Active Directory Documentation Team
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Clarification regarding the status of Identity Management for Unix (IDMU) & NIS Server Role in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview and beyond
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Date: 02/09/2016
Active Directory Documentation Team blog is retired
This blog is now officially retired. No new posts will be published on this blog but the old posts...
Date: 11/19/2015
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - October 2015
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 10/30/2015
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - September 2015
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 09/30/2015
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - August 2015
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 08/31/2015
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - July 2015
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 07/31/2015
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - June 2015
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 06/30/2015
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - May 2015
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 05/29/2015
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - April 2015
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 05/05/2015
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - March 2015
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 03/31/2015
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - February 2015
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 02/27/2015
Azure Active Directory Connect and updated Directory Integration Tools content!
Hi everyone! I want to make sure you're all aware of the recent updates I published on the...
Date: 02/16/2015
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - January 2015
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 01/30/2015
AD Magic Restore script published on codeplex
Alexandre Augagneur is an AD MVP who recently published a new script called AD Magic Restore. It...
Date: 01/19/2015
Updated tutorials about installing Active Directory domain controllers on an Azure virtual network
I recently updated a couple tutorials about installing domain controllers on Azure. The steps are...
Date: 01/05/2015
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - December 2014
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 12/30/2014
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - November 2014
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 11/28/2014
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - October 2014
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 10/30/2014
New documentation: Want to know how Azure RMS works, under the hood?
You don't need to know how Azure Rights Management (RMS) works, because it takes care of all...
Date: 10/28/2014
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - September 2014
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 09/29/2014
New documentation: Deploying AD RMS with AD FS (Windows Server 2012 R2)
Now published, tried and tested step-by-step instructions: Deploying Active Directory Rights...
Date: 09/24/2014
What's New in Azure Rights Management
It's certainly been a busy year so far for the Rights Management (RMS) team, with advanced...
Date: 09/04/2014
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - August 2014
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 08/29/2014
All things RMS sharing app ...
If you've been reading the exciting announcements for RMS (blog post Major Update: Improved...
Date: 08/27/2014
New version of DirSync released
Hi there, today, we have released a new version (6985.0000) of DirSync. For more details, see...
Date: 07/23/2014
New AD CS doc: Migrating a Certification Authority from a CSP to a KSP
Just published: Migrating a Certification Authority Key from a Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP)...
Date: 07/02/2014
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - June 2014
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 06/30/2014
Updated SQL Server support statements for AD RMS
Updated support statements for SQL Server versions that AD RMS supports, plus the supported high...
Date: 06/27/2014
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - May 2014
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 05/23/2014
Doc Updates for Azure RMS - April 2014
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Azure RMS Documentation...
Date: 04/30/2014
Doc Updates for Windows Azure RMS - March 2014
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Windows Azure RMS...
Date: 03/26/2014
Doc Updates for Windows Azure RMS - February 2014
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Windows Azure RMS...
Date: 02/27/2014
Doc Updates for Windows Azure RMS - January 2014
Now on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog - Announcement: Windows Azure RMS...
Date: 01/31/2014
Fun Quiz for the RMS Sharing Application
Yesterday, I posted on the Microsoft Rights Management (RMS) Team blog a fun challenge for RMS...
Date: 01/24/2014
Spotlight on Documentation for Windows Azure Rights Management
This post was published yesterday on the Microsoft Rights Management product team blog, and since...
Date: 01/17/2014
Script to generate Active Directory user object reports
Alexandre Augagneur is an Active Directory MVP who has posted a new script to TechNet gallery that...
Date: 10/15/2013
Hyper-V health check practices document posted
Sainath K.E.V, DS-MVP, from Avanade AU, posted a document: Microsoft Hyper-v Health Checks with...
Date: 06/20/2013
Windows PowerShell script that helps you to find unregistered subnets by Alexandre Augagneur
DS-MVP Alexandre Augagneur has added a Windows PowerShell script to the TechNet Script Center...
Date: 05/31/2013
How to see those file extensions in Windows
If you are a IT administrator or pretty much anyone who works with computer files a lot, then you...
Date: 05/22/2013
Auditing Active Directory Subnets
Directory Services MVP Alexandre Augagneur posted a script for Auditing Active Directory Subnets to...
Date: 05/08/2013
System Center Orchestrator Security
Not a typical topic for the Active Directory blog, but MVP Sainath K E V contributed a TechNet Wiki...
Date: 05/08/2013
Creating Multiple Active Directory Domains Different Networks using Hyper-v RRAS
Microsoft MVP Sainath K E V recently posted a tutorial on the TechNet Wiki titled Creating Multiple...
Date: 05/08/2013
Active Directory Maximum Limits and Scalability topic updated
The Active Directory Maximum Limits and Scalability topic has been recently updated to reflect...
Date: 04/16/2013
Looking in vain for our Active Directory content? Try our new vanity URLs off Microsoft.com for "quick access" to AD TechCenter home pages
"All my love's in vain." - "Love in Vain", Robert Johnson (1911-1938) Hey folks, We know if you read...
Date: 04/10/2013
Windows Azure AD Windows PowerShell vanity URL created
I have created this URL for Windows Azure AD cmdlets https://aka.ms/aadposh Some people might be...
Date: 03/21/2013
New Vanity URLs for "quick access" to AD DS deployment cmdlet help
Hey folks, The AD DS Deployment cmdlets for Windows PowerShell are some of the most powerful and...
Date: 03/21/2013
Adprep in Windows Server 2012
We recently published TechNet topics about Adprep.exefor Windows Server 2012. Adprep has many...
Date: 02/05/2013
After installing the AD DS server role on Windows Server 2012, where is the option to configure the DC?
Some users have run into this problem in Windows Server 2012 when they try to install a domain...
Date: 01/28/2013
Active Directory Replication over Firewalls posted on TechNet Wiki
A couple years back, we posted on TechNet Wiki an older article that was originally published on the...
Date: 01/28/2013
Identity Infrastructure Fundamentals and Trendy Capabilities
I would like to make everyone aware of the two brand new whitepapers that I and Tom Shinder just...
Date: 01/25/2013