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Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on January 12, 2008, 2:29 am
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> Hello all,
>
> We recently had a security audit done on our systems and one of the things
> that came out of this was for us to disable DCOM on the affected servers.
>
> Being fairly new to the Windows server environment.I have a mixture of
> 2000
> and 2003 server. Our domain controllers and DNS servers are 2003. My
> questions are:
>
> 1. What does disabling DCOM really affect? Will my ability to remote
> desktop to servers be disabled if I do this?
>
> 2. Does DNS or AD require DCOM?
>
> I greatly appreciate your input.
>
> Thanks!
>
You would still be able to use remote desktop.
Special purpose domain member servers that are only
managed via login (actual or remote desktop) can often
fill their function with DCOM not enabled, but it does
depend on what is the software load / server purpose.
You would loose remote management capability which
can mean you end up with a more poorly managed and
monitored (read less safe) system.
Roger
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