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A Plumber's Confessions
Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) -- Just Say Maybe
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over 9 years ago
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Doug Lawty
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Last year Microsoft released another great tool for Plumbers to keep in their toolbox: Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) . The "sweet spot" for ADAM is as LDAP-based storage for your custom applications -- applications that would otherwise request...
A Plumber's Confessions
Active Directory Webcast Week
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over 9 years ago
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Doug Lawty
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Next week (beginning September 27) is Active Directory Webcast Week. From the events web site: Do you want to learn more about Active Directory? IT professionals and IT managers – mark your calendars for webcasts covering Active Directory from A to Z...
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Microsoft Identity Integration Server cumulative hotfix available
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over 9 years ago
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Doug Lawty
The latest in a regular series of hotfix rollup packages is available for MIIS. I really like the way this group is fixing bugs and updating MAs to work with new versions of the connected directories. These fixes look especially important for deployments...
A Plumber's Confessions
Self-Defeating Prophecy
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over 9 years ago
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Doug Lawty
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I had Chinese food for lunch. This was my fortune: You will receive an unexpected gift. If I do indeed receive a gift, won't it now be expected?
A Plumber's Confessions
Designing your Active Directory deployment in under a minute
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over 9 years ago
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Doug Lawty
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Dana Epp came down from the Great White North to attend the Microsoft Security Summit in Seattle. He seems to have enjoyed himself. I'm glad. In the afternoon sessions Dana saw a presentation by Steve Riley . Steve is a very dynamic speaker and, if...
A Plumber's Confessions
Updated Active Directory Branch Office Guide
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over 9 years ago
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Doug Lawty
If you're deploying Active Directory in a branch office environment (one or more central data centers and more than 100 branch offices with domain controllers), make sure to read the updated branch office guide . Version 1.1 has just been posted and contains...
A Plumber's Confessions
TIP: Sharing Message Box Text
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over 9 years ago
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Doug Lawty
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Ever seen a message box that you wanted to remember or share? What did you do? If you're like most, you probably hit Alt-PrtScrn (or worse, just PrtScrn) to copy an image of the dialog to the clipboard. Then, you pasted that image into an e-mail and sent...
A Plumber's Confessions
Cutover vs. Migration
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over 9 years ago
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Doug Lawty
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I had lunch with a friend today. He paid for it so he could ask my advice on a project he's undertaking. I'd have given him my advice without the lunch but it's hard to turn down an offer like that. Phil's a one-man IT shop at a business with under...
A Plumber's Confessions
How is an IT infrastructure like your plumbing?
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over 9 years ago
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Doug Lawty
Let me count the ways... People expect the system to just work. The system's complexity is hidden from most users. A well-designed system enables all sorts of solutions to be delivered. Various surges in usage can tax the system. People...
A Plumber's Confessions
Disclaimer
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over 9 years ago
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Doug Lawty
These postings are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. This site represents my views only and not the views of my employer. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info...
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