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ILM "2" Beta 3 is now available for download

mcsieinf — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:41:26 GMT

ILM "2" Beta 3 has recently been posted for download on the connect website. This beta release is a major milestone in the release roadmap for the product and contains most of the features of the product that a lot of people have been waiting...(read more)

Microsoft's Identity Life Cycle Management Strategy And Roadmap Part 3: ILM "2"

mcsieinf — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:46:46 GMT

Identity Lifecycle Manager “2” builds on Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 to provide solutions for management of users, credentials, access, and policies that automate identity lifecycle tasks and balance the load between IT professionals,...(read more)

Microsoft's Identity Life Cycle Management Strategy And Roadmap Part 2: ILM 2007

mcsieinf — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:01:04 GMT

This is the second post in this series. In the first one I talked about Microsoft's philosophy and vision for Identity Management. In this post I'll look at our current offering, Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 brings together...(read more)

Microsoft’s Identity Life Cycle Management Strategy And Roadmap - Part 1: Microsoft's philosophy and vision

mcsieinf — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:03:52 GMT

In a previous post I promised to delve a little deeper into our Identity Lifecycle strategy and roadmap, so this post is the first of three to do exactly that. We'll start with Microsoft's philosophy on Identity Lifecycle Management. Future posts in the...(read more)

Deploying Windows Server 2008 Read-Only domain controllers in your existing environment

mcsieinf — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:51:19 GMT

One of the great new features of Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Services is the Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC). A read-only domain controller (RODC) is a new type of domain controller in the Windows Server 2008 operating system. The Read-Only...(read more)

Beta 2 for Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" now available

mcsieinf — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:43:58 GMT

Many of you have no doubt heard of and some of you will have worked with Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003, otherwise known as MIIS 2003. In 2007 MIIS 2003 became incorporated into a new product offering, Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007, which...(read more)

Getting Smart with Logon Scripts

mcsieinf — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:56:59 GMT

I’m sure anyone who administers an Active Directory infrastructure will have had some experience working with logon scripts. Logon scripts can either be deployed on a user by user basis or, more commonly, through Group Policy. Logon scripts can be written...(read more)

Virtual labs now available for Windows Server 2008

mcsieinf — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:49:09 GMT

Virtual labs for Windows Server 2008 are now available on the TechNet Site. These labs are a great way to get to grips with some of the new technology that's coming. They can be accessed via the following links: Managing Windows Server 2008 and Windows...(read more)

Using AD and Exchange as a routing and re-branding solution

mcsieinf — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:29:34 GMT

Recently one of my customers came to me with a requirement that looked pretty daunting. Basically they had 14 separate e-mail infrastructures, not all of them Microsoft Exchange, and what they wanted to do was to re-brand incoming and outgoing e-mail...(read more)

ADAM: A powerful and flexible directory solution

mcsieinf — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:22:39 GMT

Many of you will no doubt be aware that Microsoft released Active Directory Application Mode, otherwise known as ADAM, along with the release of Windows Server 2003 R2. ADAM is essentially an LDAP directory service specifically designed for directory...(read more)

TechNet webcast on System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Beta 2

mcsieinf — Tue, 22 May 2007 22:25:00 GMT

For those of you with an interest in the next generation of System Center Data Protection Manager, now labelled DPM 2007 there is an upcoming TechNet webcast ( Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:00 AM Pacific Time) which will give an overview of some of the great...(read more)

System Center Essentials 2007 has RTM'd

mcsieinf — Tue, 15 May 2007 17:12:00 GMT

Those of you who read my post on RC1 for System Center Essentials, http://blogs.technet.com/mcs-ireland-infrastructure/archive/2007/04/24/system-center-essentials-2007-rc1-released.aspx may be interested to know that the product has gone RTM. You can...(read more)

System Center Capacity Planner 2007 Beta 1 is released

mcsieinf — Tue, 01 May 2007 12:33:00 GMT

SCCP 2007 Beta 1 is now available for download. SCCP 2007 builds on the great capabilities of SCCP 2006 with support for: Exchange 2007 deployments, including clustering (LCR, CCR) System Center Operations Manager 2007 64 Bit hardware These are just some...(read more)

MIIS 2003 SP2 now available

mcsieinf — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:55:00 GMT

For those of you running MIIS 2003 SP1 in your infrastructures, SP2 for MIIS 2003 is now available for download. This will bring a number of benefits to your MIIS deployment, not least of which is support for SQL Server 2005 as the database for MIIS,...(read more)

Application Compatibility Toolkit

mcsieinf — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:25:00 GMT

If you are thinking of deploying Vista and are concerned about the compatability of your curently deployed applications, Microsoft has released the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT 5.0), available as a free download. Basically the ACT will advise...(read more)