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....And knowing is half the battle!
Jonathan here. Chuck Timon over on the AskCore blog has a new post that you folks testing with Windows Server 2012 should know about. If you're playing around with Hyper-V, do yourself a favor and have...
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ADAMSync 101
Hi Everyone, Kim Nichols here again, and this time I have an introduction to ADAMSync. I take a lot of cases on ADAM and AD LDS and have seen a number of problems arise from less than optimally...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 - Preview available for download
Just in case you missed the announcement, the preview build of Windows Server 2012 R2 is now available for download. If you want to see the latest and greatest, head on over there and take a gander at...
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Interesting findings on SETSPN -x -f
Hello folks, this is Herbert from the Directory Services support team in Europe!Kerberos is becoming increasingly mandatory for really cool features such as Protocol Transition. Moreover, as you might...
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Because TechNet didn't have enough Active Directory awesomeness already
Time for a quick lesson in blog history. There'll be a quiz at the end! Ok not really, but some history all the same.Back a few years ago when we here at Microsoft were just starting to get savvy to...
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Roaming Profile Compatibility - The Windows 7 to Windows 8 Challenge
[Editor's note: Everything Mark mentions for Windows 8 clients here is also true for Windows 8.1 clients. Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 clients use the same (v3) profile version, so the 8.1 upgrade will...
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DFS Replication in Windows Server 2012 R2 and other goodies, now available on...
Over at the Filecab blog, AskDS alum and all-around nice guy Ned Pyle has posted the first of several blogs about new features coming your way in Windows Server 2012 R2. If you're a DFS administrator...
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MD5 Signature Hash Deprecation and Your Infrastructure
Hi everyone, David here with a quick announcement.Yesterday, MSRC announced a timeframe for deprecation of built-in support for certificates that use the MD5 signature hash. You can find more...
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Important Announcement: AD FS 2.0 and MS13-066
Hi everyone, Adam and JR here with an important announcement.We’re tracking an important issue in support where some customers who have installed security update MS13-066 on their AD FS 2.0 servers are...
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Locked or not? Demystifying the UI behavior for account lockouts
Hello Everyone,This is Shijo from our team in Bangalore once again. Today I’d like to briefly discuss account lockouts, and some UI behaviors that can trip admins up when dealing with account...
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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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....And knowing is half the battle!
Jonathan here. Chuck Timon over on the AskCore blog has a new post that you folks testing with Windows Server 2012 should know about. If you're playing around with Hyper-V, do yourself a favor and have...
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ADAMSync 101
Hi Everyone, Kim Nichols here again, and this time I have an introduction to ADAMSync. I take a lot of cases on ADAM and AD LDS and have seen a number of problems arise from less than optimally...
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Revenge of Y2K and Other News
Hello sports fans!So this has been a bit of a hectic time for us, as I'm sure you can imagine. Here's just some of the things that have been going on around here.Last week, thanks to a failure on the...
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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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