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Choosing a Hash and Encryption Algorithm for a new PKI?
I frequently get asked to consult on building out new Public Key Infrastructures here in Premier Field Engineering. One of the things that I get asked commonly is “How do I choose a key length and Hash...
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Upgrading or Migrating Active Directory to Windows Server 2012 – Build Your...
If you’ve been managing an Active Directory infrastructure for the last 5-10 years, you might have noticed that the pace of change has rapidly increased. After surviving the migrations from Windows NT...
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How Domain Controllers are Located Across Trusts
Hi AskPFEPlat readers. Tom Moser here. A question I get on a pretty frequent basis from my larger, multi-forest enterprise customers is:“Do I need to add subnets from Forest A to Forest B so that...
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Premier Technology Day Hosted by AskPFEPlat- Live Events in St. Louis and...
Hey everyone, I’d like to make you aware of an opportunity to connect with some AskPFEPlat celebrities (relatively speaking, of course). We’re hosting two, one-day workshops, live and in-person. This...
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Update Rollups For Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 Explained
Hello all,If you pay attention to the updates we rollout each month or take note of what Windows Updates are on your Windows 8 PC or Windows Server 2012 Server, you may have seen some monthly rollup...
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Fire & Forget – How to Stop a Network Trace Programmatically using Network...
From time to time, we come across issues where capturing a network trace is critical to determining root cause for a problem and even more important… a solution. Simple right? Just start Network...
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Windows Server and SCCM 2012 SP1 - Configuration Management with DCM
Collaboration. The idea that we are better when we work together. Isn't that something we often hear about, especially in IT? Well kids, I'm here to say it AGAIN! Within Microsoft, 'collaboration' and...
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Upgrade Active Directory to Windows Server 2012 - Phase 1: Assessment
Doug Symalla and Greg Jaworski here, tag-teaming to give you a hefty blog, full of detail.In Doug's last blog, he laid out an Active Directory upgrade roadmap. We promised you some practical detail for...
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PFE Sessions At Tech Ed 2013 and The Krewe
Hey y’all, Mark here with a real quick post. For our readers that are at Tech Ed 2013 in New Orleans (home of everyone’s favorite X-Men Gambit). We got several PFEs delivering sessions that you should...
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Windows Phone + Our Blog = New App
Is there an app for that? Not sure if you asked, but we do have an app for our blog that allows you to enjoy and read the content on your Windows Phone (WP7 or WP8). It's a basic blog reader app that...
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How to Enable User-Based Control/Enforcement of BitLocker on Removable Data...
Hi readers, John Sanz here. A customer of mine came to me with a business requirement that couldn’t be satisfied out of the box, so I thought I would share the solution with you.The business...
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Mailbag: How do you set network adapter settings with PowerShell in Windows 8...
Here’s an interesting question that came to us from one of our readers. If you have a question for us, don't forget that you can contact us using the Contact tile just to the right of this article when...
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One Little Victory – Get Value from the Remote Server Administration Tools on...
If you've read any of my prior posts, you know I like to be able to do things without a lot of prep, in a short amount of time. Yes, I like the K.I.S.S principle – Keep It Simple, Stan. I also enjoy...
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Mailbag: Problem of the week: DNS Aging and Scavenging (getting the DNS...
Greg here with a quick post where the new DNS PowerShell cmdlets in AD made a task much easier. Many of our customers use Microsoft DNS and a feature of Microsoft DNS is the ability to remove stale...
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Audit Membership in Privileged Active Directory Groups. A Second Look.
Some months ago, I shared a PowerShell script to enumerate the membership of privileged groups (including membership in nested groups) and report membership as well as password ages. Like most scripts,...
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RaaS-Active Directory The Engineers Point Of View
My name is Bryan Zink and I am a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer focused on supporting Windows Server and Active Directory. You’ve probably read the fantastic post by Yong Rhee introducing RAP as a...
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Building a VM in Windows Azure using PowerShell in a few quick steps
Hello folks, its Rick here. In a previous post Michael gave you nice overview of Windows Azure Services and helped you setup your own VMs in cloud using the free trial thru the Azure portal. Today I...
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Some Other PFE Blogs You’ll Want To Be Reading
Hey y’all, Mark here with some quick links for you. We have two other PFE team blogs that have been getting some steam as of late we thought we’d pass along so our fine readership can check them out...
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Choosing a Hash and Encryption Algorithm for a new PKI?
I frequently get asked to consult on building out new Public Key Infrastructures here in Premier Field Engineering. One of the things that I get asked commonly is “How do I choose a key length and Hash...
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MAILBAG: How does one find the last event log entry from command-line?
Our readers are simply the best! One of the benefits of having great folks that read what we post on the Ask PFE Platforms Blog are the questions we sometimes receive. One such recent question you...
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