Duplicate Machine Sid – myth busting

Mark, with a great description about how something we all thought was an issue… wasn’t.

http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2009/11/03/3291024.aspx

PowerShell V2 out

Somehow missed this one, but spotted it on Jorge’s Blog

PowerShell V2 released for all Operating Systems… so time for me to start looking at the Active Directory cmdlets.

As Jorge mentiongs  “If you are having a hard time finding those, that’s because it is in included in the Windows Management Framework.”

Windows Management Framework Core (WinRM 2.0 and Windows PowerShell 2.0)

• Download the Windows Management Framework Core for Windows Server 2008 package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=863e7d01-fb1b-4d3e-b07d-766a0a2def0b)
• Download the Windows Management Framework Core for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=d37e25cf-db05-4b23-a852-cdf865d81b82)
• Download the Windows Management Framework Core for Windows Server 2003 package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=f002462b-c8f2-417a-92a3-287f5f81407e)
• Download the Windows Management Framework Core for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=909bbcf1-bd78-4e03-8c83-69434717e551)
• Download the Windows Management Framework Core for Windows Vista package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=f2fa1227-9a34-4e29-aa03-62f5c00e16f2)
• Download the Windows Management Framework Core for Windows Vista x64-based systems package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0f73efa2-f8d6-45f3-a8f8-5cdc205b119a)
• Download the Windows Management Framework Core for Windows XP package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=60cb5b6c-6532-45e0-ab0f-a94ae9ababf5)

 

 

FREE! @Exchange 2010 – A Practical Approach ebook

Spotted this on Pauls excellent blog – http://blog.flaphead.dns2go.com/archive/2009/10/27/free-exchange-2010-a-practical-approach-ebook.aspx

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http://www.red-gate.com/specials/Exchange/esa_exchange2010.htm?utm_source=simpletalkarticle&utm_medium=weblink&utm_content=2010ebookoct09

It’s a 195 PDF doc with five chapters:

Chapter 1 is an overall chapter, what’s new in Exchange Server 2010 and what has deprecated with respect to Exchange Server 2007. Also there’s some information regarding Active Directory, the three containers in Active Directory and some information regarding Active Directory sites;

Chapter 2 is an installation chapter dealing with a fresh installation of Exchange Server 2010 and the subsequent basic confi guration to get it up-and-running;

Chapter 3 is the coexistence chapter and I probably deals with most scenarios; installing Exchange Server 2010 in an existing Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 environment;

Chapter 4 is about managing the Exchange environment using the Exchange Management Console, the Exchange Management Shell and the Exchange Control Panel. And real cool in Exchange Server 2010 are the remote options in PowerShell version 2;

Chapter 5 is the high availability chapter. It deals with the new continuous replication when using Database Availability Groups, the best Exchange Server high availability solution ever made.

New Directory Services KB Articles

little behind on this , can start to see the Windows 2008 articles appearing

976235	You receive an error message that contains the event ID 11 error code when you try to update your Windows Vista-based computer by using Windows Update or Microsoft Update
973780	Some TCP connections between an NLB server that is running Windows Server 2008 and its clients are broken after the Port Scalability feature is enabled on the NLB server
976442	The performance of DFS Replication in Windows Server 2008 may be slow on a WAN connection without any error message being logged in the DFS Replication log
973625	A container object conflict occurs when you create a GPO for a wireless network policy by using the Group Policy Management MMC snap-in from a domain controller that is running Windows Server 2008 to connect to a PDC that is running Windows Server 2003

 

976063	When you run an LDAP query against a Windows Server 2008-based domain controller, you obtain a partial attribute list
976267	Filter Driver Registry Entries Are Migrated During Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 Upgrade or Service Pack Setup
975788	Step-by-step: Turn off the secure desktop in Windows 7 without changing other UAC settings

Exchange 2010 and AdminSDHolder

http://dloder.blogspot.com/2009/08/exchange-2010-rc1-and-adminsdholder.html

Intersting spot my someone!! A bit of a security issue with exchange 2010 and modifications of adminsd holder

Exchange 2007 SP2 Schema Changes

I have to admit this article worries me .. how many schema changes can you need for a Service Pack change. Does this mean all Service Pack changes could potentially come with a Schema Change? I hope not. The SP2 one actually looks bigger than SP1.

Its madness

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221142.aspx

MetaData Cleanup in W2008… its Easy !!

Looks like no more ntdsutil for Windows 2008 and Windows 2008R2, I have seen a few mentions of this and spotted the technet article today.

Extract —

Metadata cleanup is a required procedure after a forced removal of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). You perform metadata cleanup on a domain controller in the domain of the domain controller that you forcibly removed. Metadata cleanup removes data from AD DS that identifies a domain controller to the replication system. Metadata cleanup also removes File Replication Service (FRS) and Distributed File System (DFS) Replication connections and attempts to transfer or seize any operations master (also known as flexible single master operations or FSMO) roles that the retired domain controller holds. These additional processes are performed automatically. You can use this procedure to clean up server metadata for a domain controller from which you have forcibly removed AD DS.

On domain controllers that are running Windows Server 2008, you can use Active Directory Users and Computers to clean up server metadata. In this procedure, deleting the computer object in the Domain Controllers organizational unit (OU) initiates the cleanup process, which proceeds automatically.

technet Link

New Directory Services KB Articles

 

973573	Services that are running under the Network Service account cannot access the \?? namespace after security update MS09-012 (956572) is installed
970176	A Windows Server 2003 SP2-based DNS server does not route a name resolution request to the expected DNS server through the stub zone
974070	The changes that you made to a shared .xls file in an offline folder are not saved
973554	Performance is significantly reduced when you copy or write small files from a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 into a shared folder that is hosted on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
972904	A black screen is displayed and then the system stops responding when you log on to a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
973510	Downloaded files do not inherit the permissions from the parent folder when you use the Ftp.exe program to download files in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008
973772	Group Policy Preferences stops responding when you try to configure the printer item for printers that use third-party drivers on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer
972841	Windows Search does not return files or folders that are under DFS-linked folders on a Windows Vista SP2 or on a Windows Server 2008 SP2-based computer
970916	An application that subscribes to ISensLogon interface events stops receiving logon or logoff event notifications after you log off Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
970974	The Folder Options preference in Group Policy Preferences is reapplied on a Windows Vista or on a Windows Server 2008-based client computer, even when you select the “Apply once and do not reapply” option
972616	You cannot use the “runas” command to print from different user accounts in a single session from a 32-bit program on a computer that is running 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
972999	Error message when you use Event Viewer to open an event log on a Windows Vista or a Windows Server 2008-based computer: “Event Viewer cannot open the event log or custom view”
971222	Users who are members of the Power Users group or of the Print Operators group cannot install the local printers on a server that is running Windows Server 2008
972299	An “Access Denied” error message is returned when you edit an access control on a network-mapped drive on a Windows Server 2008-based computer
968074	An update is available that enables the Terminal Services license servers that are running Windows Server 2008 to be able to use the CALs for the Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services
971677	A Hyper-V differencing disk that you create in Windows Server 2008 R2 cannot be used in Windows Server 2008

 

New Directory Services KB Articles

KB Articles

950836	You encounter poor performance when you use the SMB 2.0 protocol to perform network-related operations, such as ADMT migration, on computers that are running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
972105	SYSVOL migration to DFSR unnecessarily replicates or conflicts files in Windows Server 2008
970659	A computer that is running Windows Server 2003 stops responding (hangs) during startup if many IPv6 addresses are assigned
973071	The File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) service may cause high CPU usage in a Windows Server 2003
959963	Description of Group Policy Preference Migration Tool (GPPMIG)
971302	Single CALs support is available for Terminal Server license servers that are running Windows Server 2008
973306	Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 may report incorrect ping statistics for a response similar to “Destination Host Unreachable”
973072	Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) takes more than 60 seconds to load Group Policy object (GPO)

 

Windows 2008R2 Webcast

So you are up to speed with Windows 2008 , time to get on to Windows 2008 R2

webcast by Matt Hester from MS – Link