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Friday Mail Sack: Drop the dope, hippy! edition
Hi all, Ned here again with an actual back to back mail sack. This week we discuss: Running out of USNs and Versions DFSR RDC LAN WAN FWIW AOK NPS and dotted NetBIOS domain names USMT and the case of...
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New Slow Logon, Slow Boot Troubleshooting Content
Hi all, Ned here again. We get emailed here all the time about issues involving delays in user logons. Often enough that, a few years back, Bob wrote a multi-part article on the subject. Taking it to...
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Friday Mail Sack: Mothers day pfffft… when is son’s day?
Hi folks, Ned here again. It’s been a little while since the last sack, but I have a good excuse: I just finished writing a poop ton of Windows Server 2012 depth training that our support folks around...
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Dynamic Access Control intro on Windows Server blog
Hey all, Ned here with a quick “xerox” post: the Dynamic Access Control developers have released a good intro on their octo-feature through the Windows Server Blog: Introduction to Windows Server 2012...
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Do not skip the latest B8 boot post
Hey all, Ned here. The Building Windows 8 blog recently posted a new article from Chris Clark that you might have passed over due to the title, which sounds like another article on boot performance:...
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More Central Access Policies blogging happening
Hi all, Ned here. Our friend Nir has another new DAC-related post up, this time on the File Cab blog: Getting started with Central Access Policies - Reducing security group complexity and achieving...
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Come get Windows 8 Release Preview and Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate
Ned here. Go there: Download Windows 8 Release Preview ISO images Download Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Datacenter (ISO and VHD images) Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows...
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The Mouse Will Play
Hey all, Ned here. Mike and I start teaching Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 DS internals this month in the US and UK and won’t be back until July. Until then, Jonathan is – I can’t believe I’m...
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What's Causing that DFSR Change Storm?
[This is another guest post from our pal Mark in Oz. Even if you don’t care about DFSR, I highly recommend this post; it teaches some very clever log analysis techniques, useful in a variety of...
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Important Information about Remote Desktop Licensing and Security Advisory...
Hi folks, Jonathan here. Dave and I wanted to share some important information with you. By now you’ve all been made aware of the Microsoft Security Advisory that was published this past Sunday. If...
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New Office 365 and AD FS/DirSync Information Available
Hi folks, Jonathan here again. Adam Conkle has posted some new goodies related to Office 365 and AD FS/DirSync that may interest you. Take a look, and be sure to rate the content if you find it useful....
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An ADFS Claims Rules Adventure
[Editors Note: This is a guest post from Joe Isenhour, a Senior Program Manager in the Microsoft Engineering Excellence Center.] Notes from the Field Customers can come up with some fairly complex...
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I’m Baaaaaccccck
Hey all, Ned here again. After a few months of training room huffing, airline food loathing, and PowerPoint shilling, I’m back in Charlotte. I’ve got a backlog of legacy product posts to share from...
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RSA Key Blocking is Coming
Hey all, Ned here again with one of my rare public service announcement posts: In August 2012, Microsoft will issue a critical security update for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003...
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Managing the Recycle bin with Redirected Folders with Vista or Windows 7
Hi, Gary here, and I have been seeing a few more questions regarding the recycle bin on redirected folders. With the advent of Windows Vista there was a change in redirected folders and the support for...
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Standardizing Dynamic Access Control Configuration – Exporting and Importing...
[This is a guest post from Joe Isenhour, a Senior Program Manager in Windows Server. You may remember him from his previous ADFS claims rule post. If you are not yet up to speed on the DAC security...
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Friday Mail Sack: I Don’t Like the Taste of Pants Edition
Hi all, Ned here again. After a few months of talking about Windows Server 2012 to other ‘softies from around the globe, I’m back with the sack. It was great fun – and not over yet, it turns out – but...
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Dynamic Access Control and ISV Goodness
Hey all, Ned here with a quickie: Robert Paige just published an interesting read on Windows Server 2012 Dynamic Access Control over at the Windows Server blog:...
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Common DFSN Configuration Mistakes and Oversights
Hello all, Dave here again. Over a year ago, Warren created an ASKDS blog post covering common DFS Replication (DFSR) mistakes and oversights. Someone asked me recently where the common DFS Namespaces...
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Kerberos errors in network captures
Hi guys, Joji Oshima here again. When troubleshooting Kerberos authentication issues, a network capture is one of the best pieces of data to collect. When you review the capture, you may see various...
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