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April 2009 - Posts

“ActiveDir.Org” site and forum down

The ActiveDir.Org site and forum is down. Additional info can be found here . Cheers, Jorge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers Read More...
Posted Monday, April 27, 2009 4:05 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Virtualizing Domain Controllers

Virtualizing servers has been one of the largest hypes the past few years. Most common virtualization technologies are Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Hyper-V and VMWare ESX. In all cases you need to pay special attention when virtualizing DCs. The Read More...
Posted Friday, April 17, 2009 4:58 PM by Jorge | 4 Comments
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Active Directory Domain Services for Windows Server 2008 R2 (Beta) Documentation

This is the documentation that is available for Active Directory Domain Services for Windows Server 2008 R2 (Beta) ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd378801.aspx ) What do you think of it? Is there ANY feedback you would like to give? If yes, Read More...
Posted Friday, April 17, 2009 2:39 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Designing your own PKI Infrastructure

These are interesting "quick-read" articles about designing, installing and troubleshooting a PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) based on Microsoft Certificate Services in Windows Server 2003. Apart of several tech differences it also applies to Windows Read More...
Posted Friday, April 17, 2009 9:56 AM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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New name for ILM “2” – it’s official!

I already mentioned a few days ago the name for ILM "2" would change. Well, it's official now! The new name will be "Forefront Identity Manager 2010". Get more info here . Cheers, Jorge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:53 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Active Directory’s 10th anniversary in a production network

Did you know that exactly a week ago, on April 9 th , Active Directory celebrated its 10 th anniversary? Yep, it's true. On April 9 th 1999, the very first domain controller was deployed on a production network at Microsoft. !!! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY !!! Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:21 PM by Jorge | 3 Comments

ADLDS (ADAM) on Windows Client

At the moment you have ADLDS, a.k.a. ADAM, only on the server platform starting from Windows Server 2003 R2 and up. For both Windows Server 2003 RTM and Windows XP Professional you can download an out-of-band version of ADAM. Unfortunately there is no Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:15 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments

Robber used as sex slave

Now check this out. This is hilarious! J Most likely not for the persons for which this happened, but it still made me laugh… Imagine this…some guy is a burglar and robs a barbershop. The guy gets his a$$ kicked by a woman working there. Instead of handing Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 16, 2009 1:12 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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ILM Workflow Activities in a Library from CORTEGO

In case you are interested in ILM "2" and you missed this blog post about a few guys at Cortego creating an ILM "2" Workflow Library with a set of activities, check this out! And the best of it is that it is free! Have fun! Cheers, Jorge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:37 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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A new career always starts at TEC!

Things happen at TEC you know?! J During Stuart Kwan's keynote session, Stuart issued a challenge to the DS MVPs to specify a list of feature requests in new versions of the OS. That list however, had to be delivered in the form of an Elvis Presley song. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:27 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Some ILM “2” Facts I have learned the past few weeks and days

At TEC 2009 in Las Vegas I attended the combined keynote from Stuart Kwan (ADFS/Geneva), Nathan Muggli (W2K8R2) and Mark Wahl (ILM2). During Mark's session he officially communicated the ILM 2 RTM slip. As it appears, ILM "2" will not RTM in 2009 Q1, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:08 PM by Jorge | 2 Comments
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TEC 2009 in Las Vegas

As you might have seen or even experienced, TEC 2009 was this year back to Las Vegas (22 nd – 25 th march 2009). The guys from Netpro, now Quest, decided, based upon valuable customer feedback, to go back to a location where it is warm and sunny without Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:15 PM by Jorge | 1 Comments

Back again in the community arena

I have been away for a month or two. No blogging, no posting, no newsgroups, no activedir.org, no nothing! The last two months I have been quite busy (personal and work). I travelled twice to the USA (MVP Summit and TEC). I always like to visit both, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 9:35 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments

Exchange Server 2010 beta is OUT!

Microsoft has released the beta version of Exchange Server 2010 to the public. If you want to download it, you can get it here . If you want more information about it, you can visit the TechCenter for Exchange Server 2010, which can be found here . System Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 8:10 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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