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Server Core installations are versatile, secure and highly-optimized installations of Windows Server. Dubbed ‘Windows without Windows’ by some, these installation in Windows Server 2008 R2 are capable of providing more (infrastructural) services than...
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Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008 R2 and installations of Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 offer Windows PowerShell. A lot has been written on the geekiness of PowerShell, how it wasn’t included in Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008...
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I’ve used a Dell Latitude D630 laptop for the past 13 months. It’s been my loyal companion on two Tech·Eds, a MVP Summit, at least a dozen demos and presentations and has been with me to work with various customers. This device is equipped with an Intel...
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Microsoft has released Update 3 for FIM 2010 RC1. It is available connect here. This is the final pre-release of the product before RTM. I think this is a major release because it can be installed as an update or as a new install from scratch. It contains...
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FIM 2010 is still being cooked in Redmond area but in the meantime we got brand new ILM 2007 Service Pack 1 package which just was published on Downloads web site. ILM 2007 SP1 is cumulative hotfix package but also it brings support for provisioning objects...
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Where is a question there is an answer (at least in most cases). This time question was “How to check schema extension introduces to a forest?” and it was asked on ActiveDir.org. There was even more than one answer … apparently some consultants are watching...
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The updated version of the Exchange Storage Calculator has just been released! (3.2) http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/01/22/453859.aspx With the Worldwide Release of Exchange 2010 yesterday, this provides a crucial planning step towards migration!...
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It is common knowledge that in AD environment client (like workstation) will always (at least it should) try to connect to most optimal domain controller. Optimal from network and AD infrastructure configuration standpoint. This process is based on DNS...
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In previous client versions of Windows, ADLDS (a.k.a. ADAM) was available for WXP. IN addition to that it was available in every server version of Windows (W2K3, W2K3R2, W2K8 and W2K8R2). There was no official version for Vista, but if I remember correctly...
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Being a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) is a one-year gig. My first year as a Directory Services MVP started January 1, 2009. Since then I proudly displayed the MVP logo on the left hand side of my blog. From the Least Amount of Administrative...
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Today I received an e-mail I was re-awarded again with the MVP Award for Directory Services. This year is the fifth time I have received this award! J ---------- Dear Jorge de Almeida Pinto, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2010...
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In topic of ADFS Laura said once “If your ADFS is broken, it’s PKI. If it’s not PKI, you’ve got a typo. If it’s not a typo, it’s PKI”. Very true … in different aspects of PKI. Because of Christmas break I have a bit more free time than usual, still...
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Kerberos in Windows Operating System is around for about 10 years and it is still causing problems and for many people it is like black magic voodoo . In most cases organizations and people in it are not aware that it is now working until it problem will...
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With Windows Vista amounting to a 31% market share in enterprise environments, many big companies will be making to switch from Windows XP to Windows 7 directly. In the eight years between their respective launches, a lot has changed in the world. Not...
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Reporting/Auditing With RC0, a web services client could reconstruct resources via Requests, or betweenTime, atTime and allTime functions With RC1, a web service client will be able to reconstruct resources via Requests More attributes on Request, and...
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XPATH Filter changes Double negations are not supported/possible anymore. An example of a double negation is "/Person[not(MyAttribute != '_$$$_')]" Read more about it here: http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/archive/2009/11/12/fim-2010-not-not-is-empty-and-not-equal-i-think.aspx...
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Export/Import Portal Configuration In ILM 2007 you were able to export the complete Sync Engine configuration and move that to some other instance instead of reconfiguration everything manually. That saved you a lot of work AND mistakes! Although it is...
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MPRs New MPRs have been defined or existing MPRs have been redefined. In ILM "2" RC0 an MPR called "Administrators have Full Control" existed which gave administrators Full Control permissions over existing stuff and new created stuff. In FIM 2010 RC1...
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So FIM 2010 RC1 came out in the beginning of October are my first impressions, or changes I found (either through my own testing/reading or through some other posts): OS Support FIM 2010 now both supports Windows Server 2008 (x64) and Windows Server 2008...
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To be able to access the FIM portal as a regular user, the following MUST be true: The user has an AD user account The attributes "Domain", "AccountName" and "ObjectSID" must have values populated about that AD user account synched by the FIM Sync Engine...
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FIM 2010 provides CMDlets to migrate the configuration of the FIM Portal from one server to another. The first step is exporting the configuration of the SOURCE server. The Powershell script you can use for that is: --------- # ExportPilot.ps1 # Copyright...
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We have all heard the tales of horror on projects failing; a small continent of cash has been spent, years have gone by, projectteams work day and night.. but still, a project fails. Sometimes, when the failure is big enough we might even read about it...
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At the time of writing Update 2 has been released for FIM 2010 RC1. This update introduces a new feature for RCDCs which leverages XPATH. In short, when you CREATE a new object in the FIM Portal you can configure an attribute in the RCDC (a.k.a. OVC)...
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As you’re probably aware Windows Server 2008 R2 is not available in a 32bit (x86) version. Only 64bit versions (both x64 and IA64) are available, but Microsoft happily provides 32bit Windows on Windows (WoW) support, so admins can install their favorite...
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You might have noticed that resource counts do not work in FIM 2010 RC1 (even with Update 1). After installing update2 , this is fixed again. However, take into account the following comment that I found on the FIM TechNet Forum. " This feature is currently...
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