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How To Install Windows Server 8 (build 8102)
Alongside the Windows 8 Developer Preview of the Windows client, Microsoft released the Windows Server bits of the same build as well. Where the Windows client is released to the general public and has...
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New features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012, Part...
As I’ve mentioned in my overview post, earlier today, one of the new features of Windows Server 2012 is a new Domain Controller Promotion Tool. In this blogpost I’ll dive a little deeper on this...
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New features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012, Part...
While a lot of lab environments will be set up as I explained in part 2 of this series (with the New Promotion Process), in the real world a lot of Active Directory environments will be upgraded or...
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New features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012, Part...
In the previous blogpost in this series I discussed virtualization-aware Active Directory. With the use of the newly introduced VM-GenerationID, virtual Domain Controllers can now detect when they are...
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System Center 2012 ServicePack 1 has arrived for TechNet and MSDN subscribers
System Center 2012 was released in April 2012, well before Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 were released. As a consequence, these Operating Systems weren't supported. This functionality was slated...
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Knowledgebase: You receive a "Web Service Requests must be protected by...
I have identified an issue with Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) in a hybrid deployment. When you access the User Portal to activate the mobile app, you receive an error. All other Multi-Factor...
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Raymond and I will be inspiring a new group of High School students
Remember when Raymond and I delivered a fully customized presentation on the Bring-Your-Own (BYO) technologies in Windows 8.1 (Update) and Windows Server 2012 R2 (Update) to a group of High School...
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I’ll be speaking at WinDays Croatia 15
Last year, at Sinergija 14 in Belgrade, Serbia, I made a lot of friends and they seem to have enjoyed the sessions I presented at the event, because I have invitations from throughout the region to...
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I’m co-hosting an IT Camp with Robert Bakker this week
As a virtual Technical Evangelist (TE) for Microsoft Netherlands, it is my privilege to work together with legendary people. In the past I’ve worked with Daniel van Soest and Tony Krijnen to organize...
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Pictures of our IT Camp today
Today, I co-hosted a sold-out Azure IT Camp with Robert Bakker at the Van der Valk Hotel in Schiphol, the Netherlands. We showed a group of 33 attendees the power of Microsoft Azure, by providing them...
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Active Directory-related sessions at Microsoft Ignite
Microsoft Ignite in Chicago, IL, is only two weeks away and many of us have begun filling their session builder with interesting sessions, corresponding to our interests and knowledge. Since I dream...
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Pictures of WinDays XV
I was invited by Microsoft Croatia to come present two sessions at WinDays XV. The WinDays XV event was organized from April 21, 2015 through April 24, 2015 at the Melia Coral Hotel and the Sol Istra...
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Security Thoughts: Microsoft Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS,...
As you might recall, Microsoft offered a solution to systems administrators to set the local administrator password on domain-joined devices using Group Policy Preferences, but ended the solution,...
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Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2 now available
Yesterday, at its Ignite event in Chicago IL, Microsoft announced the availability of Technical Preview 2 of Windows Server 2016 (formerly known as Windows Server 10) build 10074 to the 23,000 people...
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KnowledgeBase: Important Issues in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2...
At the same time Microsoft released the Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2 bits to MSDN subscribers, they also released the Release Notes on a page on the Microsoft Download Center. On this page...
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I’ll be hosting three ‘Ask me Anything’ sessions at TechDays Netherlands 2015
The Dutch Microsoft TechDays event is just around the corner and the schedule is well underway to become the most epic one till date. Just like previous years, the TechDays Netherlands event will be...
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I’ll be joining inovativ in June
After fifteen years at OGD, It’s time for me to move on. I’ll be joining inovativ on June 1, 2015. Don’t worry, I’ll continue blogging here. Also, I won’t write bad words on the topic of my former...
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KnowledgeBase: Install-ADCSCertificationAuthority fails without a network...
An issue has been identified in situations where you would configure a Windows Server installation as an Offline Root Certification Authority (CA). The Install-ADCSCertificationAuthority Windows...
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I’ll be speaking at ITPROceed 2015
Two years ago, Adnan Hendricks and I attended the Belgian Community Day. Since then, this event has transformed into IT PROceed. This year, the second edition of IT PROceed will take place in Utoplis...
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Exporting from the IdFix Eror Remediation Tool like a pro
This week, I was working with a customer to onboard Azure Active Directory for Office 365. Since this is a rather large customer, I opted to use the IdFix DirSync Error Remediation Tool to scan for...
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