We’ve just had two days of training using the revamped SMART AD Migrator software from Binary Tree. They’ve had an AD migration tool for some time, but it used to have various issues. These resulted in a total overhaul of the product, and this current release looks to be in a good stable state. The […]
Demystifying AD Schema Extensions for Exchange
Now most people who have been around Active Directory (AD) will understand about the AD schema and that some applications like Exchange, Lync, etc make updates to this schema. However not everyone is intimately familiar with AD, so let’s start at the beginning… Active Directory 101 Microsoft introduced Active Directory back in the Windows 2000 […]
Active Directory Authentication – Part 2
In part 1, we talked about authentication via NTLM and how the domain controllers that are used to authenticate you are the ones near the service that is being consumed. Now let us move onto Kerberos. Just like last time I need to point at a TechNet Article, How DNS Support for Active Directory Works. […]
Active Directory Authentication – Part 1
Today we are deviating away from the more Messaging related threads and we will be looking at authentication. The reason for writing this article is that I am often asked to troubleshoot authentication issues and to my surprise there are not many simple explanations about how authentication works. Also I find time and again that […]