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Just sitting playing around with ntdsutil and the possibility to change the directory service restore mode password. This is a feature that most companies forget, or are not aware of. If you dont know the password for the domain controllers you cant restore the Active Directory database, remember that domain controllers don't have local user database?. So the password you typed in during domain controller setup "dcpromo" are important, but easy to forget. Lots of times it's not documented and different on all dc's You had to use a tool called "Ntdsutil", an important tool for Directory Services administration, to change password after the first setup of "Dcpromo". Luckily you could run the command from just one of the domain controllers and change it on each any every domain controller by using a line of parameters Scripting have been the way of doing it automaticly, you had the choices of making an advanced script to collect dc server names

Of course, and this tuesday I am just going to ramble about it. http://mtug.no/Forside/tabid/58/ModuleID/416/ItemID/80/mctl/EventDetails/language/nb-NO/Default.aspx Holding a norwegian presentation about feature and stuff that could optimize you Windows Server experience. Don't understand norwegian?. Thats strange!!!!, every norwegian person start to learn english when they are 8-9 years, so I just asummed that every english speaking country learned norwegian at the same time ;-) Give me a sound if its worth doing a english version webcast or something

There are few applications with more log files then Sccm 2007, and remember all of them and what they do might se imposible. But thats the great thing with internet, somebody have of course been think about this and posted info for us to use already. This time its Micosofts Technet site who have given us this page: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb892800.aspx :-)

Holding a Microsoft Sccm course next week and this is just some notes about stuff thats nice to know but easy to forget: Some important abbreviations: MP – Management Point DP – Distribution Point RP – Reporting Point BDP – Branch Distribution Point DDR - Data Discovery Record FSP – Fallback Status Point SMP – State Migration Point SUP – Software Updateing Point SLP – Server Locator Point PSP – PXE Service Point SHV – System Health Validator IBCM - Internet Client Based Management (Native mode) Link to a Glossary: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff977081.aspx Link to the Infrastructure planning and design guides for System Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/solutionaccelerators/ee395430 Link to some super flowcharts to help in the processes like deployment of clients, backup, etc.: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff385001.aspx Link to Quizzes about SCCM: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh180876.aspx Link to documentation l