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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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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
Update (8/19/13):We have republished MS13-066 with a corrected version of the hotfixes that contributed to this problem. If you had held off on installing the update, it should be safe to install on...
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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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An update for ADMT, and a few other things too.
So, we’ve been quiet for a few months, which is extraordinarily embarrassing after I basically told everyone that we were going to not do that. The reality of what we do in support is that sometimes...
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Adding shortcuts on desktop using Group Policy Preferences in Windows 8 and...
Hi All!My name is Saurabh Koshta and I am with the Core Team at Microsoft. Currently I work in the client space so supporting all aspects of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 is my primary role.We very often...
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Our UK Windows Directory Services Escalation Team is Hiring – Support...
Hi! Its Linda Taylor here again from the Directory Services Escalation team in the UK. In this post, I want to tell you – We are hiring in the UK!! Would you like to join the UK Escalation Team and...
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Options for Managing Go to Desktop or Start after Sign in in Windows 8.1
Hi, David here. Over the past year we’ve gotten a lot of feedback from our customers about the pain of changing from older versions of Windows over to Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. While it’s a great OS...
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Managing the Store app pin to the Taskbar added in the Windows 8.1 Update
Warren here, posting with more news regarding the Windows 8.1 Update. Among the many features added by Windows 8.1 Update is that the Store icon will be pinned to the users taskbar when users first...
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An Update about the Windows 8.1 Update
Hi everyone, David here. Today over at the Springboard series blog we announced some important news that applies to anyone who has been trying to roll out the Windows 8.1 update in an enterprise...
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