Christoffer Andersson

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 an in-depth very technical series of posts that explains what happens under the hood and this ...

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.Background Install from media was first introduced in Windows Server 2003, as a solution ...

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 (also available for download at this blog) were developed by the Enfo Zipper – ...

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 in this forest All DNS Servers in this domain All Domain controllers in this domain (for ...

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 environment to Window Server 2008 R2 with a focus on automated processes. The scripts ...

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 for Windows Server 2008 R2 About ADMT 3.2 ADMT v3.2 is an out-of-band tool available as a free ...

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 SummitI did two sessions together with Mikael Nyström, first session was an introduction to the Windows 7 Client, covering some UI changes and ...

Build: FGPP RTM_2300-20081223.0Branch: 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 notes for Fine Grain Password Policy Tool” included in the package, as well to be released on ...

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 automatic site coverage for any site regardless of the presence of an RODC for the same ...

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 (Should exist if the forest has been ...