Last week I had a disk corruption which proved to be somewhat catastrophic. My main server had an apparent corruption of the Directory database, and even after I’d run a system restore, still could not bring Active Directory back up. To cut a long story short, my journey would have […]
Windows Server 2012 R2
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Introduction We have a requirement at the moment to modify AD FS 3.0 (which is a role in Windows Server 2012 R2) to allow users to authenticate without having to specify the domain name. This is for two reasons – the current external system doesn’t have a requirement to prefix […]
It’s been over two years since my last foray into the murky waters of Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 2.0 and it came past due for a return to claims-based authentication and federation. My previous journeys were somewhat chronicled here and here. This time around though, I’m going to be […]
Today I tried to locate the “Desktop Experience” server feature in Windows Server 2012 R2. Problem is, I couldn’t find it! The Desktop Experience feature lets you use normal Windows desktop features like media player and photo viewer, and so forth: It used to be a “top level” feature, but […]
Yesterday saw the release of a number of products from Microsoft. The big news is Windows 8.1, which was revealed to have hit the RTM milestone last week and was released to MSDN and TechNet subscribers yesterday. Included in the mix was the well performing Windows Server 2012 (previously in […]