When you install a new version of Exchange or apply a Cumulative Update certain AD attributes are updated to reflect the change. The updates are made in three different directory partitions (also known as naming contexts): Schema, Configuration and Domain. The following Microsoft TechNet article is a good reference for the different versions and the… Read More: Powershell to check Active Directory for Exchange version »
I had an interesting one recently when submitting a certificate request to a Windows Certificate Authority using certreq.exe. The error that came back was: The disposition message is “Error Parsing Request The request subject name is invalid or too long. 0x80094001 (-2146877439)” I found several links to possible solutions but, as it turns out, the problem in… Read More: The request subject name is invalid or too long »
I’ve had my Lenovo Ideapad Yoga 13 for a little over a year now. Generally, I’m very happy with it. It has two internal SSDs, 8GB RAM and an Intel Core i7 processor. Windows 8.1 runs very nicely on it. I use the Ideapad for my day-to-day work as well as running test labs in… Read More: Bitlocker overhead on Solid State Drives »
Despite Active Directory having been around for more than 10 years, I still find new implementations proceeding without directory service access auditing enabled. For me, auditing of who does what, where and when in your directory is crucial information. I can’t fully fathom why Microsoft doesn’t have it enabled with some sensible defaults out of the… Read More: How to enable Active Directory auditing »