1 upgrade, deploy the Windows Server 2003 SP1 upgrade to your SMS clients, Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 30, 2005 12:01 AM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• Handy command to add domain users to local machine groups

  I was trying to remember the syntax to add a domain user to a local machine group without using the GUI tool. If your domain has a lot of users it can take a while to find the user. Here is the syntax to add without having to use the GUI. Open a command Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 3:01 PM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• Web Application Stress tool links

  I was doing some stress testing of a new web-farm and need to become familiar with WAS (web application stress tool) by Microsoft. HEre are some useful links. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/itsolutions/intranet/downloads/webtutor.mspx http://www.west-wind.com/presentations/webstress/webstress.htm Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:49 PM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• How to protect your Connection string using custom Encryption/Decryption method

  This is an updated article describing a solution I use to help encrypt my connection string and other secure variables stored in a web.config. This adds an additional layer of security especially if you deploy your application in a shared server environment. Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:21 AM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• Sharepoint Portal 2003 Migration from one machine to another in a different domain

  This is my story about a Sharepoint migration I recently was involved with in moving from one machine to another. Hopefully my post can provide a couple of tips/tricks for those who are tasked with performing such a feat. At a 10,000 foot level, the migration Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:01 PM by owsteve | 1 Comments

• Secure FTP products links.

  I recently saw a thread on the Microsoft.public.inetserver.iis.ftp about Secure FTP 3rd party products and thought I would post the links. I've heard the R2 version of Windows 2003 will have this capability. I have no facts to this just through the rumor Read More... Posted Sunday, August 14, 2005 7:59 PM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• Adding groups to Active Directory

  here is a reference of the static parameter types (think that is the correct term) for which values to use to create an Active Directory group. Pretty easy, huh? Well, OK, maybe not. The preceding script works just fine, but it reports back a group type Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:22 AM by owsteve | 0 Comments

• SQL Enterprise manager and ISA Server 2000/2004 how-to's

  How to configure ISA Server 2004 and SQL Server Enterprise Manager to connect Enterprise Manager through ISA to a Microsoft SQL server http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837740 How To Configure ISA Server 2000 and Enterprise Manager Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 02, 2005 9:29 AM by owsteve | 0 Comments