New Directory Services Content 5/9-5/15

KB

972779	Some smart cards performing requests cause performance issues
978098	Errors when you have a large "Folder Redirection" policy settings file in Windows Vista, in Windows 7, in Windows Server 2008, or in Windows Server 2008 R2
982822	Some providers may receive an incorrect password value from the OLEDB32 component if the password in the connection string is blank in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

Wiki

Wiki Page: AD FS 2.0: Migrate Your AD FS Configuration Database to SQL Server

Wiki Page: Hyper-V: How to Configure Server Core using SCONFIG

Wiki Page: Hyper-V: Performance Guide

Wiki Page: Hyper-V: How to Find the Host of a VM

Blogs

Migrated Users Get Prompted To Change Password at First Logon Even After Migrating Their Password with the PES

The Next Generation of AD Performance Analysis

Validating your AD Schema Prior to Upgrade (a Followup)

Friday Mail Sack – It’s About To Get Real Edition

Hey, Scripting Guy! Weekend Scripter: Configuring W32Time Service Logging

Considerations when upgrading your Active Directory to Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2

Group Policy Setting of the Week 25 – Remove the Action Center icon

BPOS Deployments – notes from the field

What's next for Windows Server and beyond?

Announcing the Availability of Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 and Forefront Protection for SharePoint 2010

AD Clients Not Authenticating to its Local Site

Top 10 IAM Challenges for Heterogeneous Enterprises

Eugenio Pace on Identity Federation, WIF, and ADFS 2.0

Free Office Mobile 2010 for Windows Phones

Best Practices for Creating a Secure Guest Account on Windows 7

Choosing an Appropriate User State Virtualization Solution

PowerShell Resource Page at Windows IT Pro

Folder Redirection isn’t working correctly — the redirection targets the wrong server!

Select WMI

The very best Sysinternals tools for Windows server security

Hyper-V Best Practice Analyzer - What does it check

New Networking-related KB articles for the week of May 2 – May 8

New topic and script about testing for Active Directory schema extension conflicts

Adding claim mapping to existing provider in SPS 2010

Using Kerberos security with Server for NFS

Two Minute Drill: The Schtasks command

Windows Intune - Under the Hood

IPv6 transition technologies on Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core

PowerShell and AD DS Best Practice Analyzer