ADFS: Deploy Active Directory Federation Services
KB ID 0001140 Problem The actual configuration of ADFS depends largely on what you intend to do with it. Here I’m using it to broker connections from my Microsoft Web Application Proxy. This article is just to ‘join the dots’ and covers just the installation of the role itself. Solution Before you Start: Make sure you have a certificate ready to use for ADFS. I typically use a wildcard cert for this, it’s...
Windows Server – Fails Installing .Net 3.5
KB ID 0000924 Problem I needed to add .Net 3.5 to a Windows Server for an application install, but when I added it as a ‘feature’ it failed. Server 2016 The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed. The source files could not be found. Use the “Source” option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more information on specifying a source...
Deploying Windows ‘Web Application Proxy’
KB ID 0001142 Problem This is part of a larger piece of work Im putting together on publishing Remote Desktop Services with Microsoft Web Application Proxy. This article is simply to guide you though the process of installing the Web Application Proxy role. In a later article I will run though configuring it to work with Active Directory Federation Services, and Remote Desktop Services, to present secure RemoteApps. Solution Before...
vSphere – Adding Domain Users/Groups to vCenter
KB ID 0001063 Problem Note: This article is for vSphere 6, for vSphere 7 and vSphere 8 see the following article. vCenter Domain Authentication Despite my best efforts to keep working with the VMware VI client, my recent move to a MAC has finally forced me to start using the web client. So when I rebuilt my vCenter this week, I went out of my way to use that. Note: If you have your vCenter and Platform Services Controller (PSC)...
Windows Server 2012 ‘Direct Access with Windows 8’
KB ID 0000842 Problem In the following procedure I’m using Window Server 2012, and Windows 8 Enterprise, I am NOT configuring for Windows 7 so I don’t need to worry about PKI and certificates. (Other than the one the direct access server uses for https identification). I’m not adding in any Application or Infrastructure servers, this is just a basic run through on setting up Direct Access to get you up and running....