This is a test of Windows Live Writer. Wonder if it will work with my own cBlogs site. Have to check that once I can get my VMWare server backup up after the last thunderstorm.
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Testing Exchange ActiveSync with Internet Explorer
1. Open Internet Explorer. In the Address bar, type https://published_server_name/Microsoft-Server-Activesync, where published_server_name is the published name of your OWA server (the name your end users will type). 2. Type the user name and information that you want to authenticate. 3. If you receive an Error 501/505 “Not implemented” or “Not supported” error message, Exchange ActiveSync …
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Exchange, SharePoint Services and ActiveSync Administration…
Running Exchange 2003 and SharePoint Services on the same machine can be a challenge, as is well documented: You receive a “Page not found” error message when you use Outlook Web Access (OWA) to browse the Exchange Server 2003 client after you install Windows SharePoint Services I recently tried to accomplish this, but without much …
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Returning Search Statistics from Active Directory
When you search Active Directory you have the option of asking the server to return search statistics for your query. This is done by adding an LDAP control to your query. The control is 1.2.840.113556.1.4.970. I was using LDP to test this out on my test forest. The forest runs Windows Server 2003 DCs and …
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Linked attributes in Active Directory
In Active Directory there is something called linked attributes. They exist in pairs, consisting of a forward-link and a back-link. The linked attribute pair member, of Group objects, and memberOf, of User or Groups is an example. In this particular case member is the forward-link and memberOf is the back-link. Back-links are always calculated automatically …
Creating users with passwords that do not meet complexity requirements
I am currently reading John Craddock and Salley Storey’s book Active Directory Forestry. It is a very good read, and I can recommend it highly. Anyway, I discovered something interesting. The book mentions some attributes of the RID Set object of Domain Controllers, specifically the rIDNextRID attribute of that object. rIDNextRID holds the value of …
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