If you have a domain controller that you wish to reduce the number of client authentication requests that are processed then by adjusting the the servers weight or priority you can either: Reduce the number of client authentication requests received by adjusting the domain controller’s DNS weight record or to ensure that the domain controller does not [...]
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Archive | February, 2010
Exchange 2010 Pre-Deployment Analyzer
February 25, 2010
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Microsoft have released the “Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer“, which can be used to perform an overall topology readiness scan of your existing Exchange environment. The Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer provides a detailed report that will alert you if there are any issues within your organisation, which could prevent you from deploying Exchange 2010. For example, the Exchange [...]
Read moreAttending TechED North America or Europe on your own for the first time?
February 23, 2010
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I have been back from the MVP 2010 Summit now for a couple of days and I think I am nearly over my jet leg. On Monday 15th, I was asked to record a video for TechED North America and TechED Europe, this was great fun – I am not sure if the content will [...]
Read moreActive Directory and other relevant Windows scalability metrics.
February 22, 2010
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Active Directory can scale to the largest of infrastructures but it does have some limitations, some limits could take a long time to reach other and other limitations could be easily reached without realising. This is what I have discovered so far. Limitations. Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN). The Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of [...]
Read moreThe Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) is for SA Customers, but…..
February 21, 2010
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If you go to any Microsoft event and the topic of the Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack (MDOP) is raised, they will always tell you that “The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack is only available to Microsoft Customers who have Software Assurance”, but what they always seem to fail to mention is that you must have Software Assurance on the system pool and that you have one MDOP license per PC that is covered under SA. It took me an email to Microsoft licensing to find out, but I was convinced there was a little bit more to their generalised statement.
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Read moreActive Directory – Domain and Forest Functional Levels.
February 21, 2010
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Active Directory – Domain and Forest Functional Levels.
Domain versioning (and DC)
0 = Mixed mode / Native mode
1 = Windows Server 2003 interim domain mode
2 = Windows Server 2003
3 = Windows Server 2008
4 = Windows Server 2008 R2
Forest versioning
0 = Window 2000
1 = Windows Server 2003 interim forest mode
2 = Windows Server 2003 mode
3 = Windows Server 2008
4 = Windows Server 2008 R2
AD-LDS (ADAM) For Windows 7 is now available (Again).
February 17, 2010
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Microsoft have reissued the AD-LDS (Lightweight Directory Services (ADAM)) application for Windows 7, AD-LDS is a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory service that provides flexible support for directory-enabled applications, without the dependencies that are required for Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). AD LDS provides much of the same functionality as AD-DS, but it does not [...]
Read more- Office 2010 Installation Error: The language of this installation package is not supported by your system.
- Windows 7 Service Pack 1 – Installation Failure ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED(0×80070005)
- Active Directory .local domain design and Office 365.
- Active Directory Tombstone Lifetime – Set it to the correct value.
Book Recommendations:
Books that every IT Admin should own.
Active Directory
Active Directory: Designing, Deploying, and Running Active Directory
