Hmm … I must admit I know very little about Oracle and probably it won't change in the near future. Sometimes I have to deal with their products, in most cases in MIIS projects. This time, in my current assignment (which I hope I will manage to finish in next two weeks, and i hope … Continue reading "Problem with Oracle OLEDB driver"
Introducing Windows 2003 R2 64-bit DC into 32-bit domain
You have your new x64 hardware, You have fresh copy of Windows 2003 R2 x64, and You want to use it as new, efficient platform for Your DC. Problem? Not really, but I saw question about it few times on Internet and such question was rised by one of Polish Microsoft's customers as well. If … Continue reading "Introducing Windows 2003 R2 64-bit DC into 32-bit domain"
[R] GUID to name lookup
I found on disk one of my first blog's post from my original blog – it is not very 'deep technical killing' style of posts but I decieded to post it back. What was born on the web should stay on the web :). If you need to quickly find name of an object for … Continue reading "[R] GUID to name lookup"
32-bit to 64-bit Active Directory performance comparison has arrived
Active Directory Performance for 64-bit Windows Server finally was published on Microsoft Downloads. As most of us is aware of gain in performance which can be achived using 64-bit hardware platform as a DC base it's good to have official document about it. This white paper compares performance of Windows 2003 acting as a DC … Continue reading "32-bit to 64-bit Active Directory performance comparison has arrived"
Windows Server 2003 R2 Schema Updates
I was asked which components extended the schema with Windows Server 2003 R2 I always miss a small detail so below is a table explaining which components extend the AD schema for Windows Server 2003 R2
MIIS 2003 Design Concepts
New download on Microsoft Downloads delivers three new documents, as stated on download page: MIIS 2003 Design Concepts for Reference Attributes – This document explains how reference attributes are processed by MIIS 2003 for direct attribute mapping scenarios and provides a conceptual explanation of a custom solution for advanced mapped reference attributes. It also includes … Continue reading "MIIS 2003 Design Concepts"
What Terminal Services has common with debugging?
Hmm ..since today I would answer to such question "nothing"? But if this answer was so easy probably You would not see this post – so answer is not so easy. Today I've started some test on MIIS project I'm working on now and I've wanted to debug some metaverse extension wrote with C#VS 2005. … Continue reading "What Terminal Services has common with debugging?"
Who said FireFox was secure
So MR/Mrs. Firefox user(s) —> who was telling me how secure Firefox was? Check this blog entry on how to view all your stored passwords, using tools menu in Firefox. Carlos
Windows 2003 R2 and schema version
As new version of Windows 2003 was shipped new question started to pop-up on newsgroups – how to deal with schema incompatibility between Windows 2003 and Windows 2003 R2 when new DC is added? I've decided to highlight this here because more and more such questions can be seen on the Internet. Windows 2003 R2 … Continue reading "Windows 2003 R2 and schema version"
Migrate FRS to DFSR
So I have been doing the TechDays 2006 DFSR and ADFS talks, and during my DFSR presentations when I tell the audience that there few tools to migrate FRS environments to DFSR I get a huge moan.