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Son of SPA: AD Data Collector Sets in Win2008 and beyond
Hello, David Everett here again. This time I’m going to cover configuration and management of Active Directory Diagnostics Data Collector Sets. Data Collector Sets are the next generation of a utility...
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Friday Mail Sack: Newfie from the Grave Edition
Heya, Ned here again. Since this another of those catch up mail sacks, there’s plenty of interesting stuff to discuss. Today we talk NSPI, DFSR, USMT, NT 4.0 (!!!), Win2008/R2 AD upgrades, Black Hat...
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New DNS and AD DS BPA’s released (or: the most accurate list of DNS...
Hi folks, Ned here again. We’ve released another wave of Best Practices Analyzer rules for Windows Server 2008 / R2, and if you care about Directory Services you care about these:AD DS rules...
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Multi-NIC File Server Dissection
Ned here. Our friend and colleague Jose Barreto from the File Server development team has posted a very interesting article around multiple NIC usage on Win2008/R2 file servers. Here's the intro:When...
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What does DCDIAG actually… do?
Hi folks, Ned here again. I recently wrote a KB article about some expected DCDIAG.EXE behaviors. This required reviewing DCDIAG.EXE as I wasn’t finding anything deep in TechNet about the “Services”...
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What is the Impact of Upgrading the Domain or Forest Functional Level?
Hello all, Jonathan here again. Today, I want to address a question that we see regularly. As customers upgrade Active Directory, and they inevitably reach the point where they are ready to change the...
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Last Week Before Vista and Win2008 SP1 Support Ends
Last chance folks. Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 support ends on July 12. As in, one week from now. This means computers running SP1 won’t get security updates after the next...
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Windows Server 2008 SP1 and Windows Vista SP1 now UNSUPPORTED
Ned here with the last word on this: Windows Server 2008 SP1 and Windows Vista SP1 are no longer supported. You mustinstall Service Pack 2 to get updates and support from Microsoft going forward with...
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Cluster and Stale Computer Accounts
Hi, Mike here again. Today, I want to write about a common administrative task that can lead to disaster: removing stale computer accounts from Active Directory.Removing stale computer accounts is...
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Friday Mail Sack: They Pull Me Back in Edition
Hiya world, Ned is back with your best questions and comments. I’ve been off to teach this fall’s MCM, done Win8 stuff, and generally been slacking keeping busy; sorry for the delay in posting. That...
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Does your logon hang after a password change on win 8.1 /2012 R2/win10?
Hi, Linda Taylor here, Senior Escalation Engineer from the Directory Services team in the UK. I have been working on this issue which seems to be affecting many of you globally on windows 8.1, 2012 R2...
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Previewing Server 2016 TP4: Temporary Group Memberships
Disclaimer: Windows Server 2016 is still in a Technical Preview state – the information contained in this post may become inaccurate in the future as the product continues to evolve. More specifically,...
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Are your DCs too busy to be monitored?: AD Data Collector Set solutions for...
Hi all, Herbert Mauerer here. In this post we’re back to talk about the built-in AD Diagnostics Data collector set available for Active Directory Performance (ADPERF) issues and how to ensure a useful...
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Setting up Virtual Smart card logon using Virtual TPM for Windows 10 Hyper-V...
Hello Everyone, my name is Raghav and I’m a Technical Advisor for one of the Microsoft Active Directory support teams. This is my first blog and today I’ll share with you how to configure a Hyper-V...
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The Version Store Called, and They’re All Out of Buckets
Hello, Ryan Ries back at it again with another exciting installment of esoteric Active Directory and ESE database details! I think we need to have another little chat about something called the version...
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Deploying Group Policy Security Update MS16-072 \ KB3163622
My name is Ajay Sarkaria & I work with the Windows Supportability team at Microsoft. There have been many questions on deploying the newly released security update MS16-072. This post was written...
View ArticleAccess-Based Enumeration (ABE) Concepts (part 1 of 2)
Hello everyone, Hubert from the German Networking Team here. Today I want to revisit a topic that I wrote about in 2009: Access-Based Enumeration (ABE) This is the first part of a 2-part Series. This...
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Access-Based Enumeration (ABE) Troubleshooting (part 2 of 2)
Hello everyone! Hubert from the German Networking Team here again with part two of my little Blog Post Series about Access-Based Enumeration (ABE). In the first part I covered some of the basic...
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Troubleshooting failed password changes after installing MS16-101
Hi! Linda Taylor here, Senior Escalation Engineer in the Directory Services space. I have spent the last month working with customers worldwide who experienced password change failures after installing...
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Using Debugging Tools to Find Token and Session Leaks
Hello AskDS readers and Identity aficionados. Long time no blog. Ryan Ries here, and today I have a relatively “hardcore” blog post that will not be for the faint of heart. However, it’s about an...
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