I recently found a need to have Operating System and Service Pack information displayed dynamically in Active Directory Users and Computers rather than have it hardcoded into the Description attribute of the computer object. I remembered that many moons ago, I had seen Dean Wells demonstrate this ability, so I dug out my notes and [...]
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Active Directory Diagnostic Logging
November 3, 2011
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When troubleshooting Active Directory the first place that most people look is the Windows Server event logs, the event logs can provide a wealth of information about the state of an Active Directory, but by default the recorded information is limited to the logging of critical and error events. To enable detailed diagnostic logging there [...]
Read more Single-Label-Domains in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) – Considerations, Migration, and Co-existence
September 5, 2011
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Microsoft have published an excellent document on Single-Label-Domains in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) – Considerations, Migration, and Co-existence. It is well worth a read, even if you are not impacted by this issue. Management Summary An Active Directory domain name that contains one or more labels separated by a dot is referred [...]
Read moreWindows Virtual PC–Refresh download available.
February 14, 2011
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Microsoft have today (14/02/11) released a refresh update for their Virtual PC offering. Windows Virtual PC is the latest Microsoft virtualization technology. You can use it to run more than one operating system at the same time on one computer, and to run many productivity applications on a virtual Windows environment, with a single click, [...]
Read moreMicrosoft Test Lab Guides
February 14, 2011
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Microsoft for a sometime now have been publishing via the Microsoft Downloads website documents called either: TLG:xyz or Test Lab Guide:xyz. These guides are intended to deliver a set of documents that enable an IT Pro to experience the functionality of a Microsoft technology or product in a standardised test lab environment. All Test Lab [...]
Read moreVirtualising Active Directory Domain Controllers.
February 14, 2011
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A question that is often asked of me is “Can we virtualise our domain controllers?” I try to never answer that question, instead I let them answer it themselves, by a process of elimination. Firstly I always feel obliged to quote Microsoft’s KB Article 897615 Microsoft does not test or support Microsoft software running together [...]
Read moreBackspace does not work in the GPMC or in AGPM
February 11, 2011
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Last year at TechED Berlin, I was complaining to the MDOP team that the backspace did not work in the GPMC when AGPM was installed. It transpires the issue is not with AGPM per se, but with the GPMC. Yesterday, whilst looking through the new KB’s I discovered this one: BACKSPACE or arrow keys do [...]
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