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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 Read More...
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...
As you may know by now, AD has tons of attributes that store all kinds of information. Each attribute can have multiple names which are used in different ways. The most interesting name that's used is the "lDAPDisplayName" property of an attribute, which Read More...
Today I was working with ILM 2007 at a client's site. The client uses a W2K3 AD. ILM is installed on a W2K8 server and I wanted to use "Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC)" with the "attribute editor" tab to check some attributes. To be able to Read More...
This may be an old one, but recently a question was asked about this in one of the best AD forums I know and I thought it would make a good post on my blog. The question was about the following piece of info which you can find in this book . To explain Read More...
If you are using writable DCs (RWDCs) in Branch Offices you want to optimize authentication as best as possible by: Allowing HUB DCs (DCs in datacenters) to register ALL possible service records (domain-wide and site wide) and therefore service whatever Read More...
When you increase the Forest Functional Level to at least Windows Server 2003, you are also enabling Linked Value Replication (LVR). Did you know as soon as LVR is enabled the following happens with the order of replication: For certain object non-linked Read More...
Find it here on TechNet! Cheers, Jorge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights! * Always test before implementing! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read More...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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