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Negotiate security support provider behavior
Greetings DS blog readers, Todd here. I wanted to talk a little about the Negotiate security support...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 01/21/2009
Determine Applied Schema Extensions with AD DS/LDS Schema Analyzer
Hey, Chris here. I recently had a case where the customer wanted to determine what Schema Extensions...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 01/20/2009
New Directory Services KB Articles 1/11-1/17
New KB articles related to Directory Services for the week of 1/11-1/17. Number Title 961071 Error...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 01/19/2009
Understanding the behavior differences of SYSVOL replication in Windows Server 2008 RODCs
Hi, Ned here again. Are you tired of me blogging about DFSR and FRS yet? If so, stop reading. :)...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 01/13/2009
New Directory Services KB Articles 1/4-1/11
New KB articles related to Directory Services for the week of 1/4-1/11. Number Title 961879 How to...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 01/12/2009
Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) Available For Windows 7 Beta
Ned here. For those testing Windows 7 administration capabilities, this is for you. Download here...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 01/10/2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta Available
Ned here. You can grab the beta: Download Windows Server 2008 R2 Remember that unless you are part...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 01/10/2009
Windows 7 for TechNet and MSDN Subscribers
Ned here. Come and get it... :) Press Release TechNet SubscribersMSDN Subscribers For all others,...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 01/08/2009
Using Group Policy Preferences to Map Drives Based on Group Membership
Hello AskDS Blog Readers, Mike here again! A common request we hear is how to automatically connect...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 01/07/2009
New Directory Services KB Articles 12/22-1/4
New KB articles related to Directory Services for the weeks of 12/22-1/4. 960742 Clients cannot log...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 01/06/2009
Certs On Wheels: Understanding Credential Roaming
Hi. Jim here again from the Directory Services team. Today I will break down some of the core...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 01/06/2009
DFSR SYSVOL Migration FAQ: Useful trivia that may save your follicles
Hi, Ned here again. Today I'm going to go through some well-hidden information on DFSR SYSVOL...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 01/05/2009
New Directory Services KB Articles 12/14-12/21
New KB articles related to Directory Services for the week of 12/14-12/21. 959753 How to customize...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 12/21/2008
Understanding File Date/Time behavior in DFSR Replication (and better ways of knowing that a file has replicated)
Hi, Ned here again. Mike’s snarky comments notwithstanding, today I am going to talk about how DFSR...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 12/17/2008
New Directory Services KB Articles 12/07-12/14
New KB articles related to Directory Services for the week of 12/07-12/14. 959887 You cannot use a...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 12/16/2008
AGPM Least Privilege Scenario
Mike here again. A customer recently asked how they should configure their Advanced Group Policy...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 12/16/2008
Troubleshooting ADPREP Errors
Hi all, Rob Newhouse again, and today I am talking about errors that you may see while running...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 12/15/2008
New Directory Services KB Articles 11/30-12/07
New KB articles related to Directory Services for the week of 11/30-12/07. 958876 When you try to...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 12/08/2008
Why Are ADFS Binaries Installed on non-R2 Windows Server 2003 computers?
Hi, Warren here. I recently worked on a case where I got to do a bit of sleuthing. I found the...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 12/08/2008
One stop shopping for DFSR and DFSN recommended hotfixes
Hi, Ned here again. We have put up a new(ish) KB article that will allow you to always see the...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 12/02/2008
New Directory Services KB Articles 11/23-11/30
New KB articles related to Directory Services for the week of 11/23-11/30. Number Title 957553 How...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 12/01/2008
Fun with the Kerberos Delegation Web Site
Hi, Rob here. First I want to thank you guys for reading and participating in our blogging efforts....
Author: Craig Landis Date: 11/25/2008
How to Back Up and Restore NTFS and Share Permissions
Note that this content has also been added to the TechNet Wiki to allow for community editing....
Author: Craig Landis Date: 11/24/2008
ADFS: SAML Tokens and Validation Issues when Federated with TFIM
Hi all. This is Sean again and it’s ADFS blog time! Today I’m going to touch on Security Assertion...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 11/21/2008
Top AskDS Blog Posts
We’ve been at this for over a year (since August 2007), with more than 100 posts (127 to be...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 11/19/2008
Directory Services and more, from Madrid
Ned here again. I recently spent a week with Microsoft Support Engineers from all over the world,...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 11/18/2008
New Directory Services KB Articles 11/9-11/16
New KB articles related to Directory Services for the week of 11/9-11/16. 958802 List of currently...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 11/17/2008
Follow up on lag sites... sort of.
Ned here again. We recently had a very lively discussion about 'Lag Sites' as a disaster recovery...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 11/15/2008
Using Network Monitor 3 to Troubleshoot a Domain Join Failure Caused by a Black Hole Router
This is Randy again with an interesting case that I had recently. We were having problems trying to...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 11/14/2008
Forced Demotion of a Windows Server 2008 Core Domain Controller
Ned here again. Today's post is short and sweet, but when you need this one you will need it fast...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 11/14/2008
Configuring an Authoritative Time Server with Group Policy Using WMI Filtering
Hello everyone, Brian Singleton here. Here’s a question I often get from customer regarding Windows...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 11/13/2008
So You Want to Upgrade to Windows 2008 Domain Controllers (ADPREP)
Hi all, Rob Newhouse here and today I am talking about upgrading your domain to Windows Server 2008...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 11/11/2008
Understanding How to Read a Userenv Log – Part 1
Hey everyone, this is Mark from the Directory Services team. We get calls all the time where...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 11/11/2008
DFSR Does Not Replicate Temporary Files
Note that this post has been added to the TechNet Wiki to allow for community editing. If you notice...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 11/11/2008
New KB Articles 11/2-11/9
New KB articles related to Directory Services for the week of 11/2-11/9. 950234 Error message when...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 11/10/2008
Quick Fixes for Group Policy Issues
Be sure to check out the Troubleshooting: Quick Fixes post over at the Group Policy blog for some...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 11/06/2008
New KB articles 10/26-11/2
New KB articles related to Directory Services for the week of 10/26-11/2. Not too much this week so...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 11/03/2008
Troubleshooting KCC Event Log Errors
My name is David Everett and I’m a Support Escalation Engineer on the Directory Services...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2008
Port Exhaustion and You (or, why the Netstat tool is your friend)
Hi, David here. Today I wanted to talk about something that we see all the time here in Directory...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 10/29/2008
File Server Migration Toolkit (FSMT) 1.1 Released
Ned here. The Remote File System developer team wanted us to let you know about the release of FSMT...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 10/28/2008
New KB Articles 10/19-10/26
New KB articles related to Directory Services for the week of 10/19-10/26. 959117 Certification...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 10/27/2008
SSL/TLS Record Fragmentation Support
This is Jonathan Stephens from the Directory Services team, and I wanted to share with you a recent...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 10/27/2008
DFSDIAG in a nutshell
Ned here. Our developer team colleagues at the File Cabinet have posted an interesting article on...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 10/25/2008
New KB Articles 10/12-10/19
New KB articles related to Directory Services for the week of 10/12-10/19. 955832 An SSL connection...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 10/24/2008
Getting a CMD prompt as SYSTEM in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
Ned here again. In the course of using Windows, it is occasionally useful to be someone...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 10/22/2008
“Lag site” or “hot site” (aka delayed replication) for Active Directory Disaster Recovery support
Hi, Gary from Directory Services here and I’m going to talk today about the concept of...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 10/20/2008
New KB Articles 10/5-10/11
New KB articles related to Directory Services for the week of 10/5-10/11 - 957772 Error message when...
Author: Craig Landis Date: 10/15/2008
Preventing large time offset problems
Greetings, Todd here and I wanted to take a few moments to talk to you about an issue that arises...
Author: NedPyle [MSFT] Date: 10/07/2008