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november 2009 - Posts

A tribute to Freddie Mercury (QUEEN) - "Bohemian Rhapsody" by the "Muppets"

Queen has created tons of kick a$$ songs. For me, one of the best rockbands ever! As a tribute to Freddie Mercury , who died 18 years ago on november 24th, the Muppets have created their own version of "Bohemian Rhapsody". Besides being one heck of a Read More...
Posted zaterdag 28 november 2009 14:20 by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Office 2010 Beta available on TechNet and MSDN

Office 2010 Beta is NOW available on TechNet and MSDN! Although I'm using Windows 7 RTM x64, unfortunately for me, I still have to use the x86 version because a lot of add-ins are not x64 (yet). Although available, you need to have the correct subscription, Read More...
Posted dinsdag 17 november 2009 14:21 by Jorge | 0 Comments
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FIM 2010 – NOT NOT is Empty and NOT equal, I think…

For a customer, a few colleagues and I are building a FIM 2010 RC1 environment. Within this customer, internals and externals were identified as follows: Internals --> Attribute 'SomeID' has a value Externals --> Attribute 'SomeID' does not have Read More...
Posted donderdag 12 november 2009 22:53 by Jorge | 3 Comments
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Removing Windows Sharepoint Services v3.0

For a FIM 2010 RC1 I had to remove Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 (WSS3) and reinstall it. After reinstalling it I had found out the webpage was showing me the exact same info as before the removal. Then I remembered there was also something like a Windows Read More...
Posted donderdag 12 november 2009 22:51 by Jorge | 0 Comments

New hotfix rollup package has been released for ILM 2007 FP1 (build 3.3.1118.02)

Hotfix rollup package (build 3.3.1118.02) is available for Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) 2007 Feature Pack 1 (FP1). INTRODUCTION IMPORTANT WARNING BEFORE YOU TRY TO INSTALL THIS HOTFIX, YOU MUST READ THE INSTA... IMPORTANT WARNING BEFORE Read More...
Posted donderdag 12 november 2009 22:41 by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Installing the Update1 for FIM 2010 RC1

As I mentioned a few days ago, Microsoft released an update (Update1) for FIM 2010 RC1. Read more about it here . The update basically consists of 4 components (Sync Engine, Service/Portal, Add-In Extension and Language Pack). If you install the update Read More...
Posted woensdag 11 november 2009 21:54 by Jorge | 2 Comments
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FIM 2010 RC1 VHD is available

Microsoft made the VHD available for FIM 2010 RC1. Get it here . Cheers, Jorge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights! Read More...
Posted dinsdag 10 november 2009 13:02 by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Exchange Server 2010 is out!

As of today the RTM version of Exchange Server 2010 is available through Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft MSDN and Microsoft Download (and mostly other Microsoft locations)! Cheers, Jorge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read More...
Posted maandag 9 november 2009 23:18 by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Exchange Server 2007 is going to be supported on Windows Server 2008 R2!

Exchange Server 2007 was planned not to be supported on the latest Windows Server versions (Windows Server 2008 R2). However, due to all the feedback and suggestions received, Microsoft changed their mind. Change of plans! Exchange Server 2007 will be Read More...
Posted maandag 9 november 2009 22:03 by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Multiple Objects in a SET

In FIM 2010 RC1 is not supported (nor possible) to create another instance of the All Objects SET. However, it is possible to create SUBs of that SET. For example, if you need to have a SET containing, for example, ALL PERSONS and ALL GROUPS, you would Read More...
Posted maandag 9 november 2009 20:01 by Jorge | 0 Comments

Migrating your local users, local groups and memberships from the SAM into AD

You may have a Windows Server somewhere that's not joined to a joined that contains lots of local user accounts, local groups and of course memberships of local accounts in those local groups. On that server you have permissioned all NTFS permissions Read More...
Posted maandag 9 november 2009 19:31 by Jorge | 0 Comments

Enabling/Disabling MPRs in FIM 2010 RC1

Just a quick reminder to save you a few WTFs when working with MPRs. As you may know (and I did too but I had forgotten about it) you can disable/enable MPRs in FIM 2010 RC1. First thing to check if an MPR is not behaving like you would expect, is if Read More...
Posted maandag 9 november 2009 18:42 by Jorge | 0 Comments
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Out-of-Band Releases of PowerShell v2 are out

PowerShell v2 has finally been released for 'legacy' OSes (Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008)! I'm saying legacy OSes because the latest OSes are Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. You could also say the out-of-band Read More...
Posted zondag 8 november 2009 19:45 by Jorge | 0 Comments

Update Release for FIM 2010 RC1 (Update 1)

Microsoft has released an update for FIM 2010 RC1 on the Microsoft Connect website. After a few days it will be available through Windows Update. This update addresses issues in the following FIM 2010 feature areas: Management Policy Rules Portal user Read More...
Posted zondag 8 november 2009 18:24 by Jorge | 1 Comments
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