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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 5 juni 2011 10:49

ConfigMgr: Task sequence that installs many updates stops responding

Back in 2007 I was working on a fairly large System Center Configuration Manager 2007 project (an upgrade from SMS2003 with 60 000 + clients) and a Windows 2000/Windows XP to Windows Vista upgrade, The project last for 2 entire years before it’s completion
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den 3 juni 2011 12:49

The place where I've been spending most of the time the past 12 months: Jönköping

As many of you already noticed (especially my friends) I haven’t spent much time at home in Stockholm this year cause of an Active Directory consolidation and migration project (DCMP as we refer to it internally) – anyway it’s been an extensive amount
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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 10 april 2011 11:58

Are you storing your AD-Integrated DNS Zones in the DNS Application Partitions (NCs)?

Background Overview A partition is a data structure within Active Directory used to distinguish data for different replication purposes. Every domain controller contains the following three directory partitions: configuration, schema, and domain. A directory
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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 24 juni 2010 00:25

Guidelines for choosing the most appropriate store for directory information

Here are some guidelines to follow to choose the most appropriate store for placing directory information (usually requested as a schema extension, with additions of attributes and/or classes) If a schema change is required for an enterprise-wide application,
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den 23 juni 2010 23:18

Identity Management Strategy Ideas

I recommend most customers to implement an identity Life-Cycle Management process to provision and de-provision identities where those identities and it’s associated data on a best effor will automatically flow in from an authoritative data source with
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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 20 mars 2010 14:30

Preparing for Microsoft TechDays 2010

So it's been almost a year since I posted to the blog. (Lots of things has happened since then, I will try to catch up with the most interesting things that I think is worth sharing) It's early in the morning and I have spent the entire night playing
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den 3 april 2009 15:27

Stanimir Stoyanov awarded Microsoft MVP in C#

Stanimir Stoyanov has been awarded the Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) title in Visual C#, Stanimir Stoyanov is a programmer, Software beta tester, and Windows enthusiast and also a very good friend of mine, he has been helping out in the development
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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 3 februari 2009 11:39

The real Enterprise Read-Only Domain Controllers group [498]

It's been yet another sleepless night working, actually I have a lot of stuff going on right now, I guess I don't will feel too well when this week is over, anyway some interesting facts about the Enterprise Read-Only Domain Controllers group (Yes the
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