Documenting Your network
- Creating a Crash Cart
- General Links
Making Disaster Recovery Easy: Asset Page -- Redmond Channel PartnerNetwork Diagnostic Crash Carts | Networking content from iPro Developer
- Using PowerShell to Documenet Your Network
Generate Exchange Environment Reports using Powershell | Steve Goodman's Exchange & Office 365 BlogOffice Generate Exchange Environment Reports using PowershellPowerShell Script: Generate an Exchange 2010 Health Check ReportUse PowerShell to Document Exchange Server Prior to Upgrade - Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog - Site Home - TechNet BlogsUse PowerShell to Document Your Network Configuration - Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog - Site Home - TechNet BlogsWhy I no longer hate writing documentation… | PowerShell Pro! :: PowerShell Pro!
Active Directory
documentation - What is important to document in an active directory server? - Server FaultDocumenting Active Directory Infrastructure the Easy Way - Ask the Directory Services Team - Site Home - TechNet BlogsDocumenting Microsoft Active Directory with Microsoft Word and PowerShell | Carl WebsterCarl WebsterJosé Active Directory Reporting (English Version) | faq-o-matic.net
Audit Planning
Network security audit guidelines: Inside the importance of audit planningPre-audit planning: Four keys to a successful IT security auditDiagrams, diagram tools, and stencils
Custom Visio StencilsNetwork diagrams and documentation: Part 1Products & Services - Visio Stencils - Cisco
Hardware and Software Inventory
Compiling a hardware and software inventoryNetwork cabling documentation
Network Inventory/Audit
netsense.info/downloads/network_docs_list.pdfQuick Reference: Network Documentation Checklist - Tech Pro ResearchRouter Expert: Conducting a network inventory, part 1What's up? Get a general network auditNetwork Services Audits
Router Expert: Why you need a network services audit
Security Audit
A guide to internal and external network security auditingHow to select a set of network security audit guidelinesNetwork security assessment: 10 tools you can't live withoutPreparing for a network security audit starts with monitoring and remediationWhat is involved in a network audit?
Tools
ADScribe - Active Directory documentation templateAmazon.com: KVM Console to USB 2.0 Portable Laptop Crash Cart Adapter - Laptop KVM Server Console Adapter: ElectronicsBcdeditCaclsDcdiagDiskPart CommandsDocument and Audit Active Directory Domains and Group Policy SettingsDownload Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer from Official Microsoft Download Centerfping.comGeeks Informed: Handheld "Crash Cart" for Network Server Systems (KVM2USB)GpresultGpupdateIpconfigLdpMsinfo32NbtstatNet useNetdiagNetdomNetsh Command Overview for Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2NslookupShutdownSysinternals SuiteUsing NSlookup.exeWmicXcopy