Become a Token Geek

I think I've made it clear through my past articles that tokens are an important element of UAC and Vista. The existence of various user tokens and the demand for them by applications has a huge impact on system behavior. My articles will continue to explore this relationship between token and UAC on a fairly practical level.

But if tokens intrigue you and you wish to learn more about how they work, you should check out this series of articles by Randy Turner of Microsoft's Directory Services Team. He will take you to a whole new level of token understanding - perhaps transforming you into a Token Geek:

• What's in a Token
• What’s in a Token (Part 2): Impersonation
  

In addition to providing great low-level detail about how the Windows systems rely on tokens, Randy links to numerous software tools that can be used to troubleshoot your environment.