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Directory Services Blogs by Microsoft Employees RSS

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The Official SBS Blog
Mark Stanfill, October 3, 2008

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Port 25: Open Source Community at Microsoft
Microsoft Open Source Community, September 16, 2008

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A Collection of Random Thoughts
Ben Winzenz, June 2, 2008

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consultguru's WebLog
Gururaj Pandurangi, January 3, 2005

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Michael Johnson's WebLog
Michael Johnson, March 28, 2008

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Recent Directory Services Blog Posts RSS

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Granular Targeting In Operations Manager 2007
TechNet Magazine Blog, October 5, 2008

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Outlook Automation: How to automate different versions of Outlook using VC++ ?
Le Café Central de DeVa, October 4, 2008

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How to get date & time when the message was received by Exchange server ?
Le Café Central de DeVa, October 4, 2008

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Nutshell: Automation using # imports with Exchange Server environment is good or bad?
Le Café Central de DeVa, October 3, 2008

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EWS Programming # 1 : Creating my first Exchange Web Services client application in C#.Net
Le Café Central de DeVa, October 3, 2008

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Meet the Directory Services MVPs

Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) offer years of hands-on experience and enjoy helping others.

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Directory Services Solutions by MVPs RSS

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How to find the current Schema Version

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Active Directory How-to Guide

Have questions about Active Directory directory service? Explore this list of KB articles on the Help and Support site for step-by-step procedures and troubleshooting tips.

Top Identity and Directory Services Downloads RSS

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Infrastructure Planning and Design

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Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides

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Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM)

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ADMT v3.1

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ADAM Step-by-Step Guide

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Identity and Directory Services Knowledge Base Articles RSS

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You cannot find portal event logs in the directory that is specified in the Live Meeting 2005 Service Portal

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The Active Directory Certificate Services service does not start on a Windows Server 2008-based certification authority server if the key storage provider does not support SHA1 hash signing

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A distinguished name that contains more than 100 characters and that is discovered from Active Directory for an AMT host causes the SMS_EXECUTIVE service to crash in System Center Configuration Manager 2007

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When you start the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in or the Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in on a Windows Server 2003-based computer, the snap-in closes unexpectedly the next time that you open it

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