Federated Infrastructure
A discussion on politics, architecture, random experiences and good cheer from the Microsoft field.
Automating Port Query (portqry.exe) for Testing Connectivity
Recently, I was working with a federated customer that wanted to deploy Exchange 2003 in an...
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 03/19/2005
Exchange Address Lists For Federations
One of the issues that came up recently with a federated customer of mine was how they were going to...
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 03/17/2005
Building a Header File for Exchange 5.5
When upgrading Exchange 5.5 servers to Exchange 2003 in a federated model, I have found that I often...
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 03/05/2005
Pre-Populating SELECT Boxes with HTC Controls
When building web based applications, I frequently have a need to pre-populate the value of SELECT...
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 03/05/2005
Send SMTP Mail from a Web Site
The following function (written in VBScript) can be used to mail-enable a web-based application. If...
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 03/05/2005
Web Page Functionality Based on Group Membership in Active Directory
The following function (written in VBScript) queries the domain controller and iterates the group...
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 03/05/2005
Using JScript in DHTML to Manipulate Objects in a SELECT tag
The following code can be used to dynamically add, remove or select all items in a SELECT object....
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 03/05/2005
Political Forest and Domain Design
In my work with a large number of federated customers, the unavoidable component of Active Directory...
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 03/04/2005
ADC Lessons Learned the Hard Way
What happens when a federation, each with its own domain, separated by firewalls within a single...
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 02/27/2005
Security Misunderstandings in Federations
What does it mean to have a secure environment? Is it proper authentication and access controls?...
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 02/25/2005
An OU Can Be A Spoke, Too
If you've read any of my other posts, I deal with a number of government organizations at the state...
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 02/24/2005
Private Namespaces In Active Directory
For purposes of this post, a private namespace refers to the DNS name of the forest root in...
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 02/23/2005
ADC Role Confusion
A customer of mine hosts mailboxes for several smaller departments, acting somewhat like an...
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 02/23/2005
The Federation Firewall Boundary
As a specialist by trade in both technology and financial audit, internal control structures and...
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 02/22/2005
Post-ADC Problems In Federations
Okay, so these problems could potentially exist anywhere. The reason I draw attention to them is...
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 02/22/2005
The Legacy Exchange 5.5 Federation
The following scenario plays out one of the most common histories we see in the Exchange 5.5 design...
Author: Anthony Witecki Date: 02/22/2005