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Common Challenges when Managing Active Directory Domain Services, Part 1:...
In many organizations Active Directory Domain Services is the top tier in access management. Access to systems, information and connections, often, is governed by information in Active Directory. User...
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How to Build an AD Replication Delay (Lag) Site
To prevent having to restore objects from Active Directory due to accidentally deleting an object, you can have a remote DC which only sends/receives replication on a limited basis. You also want to...
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I’ll be staffing at TechEd North America 2013
A while ago, I received a mail from TechEd. In it, the TechEd North America Staff Communications team congratulated me with being selected to participate as product subject matter expert, learning...
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Common Challenges when Managing Active Directory Domain Services, Part 2:...
A lot of organizations run Active Directory Domain Services as their Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions. Their Domain Controllers unlock access to the simplified view on the organization’s...
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Common Challenges when Managing Active Directory Domain Services, Part 3:...
Domain Controllers are the backbone of many networking environments in many organizations. Unavailability and a lack of performance of these servers quickly escalates into numerous helpdesk calls and...
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KnowledgeBase: AD DS Best Practices Analyzer fails after you add an OU whose...
Microsoft identified an issue, where scans of the Active Directory Domain Services Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) fail. About the AD DS BPAMicrosoft’s Best Practices Analyzers (BPAs) offer guidance on...
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Exchange 2013 OWA Mailbox policy issue cause of OWA error?
Within Exchange 2013 you can have OWA (Outlook Web App) Mailbox policies, in which an Exchange Admin can determine which features within OWA are available to users. By default, there's a default policy...
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KnowledgeBase: Incorrect results when you run AD Windows PowerShell Cmdlets...
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012-based Domain Controllers (as well as Windows 7 and Windows 8 management workstations with the Remote Server Administration Tools installed) offer the...
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The first official Dutch Microsoft Surface Pro
The proud owner of the first official Dutch Microsoft Surface Pro is … me. Yesterday evening, Microsoft Netherlands organized a Pre-Launch Party for the Surface Pro. The event was hosted by the Windows...
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Common Challenges when Managing Active Directory Domain Services, Part 4:...
Using Active Directory Domain Services as the solid foundation of your Identity and Access Management (IAM) strategy, results in common challenges for most organizations I meet. While the first three...
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I’ll be staffing at TechEd Europe 2013
After last year’s TechEd North America (Orlando) and TechEd Europe (Amsterdam), but specifically after last week’s TechEd North America (New Orleans), I’m excited to share with you that I’ve been...
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Back from TechEd NA 2013: Thoughts on Exchange and BYOD
*** Updated 9 juli 2013: See the end of this article ***Back from TechEd North America 2013 and almost recuperated from my jetlag (7 hours difference), some of the bits and pieces get their place and...
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10 Things you need to be aware of before deploying Dynamic Access Control
Microsoft introduced Dynamic Access Control (DAC) as its claims-based authorization solution. It’s revolutionary, because it enables admins to more granularly control access to file resources, based on...
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Nice offer on a great Server Core book when you’re in the Netherlands! (and a...
For a limited time, Computer Collectief is offering books on Windows Server 2008 for a mere €10 each. While all these books would be great resources and a professional way to spend your holidays on the...
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Unexplained dcDiag Errors
So I have been banging my head against a wall trying to figure out why I have been getting these crazy errors in dcDiag. From all that I can tell replication is working as expected but yet I am...
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Common Challenges when Managing Active Directory Domain Services, Part 5:...
A lot of organizations run Active Directory Domain Services as their Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions. Their Domain Controllers unlock access to the simplified view on the organization’s...
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Keep up with TechEd Europe 2013 (Madrid) even when you’re not an attendee
Next week, Microsoft organizes the second TechEd continental event of this quarter: TechEd Europe 2013 in Madrid. With 7000 seats, chances are small this event will sell out (although I still have...
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Pictures of my Educational Session at the Hague University
In my job at OGD, I get to do fun stuff. One of the interesting things that came across recently was the invitation to provide an educational session at one of the Dutch Universities of Applied...
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Pictures of the Belgian 2013 Community Day
Yesterday, I attended the Belgian 2013 Community day in Utupolis, Mechelen, together with my colleague Adnan Hendricks, who you might know as Microspecialist (since 1995).Although we had to travel for...
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Lucky Number Seven
While I’m writing this blogpost, I’m sitting at Dakota’s Café and Bar at Schiphol Airport, enjoying a dopio espresso. One of the simple pleasures I grant myself while waiting. This time, a trip to...
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