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"AD Tidy is a completely free tool that I created to help other IT Pros out. It can be used to identify when user/computer accounts last logged on to the network and can tidy up these accounts in various different ways."

Adding a User Principal Name, or UPN, to Active Directory lets you match user logon names to email addresses, for example, among other things. This page describes how to add a UPN to Active Directory, so you can assign the alternate name to a user in Active Directory Users and Computers.

Replaces iTunes for file system and application management of iPhones etc. Can backup a single Application and Documents/Data to an .ipa file that it can also install to another device authorized on the same iTunes account. Good for, for example, transferring the Rock Band app with all purchases and scores to a new device, though the application is not in the App Store any longer and you cannot restore purchases via the Internet. Complete freeware, no ads or restrictions.

How to add a Trusted Sites URL without deleting existing sites from the list or locking users from making changes to the same afterwards, using Group Policies.

"The good news is that businesses don't need to wait any longer to deploy Google Chrome. Today, we're announcing that Chrome offers controls that enable IT administrators to easily configure and deploy the browser on Windows, Mac, and Linux according to their business requirements. We've created an MSI installer that enables businesses who use standard deployment tools to install Chrome for all their managed users. We've also added support for managed group policy with a list of policies and a set of templates that allow administrators to easily customize browser settings to manage security and privacy."

Can transfer files to Evernote, convert, encrypt/decrypt, email, FTP, slice dice, and it chops too! Can also transfer files to other cloud services like SkyDrive or Google Drive. Very much like IFTTT for Dropbox.

This provides the search syntax for using the dsquery command on a Domain Controller to find the correct Active Directory DN for a user for use in LDAP authentication scenarios. For example: dsquery user dc=example,dc=com -name user1* which outputs: "CN=user1,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com"