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Intermittent Mail Sack: Must Remember to Write 2013 Edition
Hi all, Jonathan here again with the latest edition of the Intermittent Mail Sack. We've had some great questions over the last few weeks so I've got a lot of material to cover. This sack, we answer...
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ADAMSync + (AD Recycle Bin OR searchFlags) = "FUN"
Hello again ADAMSyncers! Kim Nichols here again with what promises to be a fun and exciting mystery solving adventure on the joys of ADAMSync and AD Recycle Bin (ADRB) for AD LDS. The goal of this post...
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Configuring Change Notification on a MANUALLY created Replication partner
Hello. Jim here again to elucidate on the wonderment of change notification as it relates to Active Directory replication within and between sites. As you know Active Directory replication between...
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Distributed File System Consolidation of a Standalone Namespace to a...
Hello again everyone! David here to discuss a scenario that is becoming more and more popular for administrators of Distributed File System Namespaces (DFSN): consolidation of one or more standalone...
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Circle Back to Loopback
Hello again! Kim Nichols here again. For this post, I'm taking a break from the AD LDS discussions (hold your applause until the end) and going back to a topic near and dear to my heart - Group...
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AD FS 2.0 Claims Rule Language Part 2
Hello, Joji Oshima here to dive deeper into the Claims Rule Language for AD FS. A while back I wrote a getting started post on the claims rule language in AD FS 2.0. If you haven't seen it, I would...
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We're back. Did you miss us?
Hey all, David here. Now that we’ve broken the silence, we here on the DS team felt that we owed you, dear readers, an explanation of some sort. Plus, we wanted to talk about the blog itself, some...
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Back to the Loopback: Troubleshooting Group Policy loopback processing, Part 2
Welcome back! Kim Nichols here once again with the much anticipated Part 2 to Circle Back to Loopback. Thanks for all the comments and feedback on Part 1. For those of you joining us a little late...
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Two lines that can save your AD from a crisis
Editor's note: This is the first of very likely many "DS Quickies". "Quickies" are shorter technical blog posts that relate hopefully-useful information and concepts for you to use in administering...
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Monthly Mail Sack: Yes, I Finally Admit It Edition
Heya folks, Ned here again. Rather than continue the lie that this series comes out every Friday like it once did, I am taking the corporate approach and rebranding the mail sack. Maybe we’ll have the...
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One of us: What it was like to interview for a support role at Microsoft
Hello, Kim here again. We get many questions about what to expect when interviewing at Microsoft. I’m coming up on my two year anniversary at Microsoft and I thought I would share my experience in the...
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Updated Group Policy Search service
Mike here with an important service announcement. In June of 2010, guest poster Kapil Mehra introduced the Group Policy Search service. The Group Policy Search (GPS) service is a web application...
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Windows Server 2012 GA
Hey folks, Ned here again to tell you what you probably already know: Windows Server 2012 is now generally available: Understand the visionVisit the launch page and learn what’s newDownload the trialGo...
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Let the Blogging begin…
Hello AskDS Readers. Mike here again. If you notice, Ned posted one of our first Windows Server 2012 RTM blogs a while back (Managing RID Issuance in Windows Server 2012). Yes friends, the gag order...
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MaxTokenSize and Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
Hello AskDS Populous, Mike here and I want to share with you some of the excellent enhancements we accomplished in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 around MaxTokenSize. Let’s review MaxTokenSize and...
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Monthly Mail Sack: I Hope Your Data Plan is Paid Up Edition
Hi all, Ned here again with that thing we call love. Blog! I mean blog. I have a ton to talk about now that I have moved to the monthly format, and I recommend you switch to WIFI if you’re on your...
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Windows Server 2012 Shell game
Here's the scenario, you just downloaded the RTM ISO for Windows Server 2012 using your handy, dandy, "wondermus" Microsoft TechNet subscription. Using Hyper-V, you create a new virtual machine, mount...
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AD FS 2.0 RelayState
Hi guys, Joji Oshima here again with some great news! AD FS 2.0 Rollup 2 adds the capability to send RelayState when using IDP initiated sign on. I imagine some people are ecstatic to hear this while...
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So long and thanks for all the fish
My time is up.It’s been eight years since a friend suggested I join him on a contract at Microsoft Support (thanks Pete). Eight years since I sat sweating in an interview with Steve Taylor, trying...
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Digging a little deeper into Windows 8 Primary Computer
[This is a ghost of Ned past article – Editor] Hi folks, Ned here again to talk more about the Primary Computer feature introduced in Windows 8. Sharp-eyed readers may have noticed this lonely beta...
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