Author: Sander Berkouwer

This page contains the following whitepaper: What's new in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012 How your organization can benefit from the new features in Active Directory Domain Services and Windows Server 2012   Title : What’s New in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012 How your organization can benefit from the … Continue reading "Whitepaper on What's new in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012"

Yesterday, Microsoft Netherlands organized a free event for roughly 800 members of the Microsoft Partner Network, where they launched Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, together with Ingram Micro, Copaco, Actebis and Tech Data, and a lot of their OEM Partners like Dell, Samsung, HP, Asus, Acer, Toshiba and Fujitsu. As I posted earlier, I … Continue reading "Photos of Objectives 2012, the Dutch Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Partner Launch Event"

Microsoft released a KnowledgeBase article titled “ADDSDeployment module with the -Whatif argument shows incorrect DNS results” This KnowledgeBase article describes unexpected behavior in the PowerShell Cmdlets within the ADDSDeployment PowerShell module when you use the -WhatIf argument without specifying the -installdns argument.

Microsoft has issued a new KnowledgeBase article that addresses an issue when you use the Install-ADDSDomain PowerShell Cmdlet from the ADDSDeployment PowerShell module remotely to create a child domain. This issue is related to PowerShell remoting and the fact that the Install-ADDSDomain PowerShell Cmdlet doesn’t perform a pre-check on the password to create the DNS … Continue reading "KnowledgeBase: "Access is denied" error message when you create a child domain remotely by using Install-ADDSDomain"

Together with Ingram Micro, Copaco, Actebis and Tech Data, Microsoft Netherlands organizes a free event on Thursday October 25, 2012 titled Objectives 2012.  The venue for this event is Amstelborgh – Borchland in Amsterdam. This event marks the launch of Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Office 2013 and Office 365 for the Dutch Microsoft Partner … Continue reading "I’ll be presenting at Objectives 2012, the Dutch Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Partner Launch Event"

It’s never been easier to install pre-release versions of Windows and Windows Server, then with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Downloadable ISO files were abundant and could be used for virtual machines on all major virtualization platforms, ISO files could be burned with a built-in tool in the previous version of Windows (Windows 7) … Continue reading "How to determine the Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 version on your USB Install Media or DVD"

About two months ago, I wrote a blog post on determining your Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 pre-release version. With that information you could then determine the (possible) in-place upgrade paths. In this blog post I’ll show you the expiration dates of the Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 pre-release versions, so you’ll know … Continue reading "Expiration dates on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Pre-release versions"

Microsoft Knowledgebase article 2743345 with title "The system cannot find the file specified" Adprep /gpprep error, or tool crashes" describes an issue where the Group Policy Preparation fails or crashes. The main reason for this behavior is the Domain Controller holding the Infrastructure Master Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) role in this domain implements a … Continue reading "KnowledgeBase: "The system cannot find the file specified" Adprep /gpprep error, or tool crashes"

In KnowledgeBase article 2737129, titled Group Policy preparation is not performed when you automatically prepare an existing domain for Windows Server 2012, Microsoft describes the preparation steps in the new automatic Active Directory Domain Services Upgrade process in more detail.

Yesterday was a special day. For the first time, my employer organized a customer event for over 300 people at the Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam on a piece of technology not even available mainstream. We dubbed the event “Samen Slimmer met Windows 8 en Windows Server 2012”, an event title that roughly translates to … Continue reading "Pictures of the Technical Track of the October 11 “Samen Slimmer” event"