The case of… display issues (garbled or missing text) in Active Directory...
I’ve been working with Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC) for a while now, but didn’t have time to look at Delegation of Control lately. Yesterday I finally came round to configuring it and...
View ArticleActive Directory Feature Requirements
Microsoft has included numerous features in Active Directory the last couple of years. Also, more and more technologies in products like Exchange Server, SharePoint Server and the Windows client...
View ArticleNew features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012, Part...
As we’ve seen in part 4 of this series, Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012 now sports a grand total of 145 PowerShell Cmdlets. Learning these commands and putting them to good use,...
View ArticleNew features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012, Part...
A new feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 and the Windows Server 2008 R2 Forest Functional Level (FFL) is the Active Directory Recycle Bin. This feature enables administrators to restore (accidentally)...
View ArticleActive Directory Services and PowerShell manageability
As you might be aware, every Microsoft server product has the requirement to be manageable through PowerShell and System Center. The PowerShell requirement is formulated as part of the Common...
View Article10 Things you need to be aware of before deploying Dynamic Access Control
Microsoft introduced Dynamic Access Control (DAC) as its claims-based authorization solution. It’s revolutionary, because it enables admins to more granularly control access to file resources, based on...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Active Directory Feature Requirements
A while ago, I wrote a blogpost on the requirements you’d need to meet to take advantage of Active Directory features in Windows Server 2003 through Windows Server 2008 R2. Since Windows Server 2012...
View ArticlePictures of Microsoft Sinergija 2014
As mentioned earlier, I had the privilege of being invited to speak at Microsoft Serbia’s Sinergia 2014 event at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Belgrade, last October. With a little more room in my...
View ArticleNew features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012 R2,...
This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series New features in AD DS in Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft has invested three years of development time in Windows Server 2012 and has introduced a slew of Active...
View ArticleNew features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012 R2,...
This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series New features in AD DS in Windows Server 2012 R2In Active Directory, all Domain Controllers are equal, but some are more equal than others. As you gain experience...
View ArticleSpeaking at ITPRO | DEV Connections Greece again
Last year, I was invited to speak at ITPro | DEV Connections Greece. That was great fun, so we were delighted to see this years organization asking Adnan and me to send in some session proposals for...
View ArticleTen things you need to be aware of before using the Protected Users Group
With Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1, Microsoft introduced a feature in Active Directory Domain Services called the Protected Users group. You can use it to limit the availability of outdated...
View ArticlePictures of Experts Live 2014
On Thursday November 18, 2014, Raymond and I delivered two 1-hour sessions at Experts Live 2014 at Cinemic in Ede, the Netherlands. With nearly 800 attendees, Experts Live transformed the cinema...
View ArticleNew features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012 R2,...
This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series New features in AD DS in Windows Server 2012 R2As we’ve dived into the Protected Users security group, we’ll dive into Authentication Policies and Authentication...
View ArticleNew features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012 R2,...
This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series New features in AD DS in Windows Server 2012 R2Managing an on-premises Active Directory Domain Services infrastructure through the Graphical User Interface (GUI)...
View ArticleUsing the new Active Directory PowerShell Cmdlets on down-level and...
Last week, we discussed the new Active Directory Domain Services-related PowerShell Cmdlets in Windows Server 2012 R2. In the requirements I mentioned that you needed at least one system with the...
View ArticleKnowledgebase: Known Issue with Windows and Windows Server Technical Preview...
While going through the Release Notes for the Windows Server Technical Preview and the Release Notes for Windows 10, I noticed something quite interesting: If you join a computer with Trusted Platform...
View ArticleSeventh Consecutive Year as a Directory Services MVP
This afternoon, I received an e-mail message titled: “Congratulations 2015 Microsoft MVP!” This is the seventh message I receive, welcoming me (back) to Microsofts Most Valuable Professional (MVP)...
View ArticleNew features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012 R2,...
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series New features in AD DS in Windows Server 2012 R2Active Directory is a family of products. Besides the commonly known Active Directory Domain Services and...
View ArticleWorkPlace Join vs. Domain Join
Yesterday, we discussed WorkPlace Join and the msDS-Device object. Over the past months, these technologies sparked conversations with several people, some of which have very strong opinions on the...
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