IT Infrastructure

Read Only Domain Controllers A new feature in Windows 2008 is a new type of domain controller the Read-Only Domain Controller known as RODCs. An RODC makes it possible for organizations to easily deploy a domain controller in scenarios where physical security cannot be guaranteed, such as branch office locations, or in scenarios where local storage of all domain passwords is considered a primary threat. The RODC also have copy of the Active Directory (AD) database, but the contents of the replica of the database on the domain controller is read-only and write operations are not supported. It is also important to know that the RODCs do not participate in Active Directory replication in the same way as writable domain controllers. The difference between RODC replication and the multimaster replication model between writable domain controllers is that RODC replication is unidirectional. This means all changes from a writable domain controller are propagated to the RODCs. The resu...

Microsoft Corp. unveiled its first new logo since 1987, as it prepares to introduce a range of new products, from a new version of Windows to the company’s own touch-screen devices. The logo includes the so-called Segoe font, which is used in Microsoft products and marketing materials, and four colored squares that are “intended to express the company’s diverse portfolio of products,” says Jeff Hansen General Manager of Brand Strategy at Microsoft. This is Microsoft's fifth logo since Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded the company 37 years ago in 1975. The new logo made its debut on Microsoft's websites, as well as three of its retail stores in Boston, Washington and Seattle. The previous Microsoft logo which has not been changed since 1987 (Image: Microsoft) ­The new look comes ahead of the release of the Windows 8 operating system, and the Surface tablet PC with an ARM Holdings chip on Oct. 26. The new device would be accompanied by ...