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Active Directory Port Requirements

Davanand Bahall - MSFT — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:51:00 GMT

A few days ago we posted a document to TechNet that outlines some of the various port requirements for Active Directory. We gathered the port information from various KB articles and consolidated them into one document. I think it should serve as a great...(read more)

New Djoin.exe utility in Windows Server 2008 R2

Justin [MSFT] — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:35:00 GMT

Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers include a new feature named Offline Domain Join. A new utility named Djoin.exe lets you join a computer to a domain, without contacting a domain controller while completing the domain join operation, by obtaining...(read more)

Active Directory Quotas

Davanand Bahall - MSFT — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:39:00 GMT

You can use Active Directory and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to implement limitations on the number of objects that a security principal (a user, computer, and group) can create in a directory node. You can define these limitations through...(read more)

TechMentor Conference Orlando 2009 (June 22-26)

Kurt Hudson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:21:00 GMT

Kurt Hudson from the Active Directory documentation team will be presenting the session Best Practices for Virtual Domain Controllers at TechMentor in Orlando . See the conference ad video . LiveJournal Tags: conference , Active Directory Domain Services...(read more)

Producing a list of multivalued linked attributes

Kurt Hudson — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:53:00 GMT

Active Directory objects can have several different types of attributes. The two basic types are single valued and multivalued. The most frequently asked question regarding attributes that I have seen is that regarding the member attribute because it...(read more)

Alternate Credentials

Kurt Hudson — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:09:00 GMT

Launching Tools Using Alternate Credentials from a Command Prompt Window One of the easiest ways to launch tools using alternate credentials is to first launch a Command Prompt with the credentials you want to use. Once the Command Prompt is launched...(read more)

Introducing Active Directory Administrative Center

gabag — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:46:00 GMT

Active Directory Administrative Center provides network administrators with an enhanced Active Directory data management experience and a rich graphical user interface (GUI). Administrators can use Active Directory Administrative Center to perform common...(read more)

Introducing AD DS Best Practices Analyzer

gabag — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:44:00 GMT

Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) is a server management tool that can help you implement best practices in the configuration of your Active Directory environment. AD DS BPA scans the AD DS server role as it is installed...(read more)

Introducing Active Directory Recycle Bin

gabag — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:22:00 GMT

Accidental deletion of Active Directory objects is a common occurrence for users of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS). In Windows Server 2008 Active Directory domains, you could recover...(read more)

This condition may be caused by a DNS lookup problem (FWLINK 5171)

Kurt Hudson — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:24:00 GMT

I was reminded of the infamous forward link 5171 today. We had quite a time figuring out all the circumstances in which people were getting this message with the following words "This condition may be caused by a DNS lookup problem" and then displayed...(read more)