Category: Active Directory
Installing Microsoft Azure AD Connect
Last week Microsoft anounced GA for Azure AD Connect. To get a better understanding of how this all works, I installed it in my Cloud based lab that is hosted in Azure. I was supposed to demonstrate this to a Read More …
ConfigMgr–Failed to get following optional attributes warning in adsysdis.log
Should you ever get a warning message in your adsysdis.log that starts with WARN: Failed to get following optional attributes then you have probably added an additional active directory object attribute to your Active Directory System Discovery but the value Read More …
How to avoid KMS becoming a challenge in your Windows 7 deployment project
I’ve been involved in Windows 7 deployments since the Beta came out in 2009 and before Windows 7 there was Vista, XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT and even Windows 3.11 and although over time the technology has changed the basic Read More …
ToolTip: Adding your AD stored picture to your profile picture with ADUserTile
Back in august 2011 I wrote about a utility called AD Photo Edit which allows you to upload your personal picture into Active Directory. Today I want to share with you another utility I came across called ADUserTile. ADUserTile checks Read More …
Windows 8 Active Directory based volume activation
Windows Server 8 comes with a new role called Volume Activation Services. The Volume Activation Service allows IT administrators to enable volume activation for domain joined systems using a Key Management Service Host (KMS) or Active Directory based Activation. This Read More …
ToolTip: AD Photo Edit
Last night I came across this FREE utility called AD Photo Edit developed by Chris Wright which allows you to upload your picture into Active Directory. The result of doing that is that people who use Outlook 2010 can see Read More …
Get the latest version of the GPOTool.exe
The latest version of the GPOtool is the one that is included within the Microsoft Windows 2003 Resource kit. That’s what we all used to know. BUT hey I just figured out a few days ago that there is actually Read More …
Have you checked your Group Policy Health lately?
Group Policies are an essential part of every Windows Client infrastructure and it’s therefore critical to regularly spend some effort to ensure that things are in a healthy state. I would define a healthy Group Policy infrastructure as following: All Read More …