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January 2009 - Posts

What’s the AD version you are running at the moment?

Out of interest….What's the AD version you are running at the moment? To make it more specific, please answer the following questions for the environment you are running or what you see at your clients: What is the OS version (incl. service pack) of the Read More...
Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 7:25 PM by Jorge | 1 Comments
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Speaker at TechDays 2009

Microsoft Belgium is organizing TechDays 2009 in Antwerp (Belgium) on 11 and 12 march with also a pre-conference on march 10 th . On one of those days (11 or 12) I'll be a speaker and deliver a presentation about Object Recovery from Windows 2000 up to Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 20, 2009 3:23 PM by Jorge | 1 Comments

Using a simple Router/Firewall in your VM environment

You have a set of VMs in their own Virtual Network. Those VMs can communicate with each and do not have access to the internet. Imagine you need access to the Internet because you want to update a VM, or you want to activate it, or whatever. One of the Read More...
Posted Friday, January 09, 2009 1:24 AM by Jorge | 1 Comments
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Windows 7 Beta has been released!

Windows 7 beta is now available from Connect, TechNet and MSDN. If you have a subscription you can download it right now. Have fun! Cheers, Jorge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * This Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:13 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments

Monitoring and Troubleshooting Replication with REPADMIN

Microsoft provides a complete monitoring and troubleshooting guide for replication in Active Directory. It's quite an extensive guide with explanations and examples. You can download the guide from here . Cheers, Jorge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read More...
Posted Saturday, January 03, 2009 2:29 AM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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So Cool Ford Mustang

I would definitely NOT mind owning this Ford Mustang as shown below….. 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR – Specifications and Design Highlights 5.4-liter supercharged V-8 producing an estimated 540-horsepower and 510 ft.-lbs. of torque Ford Racing Power Upgrade Read More...
Posted Friday, January 02, 2009 3:40 AM by Jorge | 0 Comments

Domain Join through an RODC instead of an RWDC

Windows Server 2008 introduces one of the coolest features in AD, being IMHO the Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC). The main goal of the RODC is to improve the AD security and to mitigate risks. It is therefore also preferably deployed at the perimeter Read More...
Posted Friday, January 02, 2009 3:09 AM by Jorge | 3 Comments
Attachment(s): DomainJoinAgainstRODC.vbs.TXT

OCG to Provide ILM “2” Upgrade Training

In addition to ILM 2007 (MIIS 2003) Basic and Advanced, ADAM and ADFS training courses, OCG will also provide a training course for ILM "2". The training is called "Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) "2" Upgrade Training". For more information Read More...
Posted Friday, January 02, 2009 1:08 AM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Creating your own AD Design and gathering information

Have you ever needed to create your own AD design, either for some customer or for your own company? If the answer is YES and you need good information as a reference, check the following. Microsoft has several documents and guides that can help you create Read More...
Posted Friday, January 02, 2009 12:06 AM by Jorge | 0 Comments

Re-Awarded for MVP Identity and Access – Directory Services

Here we go again! I got it! Yesssssssssssssssssssssssss, 4 th year in a row! ---------------------------- SUBJECT: Congratulations 2009 Microsoft MVP! Dear Jorge de Almeida Pinto, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2009 Microsoft® Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 01, 2009 8:12 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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