On a number of occasions in the past few weeks, I’ve found myself wishing there was an easy way to search a machine’s event log for events that matched a string in the description. I’ve primarily wanted such a utility while troubleshooting SCOM management packs, where I wanted to be able to filter for events [...]
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It seems like a favorite request of auditors is one for lists of all members of a set of local or domain groups that are associated with a resource that is being audited, and these requests typically stipulate that all members of nested groups must be listed as well (i.e. full recursion). I used to [...]
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Firstly, the name. The Microsoft Operations Framework (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc539262.aspx) defines the Operating Quadrant as including “IT operating standards, processes, and procedures that are regularly applied to service solutions to achieve and maintain service levels within predetermined parameters.” The Service Management Functions included within the Operating Quadrant are: System Administration Security Administration Directory Services Administration Network Administration [...]
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