May and June this year are speaking engagements months for me. Mostly these engagements are local events in Poland – if you're interested in them, please visit my Polish blog. One event will be in English and is organized on-line through Live Meeting by my friend, Polish MVP – Robert. If You have spare 75 minutes on the … Continue reading "Speaking in June"
Month: May 2010
Speaking engagements for June
June 2010 is poised to be an incredibly prolific month this year for me. Not only will I be celebrating my 4th year of blogging (right here on DirTeam), but I’m also invited to some venues to help out, co-organizing an event and even doing some live TV stuff. Exciting!
Transitioning your Active Directory to Windows Server 2008 R2
You might be running Windows Server 2003 (R2) and Windows Server 2008 Domain Controllers at the moment and you're looking to replace these servers with Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controllers to utilize the new features of Windows Server 2008 R2. You might also be looking to replace your aging Windows Server 2003 (R2) and … Continue reading "Transitioning your Active Directory to Windows Server 2008 R2"
The DirTeam.com/ActiveDir.org Weblogs have moved
After a couple of weeks of careful planning and testing, the Dirteam.com / ActiveDir.org Weblogs (dirteam.com) have moved. For the past five years, the dirteam.com website was hosted on shared servers in a datacenter in Pasadena in the US.
Moving the NTP service to a new PDCe
Want to move the time service to the new PDCe? This is something that is required if you have just moved the PDCe to a new Domain Controller. First you need to reset the old PDCe time service, so that it is part of the domain heirarchy (Or you just want to reset a client back … Continue reading "Moving the NTP service to a new PDCe"
Adding claim mapping to existing provider in SPS 2010
I’m playing a little bit with Sharepoint 2010 and the claims model (probably more posts on this topic will follow) where ADFS v2 (yes, it has shipped in case you missed it) acts as a trusted claims provider for SPS 2010. It is a great scenario which I think will find its use in many … Continue reading "Adding claim mapping to existing provider in SPS 2010"
Considerations when upgrading your Active Directory to Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2
While upgrading your Active Directory Domain Controllers, Domain Functional Level(s) and Forest Functional Level to Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 offer additional functionality compared to previous versions, also a couple of caveats exist, that I think you should be aware of.
Meet me at the TechNet Deep Dive event
In four weeks time, Microsoft Netherlands will host an IT Pro event, named TechNet Deep Dive.
Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 is here
Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 2.0, part of the federation platform codenamed ‘Geneva’, has been released to the web today! ADFS helps IT enable users to collaborate across organizational boundaries and easily access applications on-premises and in the cloud, while maintaining application security. Through a claims-based infrastructure, IT can enable a single sign-on (SSO) experience … Continue reading "Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 is here"
Windows 2008 R2 Recycle Bin support for FIM
Few weeks ago I wrote about FIM 2010 support for Windows 2008 R2 Active Directory environment with Recycle Bin enabled. Basically it wasn't supported configuration at that time. But world is changing … and FIM as well. Few days ago FIM 2010 Update 1 was released to Windows Update and also Windows Catalog. You can … Continue reading "Windows 2008 R2 Recycle Bin support for FIM"