Active Directory
AD Explorer: A better ADSIEdit than ADSIEdit
Came across this useful Active Directory tool called AD Explorer, thanks to fellow Zenpriser Tariq Hamirani. Created by Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich, it’s another…
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Active Directory
Posts about Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Active Directory, Directory Synchronization, etc.
Active Directory
HOW TO: Hide Distribution Group membership
Exchange Server 2003’s extensions for Active Directory Users & Computers console made hiding a Distribution Group’s membership a trivial task, accomplished by right-clicking a group,…
Active Directory
HOW TO: Create a Dynamic Distribution Group by country or city
The Exchange console does not have pre-canned filter options for Country or City to be able to create a Dynamic Distribution Group (DDG, aka “Query-Based…
Active Directory
New Distribution Groups do not receive internet email by default
New Exchange Server 2007 Distribution Groups created using the Exchange shell or console do not receive internet mail (i.e. mail from unauthenticated senders) by default.…
Active Directory
HOW TO: Grant Full Mailbox Access permission
Follow-up to previous post “HOW TO: Assign SendAs right using Exchange shell” – the ability to assign SendAs and ReceiveAs permissions is preserved in Active…
Active Directory
View membership of a Dynamic Distribution Group
Dynamic Distribution Group is the Exchange Server 2010/2007 term for Query-Based Distribution Groups supported by Active Directory (and therefore Exchange Server 2003/2000) in Windows Server…
Active Directory
Applying Managed Folder Policy to more than one user
Scenario: You have a Managed Folder Mailbox Policy called Policy-DeletedItems90Days. The policy has Managed Content Settings to permanently delete items in the Deleted Items folder…
Active Directory
Longhorn: Active Directory Users and Computers console saves trips to ADSIEdit
One of the nice features I noticed about the Active Directory Users & Computers (ADUC) console in Longhorn server – in an object’s properties, there’s…
Active Directory
Send as alternate email address in Outlook and Exchange
This is one of the more frequently asked questions in different forums and still a major annoyance – how do I send as an alternate…
Active Directory
HOW TO: Assign SendAs right using Exchange shell
In Exchange Server 2007 (and Exchange 2010), recipients are managed from the Exchange Management Console (EMC) or Exchange Management Shell (aka the Shell). EMC does…