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June 2009 - Posts

Command Line version of Server Manager in Windows Server 2008 R2

Today I was playing with "ServerManagerCMD.EXE" Windows Server 2008 R2. When I executed it I saw the following informational message: "Servermanagercmd.exe is deprecated, and is not guaranteed to be supported in future releases of Windows. We recommend Read More...
Posted Saturday, June 20, 2009 10:29 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments

Which PowerShell Snap-Ins and Modules are available for use?

This is the way to determine which PowerShell Snap-Ins and Modules are available in Windows Server 2008 R2… PS C:\> Get-PSSnapin Name : Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics PSVersion : 2.0 Description : This Windows PowerShell snap-in contains Windows Read More...
Posted Saturday, June 20, 2009 10:09 PM by Jorge | 1 Comments

Provisioning to AD and OCS through ILM 2007

To provision IM-enabled AD accounts this is what you can do in your provisioning code for the AD MA… (example code snippet from my test/demo environment ) If mventry("im").Value.ToLower = "yes" Then Dim strSIPDomain As String Dim strSIPHomeServer As String Read More...
Posted Friday, June 19, 2009 3:23 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Today's IT Infrastructure

I found the following once in a presentation. It gives you an idea of "Today's IT Infrastructure". ;-) Looks complex!     Cheers, Jorge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technorati Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:46 AM by Jorge | 0 Comments

Fixing Hyper-V ACLs

Are you having issues with Hyper-V VMs and experiencing similar issues as explained here ? The solution to these issues is to fix the permissions of the Hyper-V, but do you know exactly what permissions are needed or what's missing? Stop thinking! Use Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:43 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): fixHyperVACLs.CMD.txt

Importing Hyper-V VMs

If you have exported a Hyper-V VM to a folder and then try to import it again on another computer for example, you might get the following error: [Window Title] Hyper-V Manager [Main Instruction] A server error occurred while attempting to import the Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:02 PM by Jorge | 1 Comments
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Active Directory Forest Recovery Guides

The following AD Forest Recovery Guides are available: Best Practices: Active Directory Forest Recovery (W2K) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3eda5a79-c99b-4df9-823c-933feba08cfe&displaylang=en Planning for Active Directory Read More...
Posted Friday, June 12, 2009 11:03 PM by Jorge | 1 Comments

Windows Server 2008 R2 Documentation & Resources

Get those docs here Cheers, Jorge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights! * Always test before implementing! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read More...
Posted Friday, June 12, 2009 4:41 PM by Jorge | 2 Comments

Active Directory Gateway WebService is available for ‘legacy’ OSes

The Microsoft Active Directory Management Gateway Service lets information technology professionals manage Active Directory Directory Service and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service instances that are running on the same server. The Active Read More...
Posted Friday, June 12, 2009 4:37 PM by Jorge | 2 Comments

Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) Branch Office Guide is available

The Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) Branch Office Guide is now live on TechNet and the Download Center! TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd734758(WS.10).aspx Download Center: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=153714 The guide Read More...
Posted Friday, June 12, 2009 4:27 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments

ILM 2007 FP1 and Hyper-V

At the moment Microsoft does not support ILM 2007 FP1 in ANY virtual environment. I have not seen an official statement yet on some Microsoft page, but I have read here that ILM 2007 FP1 now is supported to run on Hyper-V. If you want to run it on VMWare, Read More...
Posted Friday, June 12, 2009 3:12 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Quotes about “The Boss”

Reading the Dutch magazine called Quest; I saw the following funny quotes about "The Boss": The biggest mistake a boss can make is by not saying: well done! (John Ashcroft, American Politician [1942]) By working 8 hours a day, you might become the boss. Read More...
Posted Sunday, June 07, 2009 7:45 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments

ILM 2007 FP1 and SQL Server 2008

At the moment ILM 2007 FP1 officially supports: SQL Server 2000 SP3a (and higher) Standard or Enterprise (x86/x64) SQL Server 2005 SP1 (and higher) Standard or Enterprise (x86/x64) I have not seen an official statement yet on some Microsoft page, but Read More...
Posted Saturday, June 06, 2009 1:03 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments

High Availability for ILM 2007 Sync Engine with Clustering

When using ILM 2007 Sync Engine and you would like to have high availability you need to think about the all components of the solution. In the case of ILM 2007 Sync Engine those would be: Windows Server ILM 2007 Sync Engine SQL Server ILM Datastore Windows Read More...
Posted Saturday, June 06, 2009 12:54 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Exporting Multi-valued attribute to SQL table

Based upon my post about " Multiple Authoritative Sources for Group Memberships and how about precedence in ILM ", a technology partner and I were setting up and test/demo environment. The idea was as follows. The MGMT app is authoritative for groups Read More...
Posted Friday, June 05, 2009 5:18 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Multiple Authoritative Sources for Group Memberships and how about precedence in ILM

If multiple data sources are authoritative for "some-attribute" and all authoritative data sources are considered equal, in ILM 2007 you must configure "Attribute Flow Precedence" for that "some-attribute" where all management agents (MAs) use Rules Extension Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:51 PM by Jorge | 2 Comments

OCG Documentor for ILM/MIIS

OCG has a tool called the OCG Documentor for ILM. This tool automatically documents the server configuration, the MA configuration and the code used in the Rules Extensions. It's cool, its' hot, it's accurate and it's fast! There's a free version and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:20 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): MIIS_Report.zip

Windows PowerShell Remoting with WinRM

If you are using Windows PowerShell Remoting right now with WinRM CTP3 (or lower) on Windows Server 2008, it may break after you apply Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Server 2008 (W2K8). One of the symptoms is the WinRM service not starting anymore and Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:27 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments

‘New-Runspace’ vs. ‘New-PSSession’

Until Windows PowerShell CTP2, Microsoft used the CMDlet called " New-Runspace " for setting up a remote session. As of Windows PowerShell CTP3 that was changed to " New-PSSession ". Why? I do not know. Just something to be aware of! REMARK: this is not Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:16 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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ILM RollUp Hotfix Packages

The latest ILM RollUp Hotfix Package updates both MSDN and Enterprise versions of ILM. This is good because previous hotfixes only update Enterprise versions of ILM. When talking about ILM I mean ILM Provisioning/Synchronization Services (a.k.a. MIIS) Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:07 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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New hotfix rollup package has been released for ILM 2007 FP1 (build 3.3.1101.2)

A hotfix rollup package (build 3.3.1101.2) is available for Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) 2007 Feature Pack 1. This hotfix rollup package includes all the previous hotfixes that are described in the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:49 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments
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