Goodbye 2015! As we say goodbye to 2015, it is our custom to share the wonderful things the team behind the DirTeam.com / ActiveDir.org Weblogs have achieved. As we changed our underlying platform in December 2014, this year was our first full year on the platform and its accompanying analytics features. Pageviews and visits … Continue reading "The DirTeam.com / ActiveDir.org Weblogs in 2015"
Month: December 2015
From the field: The Case of the Domain Controller that would not function after an Azure Site Recovery test failover
Last week, I was on route with Darryl van der Peijl, one of my colleagues and a Hyper-V Most Valuable Professional (MVP). We visited a customer that had some trouble with one of their Domain Controllers in combination with Azure Site Recovery (ASR): After a test failover, the Domain Controller would not function properly. … Continue reading "From the field: The Case of the Domain Controller that would not function after an Azure Site Recovery test failover"
Help the Outlooks are down
So I was contacted by a panicking client. It seemed that all of his Outlook clients could not connect to Office 365 anymore. That meant investigating what was wrong. Upon inquiring he admitted that he changed some DNS settings the day before. But only the SPF record. That didn’t explain connection issues with their Outlook … Continue reading "Help the Outlooks are down"
Security Thoughts: Security Update for DNS Server to Address Remote Code Execution (MS15-127, KB3100465, CVE-2015-6125, Critical)
Today, during this December Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released a security update for Windows Server DNS among other security-related updates. While I’d normally only draw your attention to Active Directory security updates, I’ve chosen to blog on this update, because the vast majority of Active Directory Domain Controllers I come across function as DNS Servers serving … Continue reading "Security Thoughts: Security Update for DNS Server to Address Remote Code Execution (MS15-127, KB3100465, CVE-2015-6125, Critical)"
KnowledgeBase: Azure AD Connect hangs on the splash screen when installed on Windows Server 2008
After you jump through the hoops to install Azure AD Connect on Windows Server 2008, you might encounter some strange behavior when you first start Azure AD Connect. I know I did, and I worked with the product team to come to a solution. Of course, I’m sharing this solution here, before Microsoft fixes the … Continue reading "KnowledgeBase: Azure AD Connect hangs on the splash screen when installed on Windows Server 2008"
Five reasons why you don’t want Azure AD Connect on Windows Server 2008
Earlier this week, I wrote on installing Azure AD Connect on Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012. Today, I want to elaborate a bit on why I don’t recommend installing Azure AD Connect on Windows Server 2008, despite the many reasons you might have to think you want to. … Continue reading "Five reasons why you don’t want Azure AD Connect on Windows Server 2008"
Azure AD Connect 1.0.9131 is here
Changes in Microsofts cloud portfolio can be fast. Six months ago, Azure AD Connect was still in preview, but today, Microsoft released a new version of Azure AD Account for a new month. Note: Known as the December 2015 update, this is a QFE release, a release based on Quick Fix Engineering, as opposed to … Continue reading "Azure AD Connect 1.0.9131 is here"
Installing Azure AD Connect on Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012
In most projects, we set up a brand new Windows Server 2012 R2-installation, purely for Azure AD Connect and its underlying Azure AD Connect. For some reasons, however, you might install Azure AD Connect on Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012. Note: Installing Azure AD Connect is not supported on … Continue reading "Installing Azure AD Connect on Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012"