Windows OS

2007 seems to be the year of the Best Practice Analyzer. Exchange was the first that I am aware of, and ever since then, they have released more BPAs for other products.

This one has been needed for a long time because I've been called into fix many improperly configured SBS boxes in my day, dating back to SBS 2000. SBS servers only used for file and print services, but everything is installed and running? Yep, I've seen it.

Anyway, here is the description of the new SBS tool:
The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Best Practices Analyzer examines a server that is running Windows Small Business Server 2003 (Windows SBS) and presents a list of information and errors that administrators should review.

A great tool for any SBS'r.

The Terminal Services NAP client configuration command (Tsgqecclientconfig.cmd) helps configure Terminal Services clients as NAP enforcement clients for TS Gateway.

This command performs the following tasks to configure the Terminal Services client as a NAP enforcement client for TS Gateway:

1. Adds the TS Gateway server name that you specify to the list of trusted TS Gateway servers on the client.

2. Starts the Network Access Protection Agent service and sets the service startup type to Automatic.

3. Enables the TS Gateway Quarantine Enforcement client.

Note: You will need to rename the file from .txt to .cmd for it to work.