I just got word that I have been awarded the Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) Award for 2012, in the Directory Services discipline. This is a great honor, and I accept it humbly. First off, thanks to those who nominated me and gave me advice on how to become an MVP, and also Microsoft for …
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TechEd 2012: Day 4
Last day! It has been a fantastic conference! A lot of interesting sessions for every timeslot. I started out with Marcus Murray’s session about Advanced Persistent Threats (SIA303). I have been disappointed with Marcus’ sessions at earlier TechEds but this time I was positively surprised. Marcus, among other things, gave a good rundown on the …
TechEd 2012: Day 3
Day 3 and still going strong. Great conference so far! The day started with another good session from Samuel Devasahayam. This time it was SIA312: What’s New in Active Directory in Windows Server 2012. A lot of new cool features in AD for Server 2012, first among which must be Dynamic Access Control. After that …
TechEd 2012: Day 2
Lovely wheather in Amsterdam on our second day at Microsoft TechEd 2012. Unfortunately I missed the second keynote (will have to catch that on video later). Since I really like IPv6 I chose Edward Horley’s talk WCL324: IPv6 Bootcamp: Get Up to Speed Quickly as my first item of business. Ed, whom I have not …
TechEd 2012: Day 1
First day of the conference proper and we are, to use a Microsoft term; superexcited. First item of business was the keynote delivered by Brad Anderson and a few others. Much attention was given to the upcoming launch of Windows Server 2012 and the new System Center 2012 Suite. Microsoft has a great story here …
TechEd Europe 2012: Day 0
Today was pre-conf day. A whole day of focusing on a single subject. John Craddock delivered the goods in my selected session: Building Federated External Access for Microsoft SharePoint 2010. The TechExpo and the Hands On Labs areas were not open yet, so the conference hasn’t really started yet. Very much looking forward to tomorrow, …
TechEd Europe 2012: T -1
Hello again 1 day until @teched_europe starts! Another nice day in Amsterdam, although it rained a lot today. Went down to the @AmsterdamRAI conference center to register for the event. New this year is self service registration, Microsoft taking lessons from the airline industry I guess. The RAI seems nice, but everything was pretty much closed, will …
TechEd Europe 2012: T -2
Hello all! So it’s time for the long awaited return of the @teched_europe Conference here in Europe. This time in the wonderful city of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It has been a long wait for us techno geeks since Microsoft decided to push the conference back to the summer timeframe instead of autumn. 18 months to wait …
What’s special about the builtin Administrator account?
Every installation of Windows based on the Windows NT code base has a builtin admin account called Administrator. Every installation of Active Directory Directoy Services also has a builtin admin account called Administrator. (If you are running a version of Windows other than English, your accounts may be named something else.) This account provides complete access …
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Letting go of Windows NT 4.0…
Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controllers have left Windows NT 4.0 behind. Windows Server 2008 would still let the old guy play along, but no more. This fact is not apparant until you start to look closer: DCPromo in Windows Server 2008 R2 will not let you select Windows 2000 mixed mode for your domain functional level. …