Category Archives: Review

Steer Clear of Jabba Communications

So, here I sit. The wife and I thought it waould be fun to get away for a few days, and spend it in the shadow of Mt Baker. We’re staying at a very nice RV campground in the Grizz. It’s been a beautiful day, and we had a great dinner at the diner down the road. Roasted… Read More »

Zohno Z-Hire

Z-Hire from Zohno helps you to reduce the time and steps needed during the onboarding of new employees by allowing  you to set up templates for user accounts. These templates can then be used to create not just an Active Directory account, but also an Exchange mailbox, Lync account, and even a Salesforce account.

Adaxes

Softerra Adaxes aims to be comprehensive solution for management, administration and monitoring of Active Directory. Does it measure up? You be the judge.

Active Directory Explorer

This handy little tool was developed by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell, and is part of the most execellent SysInternals tool set.  It is more than just a simple viewer tool, though.

AD Bulk Users 5

Need to bulk import users into Active Directory? Need to make bulk changes to existing Active Directory users? AD Bulk Users makes importing and modifying large numbers of users easy. Import users in bulk from CSV, Excel, ODBC, SQL, Oracle etc.

Living with the Surface

About one month ago, I became the proud owner of a Microsoft Surface RT. So far, I’m loving it. This seems to be contrary to the thoughts of the majority of folks in IT, but hey, I’ve always been a bit different. Having got rid of my iPad some time ago, I’ve been lugging around my Dell 6410… Read More »

Three Windows Command Prompt Replacements

I’ve been using the trusty command prompt in Windows, well, forever. Having started my life in IT as a DOS keyboard jockey, it’s been a part of my life that just won’t go away. Lately though, I’ve been looking to teach my command prompt some new tricks. Things like multi-tab interface, easier copy/paste within the window, things of… Read More »