Active Directory Documentation Team

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Clarification regarding the status of Identity Management for Unix (IDMU) & NIS Server Role in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview and beyond

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Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 02/09/2016

Active Directory Documentation Team blog is retired

This blog is now officially retired. No new posts will be published on this blog but the old posts...

Author: terry lanfear Date: 11/19/2015

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - October 2015

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 10/30/2015

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - September 2015

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 09/30/2015

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - August 2015

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 08/31/2015

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - July 2015

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 07/31/2015

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - June 2015

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 06/30/2015

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - May 2015

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 05/29/2015

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - April 2015

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 05/05/2015

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - March 2015

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 03/31/2015

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - February 2015

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 02/27/2015

Azure Active Directory Connect and updated Directory Integration Tools content!

Hi everyone! I want to make sure you're all aware of the recent updates I published on the...

Author: Gayana Bagdasaryan Date: 02/16/2015

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - January 2015

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 01/30/2015

AD Magic Restore script published on codeplex

Alexandre Augagneur is an AD MVP who recently published a new script called AD Magic Restore. It...

Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 01/19/2015

Updated tutorials about installing Active Directory domain controllers on an Azure virtual network

I recently updated a couple tutorials about installing domain controllers on Azure. The steps are...

Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 01/05/2015

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - December 2014

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 12/30/2014

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - November 2014

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 11/28/2014

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - October 2014

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 10/30/2014

New documentation: Want to know how Azure RMS works, under the hood?

You don't need to know how Azure Rights Management (RMS) works, because it takes care of all...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 10/28/2014

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - September 2014

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 09/29/2014

New documentation: Deploying AD RMS with AD FS (Windows Server 2012 R2)

Now published, tried and tested step-by-step instructions: Deploying Active Directory Rights...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 09/24/2014

What's New in Azure Rights Management

It's certainly been a busy year so far for the Rights Management (RMS) team, with advanced...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 09/04/2014

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - August 2014

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 08/29/2014

All things RMS sharing app ...

If you've been reading the exciting announcements for RMS (blog post Major Update: Improved...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 08/27/2014

New version of DirSync released

Hi there, today, we have released a new version (6985.0000) of DirSync. For more details, see...

Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 07/23/2014

New AD CS doc: Migrating a Certification Authority from a CSP to a KSP

Just published: Migrating a Certification Authority Key from a Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP)...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 07/02/2014

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - June 2014

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 06/30/2014

Updated SQL Server support statements for AD RMS

Updated support statements for SQL Server versions that AD RMS supports, plus the supported high...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 06/27/2014

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - May 2014

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 05/23/2014

Doc Updates for Azure RMS - April 2014

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 04/30/2014

Doc Updates for Windows Azure RMS - March 2014

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Windows Azure RMS...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 03/26/2014

Doc Updates for Windows Azure RMS - February 2014

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Windows Azure RMS...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 02/27/2014

Doc Updates for Windows Azure RMS - January 2014

Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Windows Azure RMS...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 01/31/2014

Fun Quiz for the RMS Sharing Application

Yesterday, I posted on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog a fun challenge for RMS...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 01/24/2014

Spotlight on Documentation for Windows Azure Rights Management

This post was published yesterday on the Microsoft Rights Management product team blog, and since...

Author: Carol Bailey Date: 01/17/2014

Script to generate Active Directory user object reports

Alexandre Augagneur is an Active Directory MVP who has posted a new script to TechNet gallery that...

Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 10/15/2013

Hyper-V health check practices document posted

Sainath K.E.V, DS-MVP, from Avanade AU, posted a document: Microsoft Hyper-v Health Checks with...

Author: Kurt L Hudson MSFT Date: 06/20/2013

Windows PowerShell script that helps you to find unregistered subnets by Alexandre Augagneur

DS-MVP Alexandre Augagneur has added a Windows PowerShell script to the TechNet Script Center...

Author: Kurt L Hudson MSFT Date: 05/31/2013

How to see those file extensions in Windows

If you are a IT administrator or pretty much anyone who works with computer files a lot, then you...

Author: Kurt L Hudson MSFT Date: 05/22/2013

Auditing Active Directory Subnets

Directory Services MVP Alexandre Augagneur posted a script for Auditing Active Directory Subnets to...

Author: Kurt L Hudson MSFT Date: 05/08/2013

System Center Orchestrator Security

Not a typical topic for the Active Directory blog, but MVP Sainath K E V contributed a TechNet Wiki...

Author: Kurt L Hudson MSFT Date: 05/08/2013

Creating Multiple Active Directory Domains Different Networks using Hyper-v RRAS

Microsoft MVP Sainath K E V recently posted a tutorial on the TechNet Wiki titled Creating Multiple...

Author: Kurt L Hudson MSFT Date: 05/08/2013

Active Directory Maximum Limits and Scalability topic updated

The Active Directory Maximum Limits and Scalability topic has been recently updated to reflect...

Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 04/16/2013

Looking in vain for our Active Directory content? Try our new vanity URLs off Microsoft.com for "quick access" to AD TechCenter home pages

"All my love's in vain." - "Love in Vain", Robert Johnson (1911-1938) Hey folks, We know if you read...

Author: Brad Mahugh - (Microsoft) Date: 04/10/2013

Windows Azure AD Windows PowerShell vanity URL created

I have created this URL for Windows Azure AD cmdlets https://aka.ms/aadposh Some people might be...

Author: Kurt L Hudson MSFT Date: 03/21/2013

New Vanity URLs for "quick access" to AD DS deployment cmdlet help

Hey folks, The AD DS Deployment cmdlets for Windows PowerShell are some of the most powerful and...

Author: Brad Mahugh - (Microsoft) Date: 03/21/2013

Adprep in Windows Server 2012

We recently published TechNet topics about Adprep.exefor Windows Server 2012. Adprep has many...

Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 02/05/2013

After installing the AD DS server role on Windows Server 2012, where is the option to configure the DC?

Some users have run into this problem in Windows Server 2012 when they try to install a domain...

Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 01/28/2013

Active Directory Replication over Firewalls posted on TechNet Wiki

A couple years back, we posted on TechNet Wiki an older article that was originally published on the...

Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 01/28/2013

Identity Infrastructure Fundamentals and Trendy Capabilities

I would like to make everyone aware of the two brand new whitepapers that I and Tom Shinder just...

Author: Gayana Bagdasaryan Date: 01/25/2013

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