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Directory Services Blogs by Microsoft Employees  RSS

The Official SBS Blog

Mark Stanfill, October 3, 2008

Port 25: Open Source Community at Microsoft

Microsoft Open Source Community, September 16, 2008

A Collection of Random Thoughts

Ben Winzenz, June 2, 2008

consultguru's WebLog

Gururaj Pandurangi, January 3, 2005

Michael Johnson's WebLog

Michael Johnson, March 28, 2008

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Recent Directory Services Blog Posts  RSS

Granular Targeting In Operations Manager 2007

TechNet Magazine Blog, October 5, 2008

Outlook Automation: How to automate different versions of Outlook using VC++ ?

Le Café Central de DeVa, October 4, 2008

How to get date & time when the message was received by Exchange server ?

Le Café Central de DeVa, October 4, 2008

Nutshell: Automation using # imports with Exchange Server environment is good or bad?

Le Café Central de DeVa, October 3, 2008

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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Directory Services Solutions by MVPs  RSS

How to find the current Schema Version

How to find the current Schema Version

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Active Directory How-to GuideActive 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

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

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

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

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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