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By Adam Bell | September 16, 2008
Have you ever had one of those moments in IT, when you discover a tool, and a light bulb goes on inside your head, and you say to yourself “I’ve needed this for ages! This really fixes issue X”?
I’ve had that a few times (maybe I need to get out more?), and one of those times was a few years ago with a tool from Microsoft, named as only MS can: Windows Server 2003 Access Based Enumeration or ABE. I took it for granted that everyone knew about this great tool, and was using it. That was until I suggested to a client that it may help his corporate share restructering project, and he looked at me blankly. In fact the more people I’ve mentioned this to, the more blank looks I’ve got. So, if you’ve not heard of it you’re probably asking what the damned thing does?
ABE, is a very small download from Microsoft, that provides a piece of functionality everyone has been wishing for since, well NT4 in my case. Basically when you have a user connect to a shared folder, and they are browsing within that folder structure, if they don’t have permission to a folder/file then they just don’t see it. Gone are the previous issues of getting access denied messages, followed by helpdesk calls to clarify if they should be allowed in to Folder Y. Great huh?
As part of installing ABEUI.msiyou have the following options:
Configuration choice during installation
Post installation changes can be made through CLI using abecmd.exe or through a tab on the share’s property dialog:
Options for configuration ABE on the Property sheet of the share folder
Acess Based Enumeration requires Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1. It’s not required on Windows Server 2008, because the behaviour is already included, but is not configurable. Finally 
Topics: Windows Server 2003 | 2 Comments »
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - Video Walkthrough
By Adam Bell | August 16, 2008
There’s a pretty good video walk through available on Technet by Microsoft’s Richard Smith.
It runs for 30 mins, and provides a very good example of setting up a simple lite touch install in MDT. Well worth a look if you’re new to this tool!
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It’s alive …
By Adam Bell | August 15, 2008
Yes, despite something of a hiatus, there is still life here
The move back to Australia, organising work, home and everything else associated with relocating 15,000 miles (again) caused more interruption than I originally imagined.
Now that everything is settled, and back to relative normality, you can expect to start seeing more activity from this small niche of the blogsphere.
Topics: Administrativia | No Comments »
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