ILM 2007 SP1 … Exchange 2010 support

Reading Time: 2 minutes FIM 2010 is still being cooked in Redmond area but in the meantime we got brand new ILM 2007 Service Pack 1 package which just was published on Downloads web site. ILM 2007 SP1 is cumulative hotfix package but also it brings support for provisioning objects with Exchange 2010.   This is nice progress if … Continue reading "ILM 2007 SP1 … Exchange 2010 support"

Where is my DC?

Reading Time: 3 minutes It is common knowledge that in AD environment client (like workstation) will always (at least it should) try to connect to most optimal domain controller. Optimal from network and AD infrastructure configuration standpoint. This process is based on DNS queries and information stored in AD configuration and in perfect case should lead to situation when … Continue reading "Where is my DC?"

userPassword

Reading Time: 4 minutes One of my friends PFE has asked me a question regarding userPassword attribute in directory which was related to some behavior he was observing in customer environment. We had a little chat about it and then I thought that maybe other has such questions as well so … here’s a topic for a blog.  Behavior … Continue reading "userPassword"

Snapshot recovery tool strikes back

Reading Time: 2 minutes Some time ago, when Windows 2008 was released I had some spare time (where are those days) and I wanted to master some of my .NET coding skills. What is better than find an idea to use them … and that’s how 1Identity Snapshot Recovery Tool was created. Snapshot Recovery Tool is command line tool … Continue reading "Snapshot recovery tool strikes back"

Snapshot Recover Tool

Reading Time: 3 minutes Snapshot Recover Tool Snapshot Recovery tool is command line interface tool which simplifies process of Active Directory deleted objects reanimation and populating these objects with data from Active Directory snapshot mounted in active instance. This tool can be also used to populate existing (not deleted) object with data from Active Directory snapshot without performing actual … Continue reading "Snapshot Recover Tool"

One subnet to catch them all

Reading Time: 4 minutes This post is probably first of TEC 2009 follow-up series, at least partially as I thought about covering it just before going to TEC. However Brian Desmond has touched this topic during his session so it is good reason to follow-up on it. This will be about usage of catch-all subnets in AD topology design. … Continue reading "One subnet to catch them all"