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New Features in the Netlogon Parser (v1.1.4) for Message Analyzer
Hi all! Brandon Wilson here again talking to you about some new features added in the updated Netlogon parser (v1.1.4) for Message Analyzer. This parser was developed with fixes that are specific to...
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Mailbag: Superbowl Superbag (Issue #6)
Hey y'all, Mark, Tom and Lakshman are back for another mailbag. All of our NFL teams are out of the playoffs but I promise you this mailbag meets the proper inflation requirements for a blog post....
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ADFS Deep Dive: Certificate Planning
The last blog was about planning for ADFS and what questions you should be asking when deploying...
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How to Restrict DNS Zone Scavenging When Hosting Multiple Zones on Multiple...
Dougga here – PFE (or “poofy” as one of my customers likes to call us). The DNS scavenging topic never dies - bear with me and I will reveal a not so obvious configuration to control which servers...
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Mailbag: Happy Birthday Ronald Reagan (Issue #7)
Mark and Tom here again with Mailbag Issue #7! We’re light on overall questions, but in-depth on one of them this week. Let’s get to it!RODC DNS RecordsJohnny MnemonicSite TopologyFrom The Interwebs...
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How to Reduce the Size of the WinSxS directory and Free Up Disk Space on...
When discussing a specific .NET framework issue a few months back, several people commented that they were unable to uninstall an update as the new /resetbase command was run against the image after...
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KRBTGT Reset Script Now Available at the Script Gallery
Tom here with a quick Friday update...Here's something that we hope you'll never need, but has become an unfortunate necessity. Jared Poeppelman, one of our colleagues over in Microsoft Consulting...
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Attending Microsoft Ignite? A Local’s Guide to Chicago
Hey y’all, Mark back again this time with a completely non-technical post. As you’ve probably heard by now, Microsoft Ignite is taking place in Chicago May 4-8th. This is great news as many of us from...
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Guidance on Deployment of MS15-011 and MS15-014
Hi, my name is Keith Brewer and many of you will know of me from my other Active Directory related posts. A few folks have recently approached me about the recent security updates (The other week we...
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Mailbag: Hildebrand from Azure Land (Issue #8)
Hey y'all, Mark, Tom and Hilde back for another mailbag. Astute readers and or those that have access to a calendar will notice we may have missed a week in our regular posting schedule. I'm not one to...
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ADFS Deep-Dive: Onboarding Applications
I’m back with the onboarding of applications post I promised. Of all my ADFS work I’m performed over the last several years, the one reoccurring pain point that customers have is onboarding...
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Common Troubleshooting Issues Encountered When Configuring MBAM 2.5
Hey! Bill Spears here. I'm a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer based in North Carolina and I specialize primarily in Windows Deployment and Client technologies. After completing many MBAM deployments...
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Mailbag: Starting To Get The Hang Of This (Issue #9)
Hey y’all Mark, Tom and Hilde back for another mailbag Friday. Keep the questions coming and we’ll keep answering them. This week we are getting back into the Hyper-V pool and always some ADFS...
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SHA-1 Deprecation and Changing the Root CA’s Hash Algorithm
Hi, Rick Sasser here, with what was intended to be a quick blurb on security that back references one of my original posts on Choosing a Hash and Encryption Algorithm for a new PKI? and somehow turned...
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You Use Storage? We Want To Hear From You
Hey y’all, Mark here asking all our great readers for a real quick favor. Friend of the blog/the internet’s punching bag Ned Pyle on the Windows Server team has just posted a quick 12 question survey...
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Getting started with the Graph API with the Graph Explorer
Hi Folks. Lakshman Hariharan here with a post on a cool tool from our good friends on the Azure team called Graph Explorer. In a nutshell, the Azure AD Graph API provides programmatic access to Azure...
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How to Force a Diagnostic Memory Dump When a Computer Hangs
Matthew Reynolds here. My job is to make Windows sing (figuratively) in large enterprises. If you have a machine which freezes you may need to generate a memory dump in order to find the cause. If you...
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Mailbag: Opening Day (Issue #10)
Hey y’all Mark and Tom here. Bet you thought we’d miss this week too. We’ve been a bit busy over here so that would mostly explain it. That and I’m in two fantasy baseball leagues this year. My...
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Becoming an WPA Xpert Part 12: Timing User Login Credentials (Sometimes it IS...
Hi everyone here is Randy Reyes with a much needed updated to our slow boot slow login (sbsl) series. It’s been a while since our last entry and I ran into an interesting customer question. Customer:...
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How to Manage Surface Pro 3 UEFI Through PowerShell
Hi, Kyle Blagg here. I’m a Premier Field Engineer who works with enterprise customers for everything Surface. Recently the Surface Engineering team released a firmware update that enabled some new...
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