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User
Migration and Merging Using ADMT
Pre-creating
user account in the target domain is a common scenario these days
due to single-sign-on solution, HR management procedure etc. This
will make the user migrate procedure more challenging. During
the migration you need to make sure these accounts are properly
“merged” with correct SID information.
Active
Directory Migration Using ADMT
Here
is a graphical representation of the high level steps involved
in an Active Directory migration using ADMT version 3.1. The following
sections will explain the procedure of migrating the Groups, Users
and Computers.
Computer
Migration - Things to Consider
Here
are a few points which you can consider while doing computer migration.
These points are applicable to all migrations irrespective of
the migration tool (ADMT, NetIQ, Quest etc). Here is a high level
flow chart that describes the computer migration process:
User
Migration and Merging Using Quest Migration Manager
Pre-creating
user account in the target domain is a common scenario these days
due to single-sign-on solution, HR management procedure etc. This
will make the user migrate procedure more challenging. In this
example, I will explain a procedure to migrate and merge user
accounts using Quest Migration Manager (QMM). You can read the
Part I (User Account Migration and Merging – Part I (ADMT))
of this document in the following link.
Get
control of your severs using Startup/Shutdown Script
In
many situations we need to reset the Local Administrator password
and add Domain Admins to the Local Administrator group on a server
or client machine without visiting each machine. If you don’t
know the password and don’t have access to the severs, you
can run this simple script as a Startup/Shutdown script in conjunction
with Group Policy.
Microsoft
Right Management Service (RMS)
Rights
Management Service and Exchange 2003 (Part 3)
It is time to talk about custom templates since we have discussed
built-in Do Not Forward templates in Part 2 of this document.
In this part of the article, I will explain the procedure of creating
and using custom templates. I will use the following scenario
to better explain the use of a custom template.
Rights
Management Service and Exchange 2003 (Part 2)
I hope you enjoyed Part 1 of my RMS document. Thanks to all who
sent emails. As I explained in the previous part of the RMS document,
my focus was to explain the RMS functionality from an Outlook
2003 client. I received a lot of questions regarding RMS and Exchange
integration. RMS is not integrated with Exchange so you don’t
need to have Exchange to use RMS. You can use RMS with any RMS
aware application but RMS does require Active Directory.
Rights
Management Service and Exchange 2003 (Part 1)
We would like to welcome Santhosh Sivarajan to our team of authors
as he presents his first article to MSExchange.org readers. The
purpose of this article is to explain the details of Rights Management
Service (RMS) technology and how beneficial it is to your organization.
Email
Security – Outlook Forms and Right Management Service
As we all know we can use Right Management Service to protect
sensitive information and keep internal information internal.
You can read one of my Rights Management Service (RMS) article
on the following location
Microsoft
ISA Server
Bypassing
the Firewall Client using Locallat.txt File
As we all know, ISA Server 2004 is a firewall and its function
is to block all unnecessary traffic. But sometimes it is also
necessary to bypass the traffic without going through the ISA
Server. The following section will explain the options available
on ISA Server 2004 and on the client side to achieve this.
ISA Server 2004 is Ignoring my Web Publishing Rule
I heard the following comment from a few clients: "ISA Server
is ignoring my server publishing rule and it is always using the
default rule". This will happen especially if you are working
on a complicated network where the ISA firewall and the application
servers are on different subnets. Check out this article for an
explanation why this happens and a solution.
Cannot
Logon to the Domain or Contact Other Servers After the ISA Server
Installation
I am sure we have all either encountered or heard of this "problem"
one time or another if the ISA Server is part of the Active Directory
Domain. Is it a problem? No, it is by design. To block all unnecessary
traffic is the job of the firewall. I know Domain Controller traffic
is not unnecessary unreachable traffic, but we have to "explain"
to the ISA Server that DC traffic is reachable.
Simplifying
Access Rules for ISA Firewall
We
are all familiar with creating firewall access rule policies on
ISA Server 2004. Let’s say we want to create a two way Firewall
access rule. How do you do it? We can create two one way firewall
rules from Source to Target and from Target to Source. If you’re
like me, you are too lazy to create two firewall policies if we
can find an easier method. Here is a simple trick to achieve this
without creating two separate one way firewall policies. The trick
is to select the same “Source” and “Destination”
networks in the Firewall Access Rule. Here is an example:
SharePoint
2010
SharePoint
2010 Installation and Configuration – Part I
I
started testing SharePoint 2010 in my lab. I took some screenshots
and notes during the installation. I would like to share these
findings in this article. The first part of this article explains
the installation details and in the second part, I will include
the configuration details.
Data
Protection Manager (DPM)
Monitoing
DPM 2007 Using SCOM 2007
You
can centrally monitor Data Protection Manager (DPM) server, state
of the data protection and protected servers using the Microsoft
System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). The following high level
steps are involved in properly configuring the monitoring for
DPM server:
DPM
2007 To DPM 2010 Upgrade
I
have started testing the DPM 2010 installation and DPM 2007 to
DPM 2010 upgrade scenarios in my lab. I have success fully upgraded
my DPM 2007 to DPM 2010. Here are my observations during the upgrade
process:
Lab setup: SQL 2005 64 bit and DPM 2007 64 Bit running on a Windows
2008 64 bit Server
Exchange
2010
My
First Peek into Microsoft Exchange 2010
Before
I really dive into Exchange 2010, I thought I would install and
play with it first. I took some screen shots and notes during
the installation. I would like to share these findings in this
article.
I
am in a process of creating a "Things to Consider….."
document for Exchange 2010. It will be added to my blog soon.
Thanks again for all your feedbacks regarding my "Things
to Consider when Installing Exchange 2007" article ( http://santhoshsivarajan.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-new-articles_12.html).
It is really a good inspiration for me to come up with more articles
like this.
Exchange
2007
Things
to Consider when Installing Exchange 2007 - Part I
As
we all know there is a lot of information out there about how
to install and configure an Exchange 2007 server. But when considering
an upgrade, I am sure we all have questions about how to upgrade
an existing system to a new one and what are the supported or
non-supported features in the new environment. I think it is very
important to get a thorough understanding of the new system and
application before even thinking about an upgrade. In this article
my goal is to go through the Exchange 2007 “transition”
path and supported configuration in terms of Active Directory
and Exchange.
Things
to Consider when Installing Exchange 2007 - Part II
When
considering an Exchange upgrade, the first question that normally
comes to mind is an in-place upgrade versus a parallel migration.
Since Microsoft only supports the 64 bit Exchange 2007 version
in production, you may ask “what I am going to do with our
existing Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 servers?” The answer
is there is no direct upgrade (in-place) from Exchange 2000 or
Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007. You must install Exchange 2007
on a new server and join it with your existing Exchange organization.
Microsoft
Active Directory Connector (ADC)
ADC
Before or After the User Migration
Do
you install and configure Active Directory Connector (ADC) before
or after the user migration? Good question, right? Yes, I know
we have all heard or at least thought about this question during
an Active Directory or Exchange migration. The answer to this
“complicated” question is either you can install and
configure ADC and Connection Agreements (CAs) before or after
the user migration. I remember having this conversation with a
few migration specialist but some believe you have to configure
ADC before the user migration and some believe you can only do
it after the user migration. Here are my explanations for both
scenarios.
MOM
2005
Custom
Provider Creation in MOM
Sometimes
we need to use custom providers to create MOM Rules. Here is an
example of creating a custom provider to return free hard drive
space information from drive H.
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