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den 29 juli 2011 09:48

How install from media (IFM) really works (Part 2)

This is the second and last blog post (If someone really cares about the differences for ADAM /AD LDS I can point that out to – just send me and e-mail) that completes a series of posts covering how the "Install from media" feature really works, it's
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den 8 juli 2011 19:21

How install from media (IFM) really works (Part 1)

This is the first blog post in a series of posts covering how the "Install from media" feature really works, it's an in-depth very technical post that explains what happens under the hood and this first part focuses on how it works in Windows Server 2003.
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den 3 juni 2011 12:00

Upgrade Active Directory from WS03 to WS08R2 - Session is now available online

For those of you that couldn't attend Microsoft TechDays 2011 in Sweden on site; I did a session on upgrading a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory environment to Window Server 2008 R2 with a focus on automated processes. The scripts used in this session
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den 9 april 2011 23:47

How do I store a conditional forwarding zone in Active Directory in Windows Server 2003

This is easy in Windows Server 2008 R2 and later as you can do this simply by selecting the store this conditional forwarder in Active Directory and replicate it as follows: in the DNS Manager when you create a new conditional forwarder All DNS Servers
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den 1 april 2011 02:57

Upgrade Active Directory from WS03 to WS08 R2

First of all thanks to everyone that attended my session " Upgrade Active Directory from WS03 to WS08 R2" at Microsoft Tech Days 2011 in Sweden. For those of you that couldn't attend on site I did a session on upgrading a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
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den 23 juni 2010 18:47

Active Directory Migration Tool version 3.2 (ADMT v3.2) has been released

ADMT v3.2 has finally been released to the public; I’m currently involved in a migration project where we consolidate over 70+ forests to one corporate forest running Windows Server 2008 R2 and one of the main benefits with version 3.2 is the support
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den 30 mars 2009 08:37

It’s been Windows 7 Summit, Visit to Redmond and Microsoft TechDays

It's been a very busy month, I've been traveling a lot and been speaking at a few different seminars and conferences. First of was the Windows 7 Summit held here in Sweden by ourselves TrueSec, Windows 7 Summit I did two sessions together with Mikael
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den 11 januari 2009 23:32

Fine Grain Password Policy Tool 1.0 (2300.0) RTM

Build: FGPP RTM_2300-20081223.0 Branch : FGPP-RTM-branch. Usage : Production Usage. General Information This build is the final RTM build of the Fine Grain Password Policy Tool. ( FGPP RTM_2300-20081223.0) For full release notes see the document “Release
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den 23 september 2008 09:01

Windows Server 2003 Domain Controllers may perform Automatic Site Coverage for RODCs

Note: Domain controllers running Windows Server 2003 do not consider RODCs when they evaluate site coverage requirements and may register its Domain Name System (DNS) service (SRV) resource records for a site that contains an RODC. As a result, they perform
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den 15 september 2008 04:24

How do I verify that my forest and domain has been successfully prepared for Windows Server 2003

This is a frequently asked question the Active Directory newsgroups, so I thought it was worth a blog post. To determine if adprep successfully have prepared the forsest and the domain (/forestPrep and /domainPrep) look for the objects below: CN=Windows2003Update,CN=ForestUpdates,CN=Configuration,DC=X
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den 6 januari 2008 17:21

Enum all domains from the current forest?

Happy New Year! I got some time to work at the Fine Grain Password Policy tool, it looks like beta 2 is going to be out very soon, the beta 1 release did only support working with one domain (the current domain), the beta 2 release can connect to any
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den 14 juli 2007 20:04

Fine Grain Password Policy Tool Beta 1 is ready!

Fine Grain Password Policy Tool Beta 1 is ready! Authors: Christoffer Andersson. Microsoft MVP – Directory Services Executive Consultant - TrueSec Thanks to the following people for helping me develop the Fine Grain Password Policy Tool Björn Österman
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den 7 juli 2007 22:55

Quick Start Guide for Fine Grain Password Policy Tool

Quick Start Guide for Fine Grain Password Policy Tool 1.0 Authors: Christoffer Andersson. Microsoft MVP – Directory Services Thanks to the following people for helping me develop the Fine Grain Password Policy Tool Björn Österman , TrueSec Stanimir Stoyanov
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