This expert e-guide from SearchWindowsServer.com offers advice for planning and designing an effective security strategy. Find out why it is important to also secure Group Policy settings and learn how managed service accounts boost server security in R2. 

This white paper examines how to configure an ASA to leverage AD for remote connectivity. Your users will appreciate the ability to connect in to your internal network to access programs and data with the same user name and password credentials as they do when they are in the office. VPN access via the public Internet is very secure and reliable. 

Managing 1-n cloud relationships and services across hybrid environments points to a brokered or intermediary model to solve integration/security complexity, aggregate services, & add new value. Join this webinar to learn how to prepare your organization for Cloud Service Brokerage. 

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Learn how you can overcome the challenges associated with effectively archiving information in today's data-intensive IT environments. Learn about different types of archiving strategies, discover an emerging method known as hierarchical storage management (HSM), receive a step-by-step guide for building a long-term, scalable data archive and more. 

Active Administrator™ is a comprehensive and proactive Active Directory management solution. Active Administrator provides four powerful integrated AD management features within one console, including centralized event auditing and reporting, back-up and recovery, Group Policy offline editing and rollback, and simplified delegation of AD rights. 

GroupLogic's activEcho is a secure Enterprise File Sharing and Syncing solution designed for corporate users. This video provides a high level overview of the problems enterprises face when considering file sharing and syncing solutions and how activEcho provides a solution that meets the needs of end users and IT. 

Native Windows tools alone can't protect your business from the many Active Directory (AD) disasters that can occur. Explore comprehensive AD recovery solutions that can help your business recover quickly from disasters ranging from lost AD objects to widespread corruption. 

Learn about the latest security enhancements of active directory and group policy for SMBs, including traditional Group Policy, Group Policy Preferences, AppLocker, BitLocker and more. 

The robust resilience of virtual machines (VM) makes them ideal to CIOs as a business continuity platforms. But a highly flexible active-active host infrastructure for VMs does not solve any of the knotty issues surrounding the failure of a VM. Cost-effective solutions continue to be found in classic backup and restore strategies. 

In this presentation transcript, IT author Jonathan Hassell walks you through some of the key changes made to R2 in three key areas: Active Directory, Group Policy and Terminal Services.