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Archive for July, 2013

Using PowerShell Get-ADGroup Question…

by @ Wednesday, July 31st, 2013. Filed under tech

So I am trying to duplicate the output of a very simple AdFind command to locate a universal group and enumerate the members in a simple quoted DN format. I want identical output to the console or perhaps I could live without the quotes. The AdFind command looks like: adfind -gcb -f "displayname=some group displayname" […]

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by @ Monday, July 29th, 2013. Filed under tech

Active Directory 5th Edition in Amazon ratings as of today… Rating 4.33 out of 5

Stopping Reply-All With Outlook/Exchange…

by @ Thursday, July 11th, 2013. Filed under tech

  You can do it with Forms http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/prevent-e-mail-message-recipients-from-using-reply-all-or-forward-HA001114224.aspx Some additional links about Outlook Forms http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/overview-of-forms-in-outlook-HA010165958.aspx http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/tutorial-creating-and-distributing-custom-forms-with-outlook-HA001210610.aspx http://support.microsoft.com/kb/146636 http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-easy-steps-to-customizing-an-outlook-2010-form/2635   Or you can use a simple plugin from Microsoft Research http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/researchdesktop/noreplyall.aspx Rating 4.33 out of 5

Running virtual DCs on Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V?

by @ Thursday, July 11th, 2013. Filed under tech

You really want to get this applied ASAP then… Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: July 2013 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2855336 Specifically for Active Directory database becomes corrupted when a Windows Server 2012-based Hyper-V host server crashes http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2853952      joe Rating 4.33 out of 5

Application Partitions have FSMOs too…

by @ Thursday, July 11th, 2013. Filed under tech

Just a quick reminder now that we seem to have a flood of folks moving from 2003 to 2008R2 and 2012 Active Directory…  Your application partitions like the Domain and Forest DNS Zones also have an Infrastructure Master (IM) FSMO role attached to them that may cause certain things to break if you don’t keep […]

Windows Server 2012 April 2013 Rollup – Install it…

by @ Tuesday, July 9th, 2013. Filed under tech

In April 2013 Microsoft released an update rollup for Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. There are some important updates in the rollup such that people should work to get the updates installed ASAP, especially if virtualizing a server OS. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2822241 Specifically for folks who manage AD and may get a call about this… There […]

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