End of support for Server 2003 and SQL 2005 – wow!

http://support2.microsoft.com/lifecycle/default.aspx

Reset your Lost 2003 Active Directory Admin Password

Good Reading ...
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/12/how-to-reset-your-lost-2003-active-directory-admin-password/

http://www.petri.co.il/reset_domain_admin_password_in_windows_server_2003_ad.htm

What is the difference between 2003 2008 2008 R2 server?

The differences are big, remember that if you are running vista then 2008 is ok, if you are running windows 7 you need to upgrade to 2008 R2 to get all the features.

 Differences from 2003 to 2008 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=173E6E9B-4D3E-4FD4-A2CF-73684FA46B60&displaylang=en


Differences between 2008 2008 r2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/r2-compare-features.aspx

Course 5118B: Supporting Windows Vista and Applications in the Enterprise

Online Live
Eval http://www.metricsthatmatter.com/cincy12nh

Vista Features and Compare Editions
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/compare-editions/default.aspx

Vista Security
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/security-center.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc507844.aspx

MAP
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=67240b76-3148-4e49-943d-4d9ea7f77730&displaylang=en

Easy Transfer for XP
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2B6F1631-973A-45C7-A4EC-4928FA173266&displaylang=en

User state migration
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc507855.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd883247(WS.10).aspx
 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749015(WS.10).aspx
 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766226(WS.10).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722032(WS.10).aspx

Sysprep
 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766049(WS.10).aspx
 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721973(WS.10).aspx

Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) responder for XP sp2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4F01A31D-EE46-481E-BA11-37F485FA34EA&displaylang=en

Vista Security Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A3D1BBED-7F35-4E72-BFB5-B84A526C1565&displaylang=en

Change GPO refresh interval
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc757597(WS.10).aspx
http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Controlling-Group-Policy-Security-Settings-Refresh-Application.html

Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows and Windows Server
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=18c90c80-8b0a-4906-a4f5-ff24cc2030fb&displaylang=en

2003 and vista gpo issues
 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversecurity/thread/0a9124d8-6c91-442d-8564-cb92164386d0

Managing Group Policy ADMX Files Step-by-Step Guide:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/02633470-396c-4e34-971a-0c5b090dc4fd1033.mspx?mfr=true

ADMX Schema:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373476(VS.85).aspx

ADMX Technology Review:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/library/ef346453-eee8-4abe-ba6c-2160fee3be46.mspx

ADMX Migrator (this tool is used for converting existing Group Policy ADM Templates to the new ADMX format):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0F1EEC3D-10C4-4B5F-9625-97C2F731090C&displaylang=en

Process Explorer and other great tools at sysinternals
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

Virtual Tools
http://www.virtualbox.org/
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732470(WS.10).aspx

VHD
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb738372.aspx