Month: June 2010

I'm done with an intensive month of sessions, delivered for different user groups and other communities online. When you managed to attend my session about Kerberos I hope you liked it ;). Now it's time for some blogging activities. A friend asked on his blog (PL only, sorry) a question how to quickly determine the groups a computer account … Continue reading "Groups and tokens"

Four years ago, on June 26th 2006, I posted the first piece of writing to this blog space. Little did I know back then the adventure I was getting myself into… Looking back, it’s not just the experience of writing stuff down for the whole world to see. It’s not just the half million pageviews … Continue reading "Four in a row"

Windows Server 2008 R2 was released on October 22nd 2009. With a slew of new Active Directory features, the newest incarnation of Windows Server was appealing to many customers. But not to some customers. One thing that stood in their way was the inability to restructure Active Directory domains and forests. Much needed functionality in … Continue reading "ADMT 3.2 Now Available!"

A recent post from Brad Turner reminded me of something I wanted to blog about since I setup my Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) lab for self-password reset for users. So here it is – WMI permissions … … If you want to enable the self-password reset scenario for users (which is one of scenarios you definitely … Continue reading "WMI permissions required for a FIM2010 self-password reset scenario"

Windows Vista had a neat trick up its sleeve, that allowed admins to change the Vista SKU without the need for reinstallation or installation media. One could, for instance, 'transition' a Windows Vista Home Basic installation to Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate or Enterprise. This functionality is called Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU) Windows 7 … Continue reading "Server Core Anytime Upgrades"