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Using AD-Powershell to protect OUs from accidental deletion

If you use Active Directory-Users and –Computers from Windows Server 2008 or higher (also ships with the Remote Server Administration Tools in Windows Vista or Windows 7), or the Active Directory Administrative Center in Windows Server 2008 R2 or Win7 RSAT newly created OUs are protected from accidental...

Posted to Directory Services/Active Directory by Ulf B. Simon-Weidner on Wed, Nov 11 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Technical Stuff, Active Directory, Windows Server
djoin.exe not a Powershell command

I’ve heard from a speaker I respect the question whether Microsofts strategies are consequent because they are basing everything on Powershell, however the djoin.exe-command is not a Powershell command. Interesting one, but also very understandable if you think about it. Djoin.exe is created to provide...

Posted to Directory Services/Active Directory by Ulf B. Simon-Weidner on Mon, Nov 9 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Technical Stuff, Active Directory, Windows Server
Exchange 2010 sessions on the virtual launch site now available

The Exchange Server 2010 sessions on the Virtual Launch Experience site are now available. Use the links below to go directly to specific Exchange sessions: Exchange Online Introducing Exchange Server 2010 Addressing E-mail Archiving with Exchange Server Exchange 2010 Upgrade...

Posted to subject: exchange by Rui Silva on Wed, Nov 4 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Technical stuff, Events
Upcoming Exchange Server 2010 TechNet Webcasts

These are just a couple of upcoming webcasts about Exchange Server 2010 that you might find interesting to attend: Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for Exchange Server (Level 300) Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) Event Overview: Virtualizing business critical...

Posted to subject: exchange by Rui Silva on Thu, Oct 29 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Technical stuff, Events
Exchange 2010 webcasts, virtual labs and other free learning resources

While reading some of the blogs from my blogroll, I collected this set of learning resources for Exchange 2010. What’s your excuse now? Development Webcasts 10/13/2009 - Exchange Server 2010 Development (Part 1 of 6): Migrating Applications to Exchange Web Services 10/14/2009 - Exchange Server 2010 Development...

Posted to subject: exchange by Rui Silva on Tue, Oct 13 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Technical stuff, Cool reading
Exchange Server 2010 @TechNet Edge

Check out these cool TechNet Edge Videos about Exchange Server 2010: Rights Management Services Infrastructure in Exchange Server 2010 Ed Banti, a Microsoft Program Manager, presents an overview of new features with Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 and Rights Management Services integration. In this video...

Posted to subject: exchange by Rui Silva on Wed, Sep 23 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Technical stuff, Videos
Clarifications of a stopped Active Directory

In Windows Server 2008 you are able to stop Active Directory-Domain Services using the services snap-in or by typing net stop ntds However, this is for servicing only and not a state where the DC is intended to be kept for a longer period. Stopping AD is intended for servicing NTDS where there is a need...

Posted to Directory Services/Active Directory by Ulf B. Simon-Weidner on Tue, Sep 15 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Technical Stuff, Active Directory, Windows Server
Exchange 2010 RC touches AdminSDHolder

I was just pointed to the blog of David Loder who’s pointing out that the Release Candidate of Exchange 2010 is changing the permissions enforced by AdminSDHolder to critical groups to allow Exchange Organizational Admins to change the group memberships of Enterprise Admins, Schema Admins, Domain Admins...

Posted to Directory Services/Active Directory by Ulf B. Simon-Weidner on Wed, Sep 9 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Technical Stuff, Active Directory, Security
Quick install notes for Exchange Server 2007 SP2

The long awaited Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 has finally been released. There are many exciting new features, but if I would like to highlight 2 of them: Exchange Server 2010 support : SP2 is a pre-requisite for installing Exchange Server 2010 on an existing Exchange Server 2007 Organization...

Posted to subject: exchange by Rui Silva on Tue, Aug 25 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Technical stuff, Downloads, Notes from the field
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are finished

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 were RTMd yesterday (June 22nd). Products are finished now, the code won’t be changed and the preparations for making them available via Download as well as producing the DVDs has started. Read the announcements on the official blogs: http://blogs.technet.com...

Posted to Directory Services/Active Directory by Ulf B. Simon-Weidner on Thu, Jul 23 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Technical Stuff, Communities, Windows Server
Microsoft Exchange Server Training

Microsoft launched recently the Exchange Server Training Portal , a site with great learning resources for both Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2007. As Scott points out , don’t miss the special offer: Clinic 6899: Exploring Features of Exchange Server 2010 . Another great...

Posted to subject: exchange by Rui Silva on Mon, Jun 15 2009
Filed under: Filed under: News, Technical stuff
Windows Server 2008 R2 (and Windows 7) availability

Hyper-Excited: Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 will be finalized in the second half of July, which is when they will become available for Partners and MSDN a.s.o., and broadly available (Stores, on new PCs a.s.o.) at the End of October!!! Windows Server Division Weblog: http://blogs.technet.com...

Posted to Directory Services/Active Directory by Ulf B. Simon-Weidner on Wed, Jun 3 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Technical Stuff, Active Directory, Windows Server
Exchange 2010 sessions from TechNet & TechEd

The You Had Me At EHLO blog have a nice list of upcoming Exchange 2010 TechNet sessions: TechNet Webcast: Exchange 2010 High Availability (Level 300) Monday, June 01, 2009 9:00 AM Pacific Time Event Overview: Welcome to the future! The future of Exchange high availability, that is. In this...

Posted to subject: exchange by Rui Silva on Sat, May 30 2009
Filed under: Filed under: News, Technical stuff, Events
How the IIS vulnerability (Security Advisory 971492) affects Exchange 2003

Microsoft released recently Security Advisory 971492 , which alerts for a vulnerability in Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0, 5.1 and 5.0 (7.0 is not affected), that can allow elevation of privilege. The vulnerability only occurs when WebDAV is enabled. Since Exchange Server 2003 uses WebDAV to...

Posted to subject: exchange by Rui Silva on Fri, May 22 2009
Filed under: Filed under: News, Technical stuff
Contacts displayed as containers

At TechEd I was staffing the Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory-Booth. We had a lot of interesting questions, scenarios and discussions there. One interesting issue was a customer who asked us why his contacts in Active Directory are being displayed as containers and how he can take it off. Actually...

Posted to Directory Services/Active Directory by Ulf B. Simon-Weidner on Sun, May 17 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Technical Stuff, Active Directory, Windows Server, TechEd
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 availability announced for the holiday season

I do have to say that I’m super-excited – or as Mark Russinovich tries to introduce the term … “Hyper-Excited” (Mark: would this be Hyper-E? – just kidding). Bill Veghte (Sr. Vice President, Windows Business, Microsoft) and Ian McDonald (General Manager for Windows Server at MS) have introduced this...

Posted to Directory Services/Active Directory by Ulf B. Simon-Weidner on Mon, May 11 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Technical Stuff, Windows Server, TechEd
It’s the binding order, stupid!

Recently, when I was trying to enable the automatic anti-spam updates on an Exchange Edge server, I kept getting this error: Enable-AntispamUpdates : An error occurred while accessing the registry of the specified server: "E2K7EDGE". The error message: "The network path was not found."...

Posted to subject: exchange by Rui Silva on Mon, Feb 23 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Technical stuff
Exchange "How Do I?" Videos

I got this info while reading David Strome's Blog . Exchange "How Do I?" Videos focus on specific tasks and show you how to accomplish them in Exchange. Checkout the 6 videos available right now: How Do I: Enable the Anti-spam Agent in a Single Server Exchange Server Environment? Use the...

Posted to subject: exchange by Rui Silva on Mon, Jan 12 2009
Filed under: Filed under: News, Technical stuff
Tech·Ed EMEA IT Pro 2008 session videos

Now that Tech·Ed EMEA IT Professionals 2008 is over, it's time to review some of the great sessions of the event. And the good news is that some of those recorded sessions are available online, even if you didn't attend the event. There a couple ones I'd like to highlight: ESE Internals ...

Posted to subject: exchange by Rui Silva on Tue, Nov 18 2008
Filed under: Filed under: News, Technical stuff, Cool reading
Upcoming Exchange Labcasts

TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 1 of 5): Installing Service Pack 1 and Transitioning from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 (Level 200) Friday, October 17, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time Jeff Sparks, Senior Consultant, United Training TechNet Labcast: Exchange Server 2007 (Part 2 of...

Posted to subject: exchange by Rui Silva on Fri, Oct 17 2008
Filed under: Filed under: News, Technical stuff

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