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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I was working late tonight to finish my session "Incorporate RODCs (Read Only Domain Controllers) to your existing Active Directory" that I'm going to present at Microsoft TechDays 17-18 mars in Västerås. If you're interested in a deep dive session (level...
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I was recently asked by a friend of mine how Read-Only Domain Controllers (RODCs) works with DNS, since they can host DNS for Active Directory, so I think it was a good idea with a blog post on how it really works. First of all Windows Server 2008 bring...
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When using tokeGroups attribute to retrieve group membership fails, well more optionally would of course be to use the attribute tokenGroupsNoGCAcceptable as it will return a value on "best effort" even if there isn't a GC around, but that's not the issue...
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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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In an earlier blog post I did promise you to talk a little bit about what's next, I did then already reveled that I did start playing with what's going to be next (Post-Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008). So I did start to play with "what's next"...
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General Information This build is very close to RTM quality and is “feature complete” we have resolved many bugs and issues in this release, please report any issues or bugs. Note: The PasswordPolicy Cmd'let now has built-in help for all available commannds....
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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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I've received a package from Microsoft to the office yesterday with some stuff as thanks for the work we did put into the Windows Server 2008 release, thank you Microsoft this is the best DVD I've got so far of Windows Server 2008 J But I have moved on...
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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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I'm back on track in Sweden after being in the US for about a month; actually I have been working a month here already, so we continue the "Windows Vista Enterprise Project" that I'm currently completely busy with (see previous post). There still remains...
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