While a lot of lab environments will be set up as I explained in part 2 of this series (with the New Promotion Process), in the real world a lot of Active Directory environments will be upgraded or transitioned, because they’re already equipped with Domain Controllers running a previous version of Windows Server. In this … Continue reading "New features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012, Part 3: New Upgrade Process"
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New features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012, Part 2: New Promotion Process
As I’ve mentioned in my overview post, earlier today, one of the new features of Windows Server 2012 is a new Domain Controller Promotion Tool. In this blogpost I’ll dive a little deeper on this statement.
Active Directory-related KnowledgeBase articles for February 2012
Last month, the Active Directory Documentation Team really made an effort to bring together a library of troubleshooting-oriented KnowledgeBase articles. This month, this work is continued with two more updated guidance-oriented KnowledgeBase articles to troubleshoot Active Directory issues. Also this month, a few new Active Directory-related KnowledgeBase articles were published with hotfixes for issues in … Continue reading "Active Directory-related KnowledgeBase articles for February 2012"
Whitepaper on Host-Based Backups and Restores of Domain Controllers
This page contains the following whitepaper: Host-Based Backups and Restores of Domain Controllers How to be effective in backing up and restoring virtual Domain Controller with host-based backup solutions Title : Host-Based Backups and Restores of domain Controllers How to be effective in backing up and restoring virtual Domain Controllers with host-based backup solutions Authors … Continue reading "Whitepaper on Host-Based Backups and Restores of Domain Controllers"
Getting Your Active Directory ready for Windows 7, Part 3
Deploying Windows XP is as easy as sysprep’ing a sample installation, throw in an answer file in the mix with a Volume License Key (VLK) and rolling out the newly created image with your preferred distribution method. A volume Windows XP product key is easily attained by buying a 5 PC equivalent Volume License and … Continue reading "Getting Your Active Directory ready for Windows 7, Part 3"
Active Directory-related sessions at Tech·Ed Europe 2010
Tech·Ed Europe 2010 is only a few weeks away and many of us have begun filling their session builder with interesting sessions, corresponding to their interests and knowledge. Following Hans’ example, I decided to compile a list of the Active Directory and Group Policy related sessions at Tech·Ed Europe 2010. I’ve compiled the list below, … Continue reading "Active Directory-related sessions at Tech·Ed Europe 2010"
From the Field: the Case of Display Issues (garbled or missing Text) in Active Directory Administrative Center
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 was baffled by a serious issue
How to install a Server Core R2 Domain Controller
Server Core installations were a new feature in Windows Server 2008. Now, in Windows Server 2008 R2, it has been given a major upgrade. It now includes the .Net Framework, Active Directory Certificate Services, etc. (for a full list, see this blogpost) Over three years ago I showed you how to install a Server Core … Continue reading "How to install a Server Core R2 Domain Controller"
Active Directory Time Sync (broken by default)
Active Directory relies on accurate time for a number of reasons. One of this reasons is Kerberos authentication, which by nature can only cope with a difference in time (time skew) of five minutes between the Kerberos server and client. Now, don’t get me wrong. I think the time skew limitation and the overall Kerberos … Continue reading "Active Directory Time Sync (broken by default)"
Active Directory Domain Services Command Fu, Part 6
With Windows PowerShell Scripting being one of the requirements in the current Common Engineering Criteria (CEC), all Microsoft server products need to comply with having Windows PowerShell scripting support. While some Active Directory technologies have not yet adopted PowerShell (Active Directory Certificate Services, for example), Active Directory Domain Services has adopted this criteria wholeheartedly in … Continue reading "Active Directory Domain Services Command Fu, Part 6"