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MS released a new hotfix for Windows Server 2003 to address the ongoing issues surrounding the scalable networking pack feature added by SP2.  They are highly recommending that this update be applied to any server that will need to communicate with Vista or Windows Server 2008.
Read more about the update here and here.
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If you have ever had to change TCP/IP parameters on a set of client (or servers) in mass you usually have to do it one at a time, but what if you have 100+ clients that need changing?  Sure, there are tools out there and I know PowerShell and Vista/Server 2008 has some advanced GPO [...]

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Windows Client Springboard Series: Advanced Group Policy Derek Melber, author, IT Consultant and Microsoft MVP for Group Policy, discusses how to effectively use the new group policy objects in Windows Vista to improve manageability and strengthen security.
Click here to download…

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Announced on the OpsMgr team blog…
"OpsMgr 2007 SP1 and SCE 2007 SP1 have recently announced support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 in knowledge base article 953141. Along with the release of this support statement, the first batch of management packs that provide monitoring for the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Operating System have been released to [...]

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Finally…
http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/03/25/remote-server-administration-tools-released-for-windows-vista-sp1-hurray.aspx

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Read the post from the Windows Security team to get some information on the new guide…
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc264463.aspx

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The MS Exchange team released part 2 of their Exchange 2007 and Windows server 2008 series.  Here is an excerpt I found interesting.  It sums up the key benefits that you’ll see when deploying Exchange 2007 on a Windows server 2008 platform.
"Windows Server 2008 includes a number of improvements and enhancements that can directly benefit [...]

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Most of you are asking why would you want to do this?  Well I already know a handful of IT Pros out there are running Server 2008 as their desktop OS.  So the idea of enabling this service seems more interesting.
Never one to reinvent the wheel, Aaron has a good post that explains the process [...]

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Brief Description
The GPOAccelerator creates all the Group Policy objects (GPOs) that you need to deploy recommended security settings for your environment to save you hours of work that you would otherwise need to configure these settings. This Solution Accelerator includes guidance to assist you with this tool.
Overview
The download for GPOAccelerator includes the following components:

GPOAccelerator. The [...]

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Overview
Multiple Group Policy Preferences have been added to the Windows Server 2008 Group Policy Management Console (which are also available through the Remote Server Administration Toolset (RSAT) for Windows Vista SP1). Group Policy Preferences enable information technology professionals to configure, deploy, and manage operating system and application settings they previously were not able to manage [...]

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