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Reading Time: < 1 minute Wave of information has started to spread across the Internet that RSAT has been finally released for download. So here are links for RSAT download: 32-bit 64-bit. All of you who have deployed Windows Server 2008, especially as Core version should like this information.

Reading Time: < 1 minute In case somebody missed it – Microsoft has published lately technical specification for its products. Result of some trials before European Union Committee (I still don't like this institution).  Among other documents you can find there Active Directory Technical Specification. And now everything is clear about AD … isn't it :). Time to find some … Continue reading "Active Directory technical specification"

Reading Time: < 1 minute For all interested – quietly SAP MA for ILM 2007 has been updated and published on Microsoft Downloads. From what I know this update contains minor bug fixes made after initial SAP MA publish date back in May 2007. If You have this solution deployed in production remember to test this update first in test … Continue reading "SAP MA updated"

Reading Time: < 1 minute Long awaited SAP MA for ILM 2007 (former MIIS 2003) has just been released. Download is available on Microsoft Download page.  

Reading Time: < 1 minute Some time ago I wrote about a serious problem which is affecting DNS service, to be more specific management interface available through RPC. As DNS is one of heavily used service in Active Directory networks this is real problem. With this month's security patches we can get fix for this problem described in MS07-029 security … Continue reading "Fix for DNS RPC management interface security problem"

Reading Time: < 1 minute It's a busy day so just a quick info. Long awaited MIIS SP2 package is out there. You can just go and grab it from Microsoft Download. MIIS SP2 is bringing SQL 2005 support as a MIIS database, official .NET 2.0 support, Oracle 10g support etc. I will try to grab all changes and post … Continue reading "MIIS SP2 is out there"

Reading Time: < 1 minute New KB 912222 article titled "The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack release“ delivers refresh for Windows 2003 and Windows XP (x64 only) TCP\IP stack. This update is delivering three new features:   TCP Chimney offload Receive Side Scaling (RSS) Network Direct Memory Access (NetDMA) which are all about accelerating Windows TCP\IP stack.   … Continue reading "Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack"

Reading Time: < 1 minute Finishing download review from the end of the year – some missed news, this time from Quest. Quest has published free download for ADAM management pack for MOM 2005. If Your organization utilizes both ADAM and MOM this might be interesting thing to try.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Updated version of two ADFS documents has been published on Technet pages in December. ADFS Design Guide deals with ADFS design concepts and design process. Good starting point for understanding Web SSO solution with ADFS and different design concepts. Updated version delivers capacity planning information, web browsers compatibility matrix, some design checklist templates and more. … Continue reading "Updated ADFS documentation"

Reading Time: < 1 minute If You are looking for some picture to hang on the wall next to Your desk or in server room maybe You will want to get Active Directory jigsaw (PDF). This picture was originally published in Technet Magazine. It contains jigsaw of AD components and dependencies. It looks good especially when it is printed on … Continue reading "Active Directory jigsaw"