Windows Folder Redirection
KB ID 0000467 Problem Q: What is Folder Redirection? A: Essentially you can take folders that hold things like your “My documents” or your “Favorites” folder, and put them out on a network server, which is great if you want to back that sort of information up for disaster recovery. Q: What’s the difference between this and a roaming / roving profile? A: Folder redirection keeps information on a server...
ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 1
KB ID 0001305 Problem I’ve not used ADMT for ages, I’ve got a domain migration to do soon, so I thought I’d get on the bench and have a reminder. Although ADMT 3.2 was ‘re-jigged’ to support Server 2012 R2, I’m still going to install it on Server 2008 R2. I’ve got a test domain built to migrate from, and a new domain setup ready to migrate into. Old/Source Domain: olddomain.com Old/Source...
Can A Domain Trust Another Domain With The Same ‘Root Domain’ Name?
KB ID 0001288 Problem About a month ago I was with a client to do some investigation/consultancy, they were a large company with their head office in the UK and a number of other offices around the world. They had a number of domains and sub domains and wanted to consolidate them all into a new domain. Well that’s all OK, but the UK company has been purchased by a large American company, who were putting a lot of pressure on...
Install and Configure Certificate Enrolment Policy Web Service
KB ID 0001250 Problem A client had moved a domain joined server into their DMZ, and while they had opened the correct ports for Domain Authentication on their firewall, no one had considered the certificates on the server which had expired, and could not be renewed. Some research, pointed me towards Certificate Enrolment Web Service. Its job is to let clients enrol and renew certificates, from either non domain joined machines, or...
Exchange – ‘Not all the required authentication methods were found’
KB ID 0001180 Problem I had to visit a client who had recently gone through an Exchange migration, now his external mail clients were having a nightmare staying connected to Outlook Anywhere. I ran the Exchange connectivity tester and got this; Additional details Not all the required authentication methods were found Methods Found: Basic Methods Required: NTLM Solution Looks like an open and shut case, someone forgot to enable...