10 ways to benchmark your Active Directory environment

Active Directory Services is the going standard for account provisioning, basic system management, and DNS authority in most environments. But having some accountability to determine what has changed over time can be a challenge. Here are some strategies for achieving accountability in your Active Directory environment. They’ll help supplement your existing strategies, give you an extra dimension for testing, and provide a strong set of data to determine what has changed when you’re troubleshooting issues.

10 ways to benchmark your Active Directory environment 

Microsoft Takes Step Toward Opening .NET 3.5 Framework

In a surprise move, Microsoft said today it is releasing the reference source code for the .NET Framework libraries, a key step toward opening up the proprietary development platform.

Developers will be able to review and debug .NET source code with Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. Released under the Microsoft Reference License, developers are able to view, but not modify or distribute, the reference source code.

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Microsoft Website Calls Longhorn “Windows Server 2008”

Microsoft may have slipped up Thursday afternoon and inadvertently posted the official name of its next server operating system, currently codenamed “Longhorn.”

In a list of links on the WinHEC Virtual Pressroom, the second item on the original list said “Windows Server 2008 reviewers[sic] guide”.

Clicking on the link brought up a page titled “Windows Server Code Name ‘Longhorn’ Beta 3 Reviewer’s Guide”; it made no reference to Windows Server 2008.

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