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<div class="card"><h2>What's New</h2><div class="pi"><h4><a href="/blogs/mark/archive/2008/08/28/mcs-talks-enterprise-architecture-infrastructure-architecture.aspx">MCS Talks: Enterprise Architecture</a></h4><div class="pm">by <a href="/members/markwilson.aspx">markwilson</a> on 08-28-2008</div><div class="pe">Microsoft is running a series of webcasts under MCS Talks covering infrastructure architecture, core infrastructure, messaging, security, and more.</div></div><div class="pi"><h4><a href="/blogs/mark/archive/2008/08/28/active-directory-uk-user-group.aspx">Active Directory UK user group</a></h4><div class="pm">by <a href="/members/markwilson.aspx">markwilson</a> on 08-28-2008</div><div class="pe">A new user group has started - the Active Directory UK user group (ADUG) - aiming to build a community of Active Directory users.</div></div><div class="pi"><h4><a href="/blogs/mark/archive/2008/08/20/outlook-cached-mode-is-not-available-on-a-server-with-terminal-services-enabled.aspx">Outlook cached mode is not available on a server with Terminal Services enabled</a></h4><div class="pm">by <a href="/members/markwilson.aspx">markwilson</a> on 08-20-2008</div><div class="pe">Offline store files and features that rely on them are disabled when running Outlook on a server with Terminal Services enabled.</div></div><div class="pi"><h4><a href="/blogs/mark/archive/2008/08/19/core-configurator-download-it-whist-you-can.aspx">Core Configurator - download it whist you can</a></h4><div class="pm">by <a href="/members/markwilson.aspx">markwilson</a> on 08-19-2008</div><div class="pe">Core Configurator is a utility by Guy Teverovsky that provides a GUI for configuring Windows Server Core installations.</div></div><div class="pi"><h4><a href="/forums/p/140/164.aspx#164">Re: What&#x27;s better for mapping drives, batch files or VBScript?</a></h4><div class="pm">by <a href="/members/pagy.aspx">pagy</a> on 08-19-2008</div><div class="pe">I prefer vbscript for mapping drives. See: <a href="http://tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=5798">tek-tips VBScript FAQ</a></div></div></div><div class="card"><h2>Site Resources</h2><ul style="list-style:none;padding:0;font-size:14px"><li style="margin-bottom:4px"><a href="http://communityserver.org/r.ashx?3">Community Server Resources</a></li><li style="margin-bottom:4px"><a href="https://winserverteam.org.uk/utility/images/cs-home-weblink.gif">Community Weblink Icon</a></li><li style="margin-bottom:4px"><a href="https://winserverteam.org.uk/sitefiles/1000/ADForestry.jpg">AD Forestry Book Cover</a></li><li style="margin-bottom:4px"><a href="https://winserverteam.org.uk/sitefiles/1000/ProtectNet.jpg">Protect Network Book Cover</a></li><li style="margin-bottom:4px"><a href="https://winserverteam.org.uk/sitefiles/1000/PSInAction.jpg">PowerShell Book Cover</a></li><li style="margin-bottom:4px"><a href="https://winserverteam.org.uk/blogs/MainFeed.aspx">Main RSS Feed</a></li><li style="margin-bottom:4px"><a href="https://winserverteam.org.uk/forums/aggregaterss.aspx?Mode=0">Forums RSS Feed</a></li><li style="margin-bottom:4px"><a href="http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/feed/rss2/">Mark&#x27;s RSS Feed</a></li><li style="margin-bottom:4px"><a href="http://manchester.vbug.net/LocationList.aspx?id=1">Manchester Meeting Location</a></li></ul></div></main><aside class="sb"><div class="card"><h3>Future Meeting Plans</h3><p style="font-size:14px">We are looking at having a meeting in London in January to look at Hyper-V and Core Server. Check back in the New Year for more details.</p></div><div class="card"><h3>Communities</h3><div class="ci"><div class="ic"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M10 6H6a2 2 0 00-2 2v10a2 2 0 002 2h10a2 2 0 002-2v-4M14 4h6v6m0-6L10 14" stroke="currentColor" fill="none" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round"/></svg></div><div><h4><a href="http://www.ukusergroups.co.uk/">UK User Group home page</a></h4><p>The UK User Group community events home page.</p></div></div><div class="ci"><div class="ic"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M10 6H6a2 2 0 00-2 2v10a2 2 0 002 2h10a2 2 0 002-2v-4M14 4h6v6m0-6L10 14" stroke="currentColor" fill="none" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round"/></svg></div><div><h4><a href="http://vistasquad.co.uk/">The VistaSquad</a></h4><p>A user group focusing on Windows Vista and .NET 3.0.</p></div></div><div class="ci"><div class="ic"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path 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stroke-linecap="round"/></svg></div><div><h4><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/jamesone/">James O'Neill</a></h4><p>Windows platform evangelist at Microsoft UK.</p></div></div><div class="ci"><div class="ic"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M10 6H6a2 2 0 00-2 2v10a2 2 0 002 2h10a2 2 0 002-2v-4M14 4h6v6m0-6L10 14" stroke="currentColor" fill="none" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round"/></svg></div><div><h4><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/steve_lamb/">Steve Lamb</a></h4><p>Blogs on Security and Management.</p></div></div></div><div class="card"><h3>General</h3><div class="ci"><div class="ic"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M10 6H6a2 2 0 00-2 2v10a2 2 0 002 2h10a2 2 0 002-2v-4M14 4h6v6m0-6L10 14" stroke="currentColor" fill="none" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round"/></svg></div><div><h4><a href="http://powergui.org/">PowerGUI</a></h4><p>GUI interface for PowerShell scripts.</p></div></div><div class="ci"><div 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