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CionSystems named Startup of the Day by Microsoft

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CionSystems has been selected as a 2009 Microsoft Startup of the Day. The company was chosen out of an international field of startups as delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology.  Building affordable and secure Active Directory management applications for the Windows infrastructure has been the focus from the beginning. “We are honored and excited to be recognized by Microsoft. We see this as a great opportunity to showcase our company, products, and an excellent validation of our approach and hard work. As a pioneering technology company, Microsoft knows what it takes to be a successful in the marketplace,” said Zubair Ansari, CTO. CionSystems is a Gold-level member of the Microsoft Partner Program.

Server 2008 Backup

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Recently, someone asked about that Windows Server 2008 Backup feature and I wanted to include a quick note about it on the blog as well.
The Windows Server 2008 Backup feature can be installed separately, and has a couple of subsets- Windows Server Backup and Command-line Tools. Through the helpful interface you can run your scheduled backups, but there are some changes worth noting:
-only direct attached storage (disks) with NTFS formatted volumes can be backed up
-you can only select to do a backup for an entire disk volume (even if you choose the Custom backup type). Yeah, it’s an all-or-nothing type of deal
-you can’t pick individual files, folders or Windows system state for backup
-you need to have a different location for your target backup
-you can no longer perform a backup to tape
Windows Server 2008 Backup has many new features and Microsoft does a good job of outlining them in the on-line help- check it out for more on this topic.

Failed to access IIS metabase

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When setting up the Active Directory Manager, some people may encounter issues related to the IIS setup.
The possible cause: When you install IIS AFTER .NET 2.0 framework, the rights of the ASPNET user had not been set correctly.
Suggested resolution: Repair (Uninstall if repair does not work for you) .NET Framework 2.0
You can run the following from the command line to reset the IIS registry settings for aspnet user. In most cases, framework directory for .Net Framework 2.0 resides under C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727


Microsoft KB Resources
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