In this howto I would imagine the backup options via Group Policy PowerShell. For this purpose there is in the PowerShell cmdlet backup Gpo.

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An important Article was the availability of a hotfix rollup for the official Microsoft TechNet Blog ”Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server” published:

An Enterprise hotfix rollup for Windows 7 SP1 und Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 has been released, that 90-fixes after the release of Service Pack 1 were published, contains. This update improves the performance and reliability of Windows 7 SP1 und Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based computers. Microsoft recommends that customers of this hotfix rollup as part of their regular maintenance update for Windows 7 und Windows Server 2008 Apply R2 machine.

This hotfix rollup includes the following enhancements:

• Improves Windows Client Remote File System components.
• Enhances SMB service and TCP protocol components.
• Improves the processing of Group Policy and Group Policy Preferences.
• Improves Windows Management Instrumentation (Windows Management Instrumentation, WMI) Components, reduce the CPU load and to improve the performance verification repository.

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Der Small Business Server 2011 Standard von Microsoft hat SharePoint Foundation 2010 already installed. It monitors the SharePoint Foundation 2010 Central Administration regularly all functions through a Integrity Analysis. If errors are detected, among these “Central Administration > Problems and Solutions Check > All reports” displayed.

Here with me is the message “The free space on your drives is possibly. running out” been logged.

When you open the details of the error message, the following data is listed:

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In this howto I would like to, how to access a Microsoft Office 2010 Package (Standard, Professional) controls, that on a Remote Desktop Server (Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Standard) installed. According to Microsoft must be ensured BestPractice, that the number of users to access the installed Office applications do not exceed the number of licenses purchased.

This howto is based on the products of Alan Burchill von grouppolicycentral on.

Many have stopped in the respective application, the inheritance of permissions, removes the user read and execute permissions and then added a security group with Read and Execute permissions. This in turn contains the user, should have access to the applications. I would not pursue this approach further, he can prepare for new updates and script problems. Also gives the disadvantage, that the hand-to changed permissions need to be made at multiple remote desktop servers several times.

Now we come to the more elegant solution: AppLocker! This feature in Group Policy allows access of executable applications (EXE, COM), Windows Installer files (MSI,MSP, MST), Scripts (PS1, BAT, CMD, VBS, JS) and new for Windows 8 Enterprise also Modern Apps (APPX) to control.

Now, the conditions for AppLocker affect the target operating system: Higher than Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. Detailed information about AppLocker can be found in the help in the appropriate group policy and in the TechNet Library.

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