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Windows 2012 R2 Preview: Active Directory Federation Services Installation...
Just for those interested, here’s the screenshots of the ADFS installation on a Windows 2012 R2 Preview installation. Before 2012 R2 it wasn’t advised to install ADFS on a domain controller as the ADFS...
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Windows 2012 R2 Preview: Web Application Proxy Installation Screenshots
For those interested in the look and feel of the new Web Application Proxy role, here’s some screenshot of a fairly simple next next finish setup.The installation:Remark: seems I’ll have to add a...
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AX 2012: Validate Settings Fails for Report Server Configuration
Setting up AX 2012 Reporting involves installing SQL Reporting Services and registering that Reporting Services installation in AX. One of the issues we were having is that we were seeing some problems...
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SCCM: Task Sequence / Software Updates Paused
Lately we had a ticket where a user was unable to execute task sequences from the Run Advertised Program console on his client. FYI, we’re running SCCM 2007 R2. The error the user was facing was this...
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Quick Tip: Use PowerShell To Browse Through An Event Log
When trying to troubleshoot AD FS claim rules, often I find myself going back and forth in the Security event log. But the interface doesn’t really allow to easily see whether the message is relevant...
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ADFS: Certificate Private Key Permissions
Just as a reminder for myself. The following error might appear in the ADFS Admin log after a user being faced with the ADFS error page. The error is pretty cryptic and gives no real clues away. Error...
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Quick Tip: AD FS Server Name as a Claim
I’m not sure anyone else besides me finds this piece of information important, but sometimes I like to know which AD FS server issued the actual claims. That’s when multiple servers are joined to the...
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UAG 2010: The URL you have requested is too long.
For a customer of mine we’ve setup a UAG which is configured as a Relying Party of an AD FS 2.0 server. This means the trunk itself is configured to use ADFS as it’s authentication server. It seems...
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Windows 2012 File Server: SRMSVC Events In Event Log
We’re currently defining a new build for our file servers. On one of the servers we installed in the test environment we started seeing a lot of errors in the Application event log.The events we were...
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Troubleshooting Certificates and the Chain Build Process
Recently I got a request of a customer to update the root certificates of several certificates they had in place. The problem was that one of the intermediate CA’s had an expiration date which was...
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The Processing of Group Policy Failed: logged on user session…
Really weird one. A while ago we were being notified by SCOM (System Center Operations Manager) that one of our domain controllers had issues processing group policies. The event in the event log:The...
View ArticleSharePoint Configure Super Accounts
This post will try to explain how you can easily configure a SharePoint web application its superuser and superreader accounts. SharePoint uses these accounts for its caching system. Out of the box...
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Generate Self Signed Certificate for Demo Purposes
From time to time you might require a certificate and you want it fast. Mostly you see openssl commands flying around to get this job done. But recently I came across the following information and it’s...
View ArticleQuick Tip: Multiple IP’s on Adapter and Firewalls
Typically a server has one network interface with one IP on it. Especially in virtualized environments. However in certain scenario’s, like web servers, multiple IP’s can be bound to one network...
View ArticleSQL: Delete a Large Amount of Records
I’ve got a setup where an UAG array logs into a remote SQL. I’m still wondering how other people handle the database size. I’ve got a very small SQL agent job which runs once a week and deletes all...
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AX Enterprise Portal Webparts Only Deployment
Lately a nice challenge was presented to me: make the Dynamics AX webparts work on a SharePoint site other than the actual Enterprise Portal. As per TechNet (Deploy Microsoft Dynamics AX Web parts to a...
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Windows 8.1 and the RemoteApp Connection URL GPO Setting Issue
One of my customers is deploying Windows 8.1 clients. They mainly use SCCM and App-V as a software delivery solution. Besides that they also have some applications published over RemoteApp. Windows 8...
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Direct Access: Error Loading Configuration
Recently I worked together with some Microsoft consultants to implement a Direct Access proof of concept. Initially the configuration went just fine. However, the operational state page showed that we...
View ArticleGenerate a SAN Certificate Request File
Recently I had to generate a request file for a SAN (Subject Alternative Name) certificate. Using the GUI this is pretty straight forward, but I wanted to use the command line as this allows to be...
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Windows 7 and the RemoteApp Connection URL Issue
Some weeks ago I had a customer which experienced issues with RemoteApp on Windows 8: Setspn: Windows 8.1 and the RemoteApp Connection URL GPO Setting Issue Now I had another customer with a similar...
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