Downgrade Windows Server 2012 licenses
With DISM.exe you can only upgrade Windows Server licenses, e.g. from Windows Server 2012 Standard to Windows Server 2012 Datacenter. In this article, I am […]
Migration Manager for Exchange DirSync – protocolSettings
Migration Manager for Exchange DirSync (QMM) – protocolSettings cannot be configured. Today I want to share an experience I made with the Dell Migration Manager […]
Windows 7 – Changed Behavior during Moving Process
With Windows 7, the behavior of Windows Explorer while moving files and directories seems to have changed. So far, we had the following rules: Moving […]
Active Directory Migration – Exchange First
Most Active Directory migrations deal with the consolidation of domains or the incorporation of new business units. The most important goal of these projects is […]
Mapped drives are not available in Windows Explorer
Drive mapping and the local administrator group.Or: What do you have to do that mapped drives are available (if you are an admin)? Besides them […]
Security gap: Remote code execution and Group Policies
In its February-Patch, Microsoft covers an important security gap which allows attackers to execute malicious code on user PCs. It concerns the function for executing […]
AD Sites and Services: NLTEST /DSAddressToSite
Who knows all functions of NLTEST? In answer to this question, not a lot of people would say “yes”. After the triumph of Powershell, some […]
Active Directory and Office 365 coexistence
Office 365 comes with an own portal and therefore requires an own user administration. Most companies, however, already have their individual AD infrastructures 211. Is […]
QMM AD – Resource Update via Powershell – PowerRUM
During an Active Directory migration, all clients – as far as they won’t be reinstalled – have to be transferred into the target domain. For […]
Domain and Forest Functional Levels – Overview
Today I recognized, that it is not easy to find a comprehensive summary table about Active Directory Domain and Forest Functional Levels (operating mode) on […]
Lync in the resource forest – msRTCSIP-OriginatorSid
In another article, I describe how an Exchange Resource Forest scenario works and how an Exchange First Migration can be used. Today I want to […]
DNS records not updating
Updating of DNS records in the Active Directory. Lately, I was asked for advice about why DNS records in Active Directory were not updated with […]
Windows Server 2008 R2 vs. 2012 R2
For some time now I assist a customer with his Global Request Management. People repeatedly ask me the following questions: How much RAM can Windows […]
QMM EX: Error 0xe1000005. Internal DSA error
Directory Synchronization Agent, DSA is part of Quest Migration Manager for Exchange. Sometimes, DSA produces an error which is not really self-explanatory: Error 0xe1000005. Internal […]
Activating Windows leads to error – DNS Name does not exist
Trying to activate a Windows Server 2008 (or higher) or Windows 7 (or higher), can lead to the following error: DNS Name does not exist […]
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