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Heya, Ned here again. I am out of my barrel and on the road again this week, coming to you live from Las Colinas Texas. As you may have noticed, I recently wrote a TechNet Whitepaper on how to migrate your old custom FRS data to DFSR. Hopefully that’s been useful. In the meantime though, Mike Stephens… Read more
Hey all, Rob here again. I thought I would expand upon my last blog describing Certificate Enrollment Web Services by covering some of the different configurations that are possible. As a refresher, Certificate Enrollment Policy and Certificate Enrollment Services abstracts certificate Policy and certificate Enrollment from a specific Active Directory forest allowing clients in a… Read more
Hi, it’s Adam Conkle again. I am excited about our recent release of AD FS 2.0 on May 5. I wanted to post a blog about AD FS 2.0 and AD FS 1.x interoperability as soon as possible since I think it will be a common scenario for our customers. AD FS 2.0 and AD… Read more
Hello there file server admins and datacenter monitoring gurus, Ned here again. After much skull sweat and gnashing of tooth, the File Services management pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 has been released. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3dc6188d-8a4c-4d0b-be85-8fe319b4693c&displaylang=en This new MP covers: DFS Namespaces DFS Replication File Server (the Server service for SMB file sharing) File Server Resource… Read more
Hello, Internetz. Jonathan here again. Ned didn’t tell you the whole story. Not only did I have to wait for the truth serum to wear off; I also had to chew my way out the straps. Nevertheless, I’ve emerged victorious and have again successfully stormed the AskDS gates and vanquished Ned. Don’t fear for the… Read more
KB 972779 Some smart cards performing requests cause performance issues 978098 Errors when you have a large “Folder Redirection” policy settings file in Windows Vista, in Windows 7, in Windows Server 2008, or in Windows Server 2008 R2 982822 Some providers may receive an incorrect password value from the OLEDB32 component if the password in… Read more
KB 982879 Microsoft Advisory Services Engagement Scenario – Internet Explorer 7 and 8 Group Policy Deployment 979230 TCP connections fail intermittently when both endpoints are on the same computer in Windows Server 2003 SP2 982813 How to restore IIS and clean up Active Directory when you uninstall Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 978309 IPv6 transition… Read more
Hello Terra, it’s Ned here again. Before I get rolling, a big announcement: On May 16th all the MSDN and TechNet blogs are being migrated to a new platform. This will get us back in line with modern blogging software, and include new features, better search, more user customization, and generally remove a lot of… Read more
Hi folks, Ned here for a quickie. Back in April I posted a short mail sack piece about Schema updating best practices. Something I couldn’t talk about that the time is now public: Testing for Active Directory Schema Extension Conflicts http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/testing-for-active-directory-schema-extension-conflicts(WS.10).aspx This article walks through using some simple techniques and a script to validate that… Read more
Hello all, Jason (J4) here again. I recently experienced an issue with ADMT and the Password Export Service (PES) tool that I wanted to quickly bring to everyone’s attention. The new revision of the ‘ADMT v3.2 Migration Guide’ will include an update to the documentation, but wanting to post here as it’s also something relevant… Read more