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Blog Post: Attempting to Install .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 Fails with Error Code 0x800F0906 or “the source files could not be downloaded”, even when supplying source

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

In one of my prior posts , I mentioned a step required when installing .Net Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2012 or later operating systems. Specifically, I mentioned the need to supply the source for the .Net files because this is one of the few components ...read more

on 29 Sep 2014
Blog Post: Six Audit Mistakes Everyone Seems To Make With Windows Server

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Hi, this is Richard Sasser 'Rick', MCM, Red shirted dude (security guy). This might seem like old data, but you’d be surprised how many people looked at Security Auditing in Windows Server 2008 and 2008R2, saw that the old policies applied, and ...read more

on 22 Sep 2014
Blog Post: A 5 Second Boot Optimization If You’ve Disabled IPv6 on Windows Client and Server by setting DisabledComponents to 0xFFFFFFFF

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Hey, y’all, Mark back with some new info on two of my favorite topics, IPv6 and Slow Boot Slow Logon (SBSL). If you’ve disabled IPv6 long ago this post is one you’ll want to pay attention to. Let’s dig in and get you up to speed. What’s Microsoft Recommend ...read more

on 15 Sep 2014
Blog Post: ADFS Deep-Dive: Primer

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Disclaimer: Some concepts have been simplified until I’m ready to cover them in more detail. This is Dave Gregory, back from a blogging hiatus. :) This blog series will be an on-going work in progress as I will be adding new sections over ...read more

on 25 Aug 2014
Blog Post: LSASS Crashing, CNF Objects May Be the Cause

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Hey y’all, Mark back with a rare but hard-to-troubleshoot problem where CNF or conflict mangled NTDS Settings objects cause LSASS to crash on Active Directory domain controllers. The goal of this article is to create some awareness and have you install ...read more

on 23 Jun 2014
Blog Post: How to Build Your ADFS Lab Part4: Upgrading to Server 2012 R2

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Hey y’all Mark and Tom back again with part 4 in our most likely never ending ADFS series. It’s going to end up being as long as Game of Thrones when it’s all said and done, I can feel it. At this point you should have an ADFS server , an ADFS Proxy and ...read more

on 31 Mar 2014
Blog Post: Performance Tuning For Windows Server 2012 R2, AV Exclusions and Windows 7 VDI Image Hot Fixes

Anonymous

Hey y’all, Mark here again with a quick post for you. There are three new articles that just came out that we wanted to make sure you folks didn’t miss. Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2012 R2 - This one is something I get asked about ...read more

on 13 Nov 2013
Blog Post: IPv6 for the Windows Administrator: The 2002: (6to4 Tunnel) Address and its Impact

Anonymous

Hello, this is Venkat Kalyanasundaram back with another IPv6 post for everyone. We discussed in my previous post IPv6 for the Windows Administrator: How Name Resolution Works in a Dual IPv4/IPv6 Scenario and talked about the behavior when using a private ...read more

on 18 Nov 2013
Blog Post: How to Build Your ADFS Lab on Server 2012 Part 1

Anonymous

Hey y’all Mark and Tom here with a series we think you guys will dig. I feel like half of our blog posts are building a lab of some kind. We love our labs in PFE. That’s how most of us learn. Set up a lab, play around with the technology, and get it configured ...read more

on 9 Dec 2013
Blog Post: Domain and DC Migrations: How To Monitor LDAP, Kerberos and NTLM Traffic To Your Domain Controllers

Anonymous

Hi everyone Adrian Corona here, this time I’d like to talk about a scenario that I get asked about a lot: Domain / Domain Controller Migrations. A very (if not the most) important piece of a successful migration is to know when there’s ...read more

on 16 Dec 2013
Blog Post: Scale Out File Servers on Windows Server 2012

Anonymous

Hey y’all Mark here with a quick post. We wanted to call attention to some fabulous work another Microsoft blogger has done. You may have heard of him. Ned ‘I’m famous on the internet’ Pyle. Old Ned use to be the editor in chief of AskDS until he left ...read more

on 20 Dec 2013
Blog Post: How to Build Your ADFS Lab on Server 2012, Part2: Web SSO

Anonymous

Mark and Tom here again, continuing our series on ADFS. In this post, we'll show you how to use some sample-code to configure a web application for Web Single Sign-On (Web SSO) with ADFS. What's Web SSO? While Federated Web Single Sign-on ...read more

on 23 Dec 2013
Blog Post: Microsoft PKI OCSP Responder Now JITC Certified and Lab Setup Guide

Anonymous

Hello all, my name is Jesse Esquivel and I’m a platforms PFE with one of my specialty’s being security/PKI. I’ve been working with PKI in the Department of Defense (DoD) and Federal spaces for the last 7 years, designing, installing ...read more

on 8 Jan 2014
Blog Post: How to Customize Server Manager in Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 – Get Creative!

Anonymous

Greetings and happy Monday!! Hilde here - coming to you from the Seattle area, where I'm fortunate enough to be attending our premier internal technical training event. In this post, I'll cover a less-known but VERY cool customization ability ...read more

on 27 Jan 2014
Blog Post: How To Use the Active Directory Performance Testing Tool on Windows Server 2012

Anonymous

Hi, my name is Tom Ausburne and I am a Premier Field Engineer specializing in Active Directory. I recently had a customer ask if Microsoft had any tools to do Active Directory “stress” testing. A simple search leads you to this tool. Active Directory ...read more

on 10 Feb 2014
Blog Post: How to Build Your ADFS Lab on Server 2012 Part 3: ADFS Proxy

Anonymous

Hey y’all Mark and Tom back after a small hiatus. We (well mostly Mark because this was his responsibility) got distracted by other things like “helping customers”, “the Olympics” and “I’m tired I’ll do it tomorrow, what’s on Netflix streaming?”. Hopefully ...read more

on 17 Mar 2014

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Blog Post: Attempting to Install .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 Fails with Error Code 0x800F0906 or “the source files could not be downloaded”, even when supplying source

Blog Post: Six Audit Mistakes Everyone Seems To Make With Windows Server

Blog Post: A 5 Second Boot Optimization If You’ve Disabled IPv6 on Windows Client and Server by setting DisabledComponents to 0xFFFFFFFF

Blog Post: ADFS Deep-Dive: Primer

Blog Post: LSASS Crashing, CNF Objects May Be the Cause

Blog Post: How to Build Your ADFS Lab Part4: Upgrading to Server 2012 R2

Blog Post: Performance Tuning For Windows Server 2012 R2, AV Exclusions and Windows 7 VDI Image Hot Fixes

Blog Post: IPv6 for the Windows Administrator: The 2002: (6to4 Tunnel) Address and its Impact

Blog Post: How to Build Your ADFS Lab on Server 2012 Part 1

Blog Post: Domain and DC Migrations: How To Monitor LDAP, Kerberos and NTLM Traffic To Your Domain Controllers

Blog Post: Scale Out File Servers on Windows Server 2012

Blog Post: How to Build Your ADFS Lab on Server 2012, Part2: Web SSO

Blog Post: Microsoft PKI OCSP Responder Now JITC Certified and Lab Setup Guide

Blog Post: How to Customize Server Manager in Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 – Get Creative!

Blog Post: How To Use the Active Directory Performance Testing Tool on Windows Server 2012

Blog Post: How to Build Your ADFS Lab on Server 2012 Part 3: ADFS Proxy