Active Directory from on-premises to the cloud

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Active Directory from on-premises to the cloud

Identity management, provisioning, role management, and authentication are key services both on-premises and through the (hybrid) cloud. With the Bring Your Own Apps (BYOA) for the cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, the desire to better collaborate a la Facebook with the “social” enterprise, the need to support and integrate with social networks, which lead to a Bring Your Own Identity (BYOI) trend, identity becomes a service where identity “bridges” in the cloud talk to on-premises directories or the directories themselves move and/or are located in the cloud.
Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). Windows Azure AD is AD reimagined for the cloud, designed to solve for you the new identity and access challenges that come with the shift to a cloud-centric, multi-tenant world.
Windows Azure AD can be truly seen as an Identity Management as a Service (IDMaaS) cloud multi-tenant service. This goes far beyond taking AD and simply running it within a virtual machine (VM) in Windows Azure.
This document is intended for IT professionals, system architects, and developers who are interested in understanding the various options for managing and using identities in their (hybrid) cloud environment based on the AD foundation and how to leverage the related capabilities. AD, AD in Windows Azure and Windows Azure AD are indeed useful for slightly different scenarios. This document is part of a series of documents on the identity and security features of Windows Azure AD/Office 365 (see the links below for the other available documents in the series).

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Windows Server 2012 Core Network Guide

Source - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30132

The Windows Server® 2012Core Network Guide provides instructions on how to plan and deploy the core components required for a fully functioning network and a new Active Directory® domain in a new forest. Using this guide, you can deploy computers configured with the following Windows server roles and technologies:

• The Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) server role

• The Domain Name System (DNS) server role

• The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server role

• The Network Policy Server (NPS) role service of the Network Policy and Access Services server role

• The Web Server (IIS) server role

• Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IP) connections on individual servers

This guide also serves as a foundation for companion guides that show you how to deploy additional technologies in Windows Server 2012.

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Migrating from 2008 and 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012

Source - http://www.uhv.edu/car/newswire/release.asp?id=1513

Migrating from 2008 and 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 - UHV graduate student writes book about technology transitions

 

Change can be difficult, especially when technology is involved.  

But University of Houston-Victoria graduate student Santhosh Sivarajan is doing his part to ease one upcoming transition: the move from one Microsoft server to the next.  

Sivarajan, who is pursuing a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems at UHV, recently published his first book, “Migrating from 2008 and 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012.” The book comes with walk-through instructions, troubleshooting tips, system tricks and more.  

“It gives you an idea of how you can move from an old system into later technology,” he explained. “I wanted to demonstrate how to make the change easier.”  

For the tech-savvy Sivarajan, it’s more than a guide book; it’s a major accomplishment. Sivarajan has written many articles for Microsoft, but writing a whole book seemed a little far-fetched at first.  

“I don’t know how to express how excited I was,” he said. “This was my dream from the beginning. It’s hard to believe that it has happened.”  

Sivarajan, a Houston resident, said he’s maintained a love of the digital world for as long as he could remember. And his interests morphed as the technology did.  

While he began studying components – learning about small electronic devices – he later transitioned to computer science, where he remains firmly entrenched today.  

“Initially, electronics was the boom, but it changed to computer science,” he said. “Just like me. I followed that same path.”  

Sivarajan was born and raised in India, and later spent about five years in Kuwait. It was the available job opportunities that led him to relocate stateside in 2001.  

“I worked as a civilian contractor with the U.S. Army in Kuwait, but got a job with Lucent Technologies in Austin,” he said. “I’ve been in the U.S. ever since.”  

Sivarajan balances a full-time graduate school course load with full-time work as a Microsoft partner. He still managed to find time to write a book, calling the task “a labor of life.”  

Sivarajan said he enjoys what he’s doing and looks forward to continuing down his chosen path. One change lies in the immediate future, however: his book hits stores this month. Of course change doesn’t intimidate Sivarajan.  

“You have to change. Keep up with things,” he said. “Otherwise you’ll be out of this market.”

Source - http://www.uhv.edu/car/newswire/release.asp?id=1513

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Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Cookbook

Pactpub has released a new book on Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection.  It is officially called “Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Cookbook”. 

 

 

It covers:

• Get up and running with a range of common tasks accomplished with the local SCEP client
• Learn how to design a SCEP architecture
• Create an effective SCEP client deployment plan
• Perform operational tasks via the SCCM console
• Take full advantage of the SCEP dashboard
• Prepare for Disaster Recovery scenarios using SCCM
• Understand how to fully configure and automate various reporting features
• Build effective and efficient SCEP client polices
• See these skills in action with a bonus appendix chapter: a complete SCEP walk-through covering the initial install, building the client package, deployment, policy and procedures

This book is available at major stores. More info - http://www.packtpub.com/microsoft-system-center-2012-endpoint-protection-cookbook/book

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My Book on Windows Server 2012

My book on Windows Server 2012 is available for pre-order now!

http://www.packtpub.com/migrating-from-2008-and-2008-r2-to-windows-server-2012/book

What you will learn from this book

• Install and configure the Windows Server 2012
• Install and configure Windows Server 2012 and upgrade Active Directory
• Learn the administration of Windows Server 2012
• Master Active Directory Migration, DNS Migration, and DHCP Migration
• Walks you through different migration scenarios based on the author’s own experience, providing a step-by-step guide to solving real-world business problems
• Follow step-by-step instructions on data and file server migration
• Learn about printer and print server migration
• Discover how to implement Hyper-V migration
• Explore Infrastructure services (DNS, DHPC, and so on) and File and Printer server migration scenarios
• Decommission old servers and convert your environment into the Windows Server 2012 native environment

http://www.packtpub.com/migrating-from-2008-and-2008-r2-to-windows-server-2012/book

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Microsoft Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool 2.0

Source - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28806

The Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool 2.0 (OCAT ) provides a quick and easy method to analyze your Microsoft Office Outlook profile and mailbox for common configurations that may cause problems in Outlook. This can be very useful for busy Help Desk personnel when end-users call for help with Outlook or when you want to identify possible issues with Outlook proactively.

Download - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28806

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Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM)

Source - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj571514.aspx

Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) provides a simplified administrative interface that you can use to manage BitLocker drive encryption. With MBAM, you can select BitLocker encryption policy options that are appropriate to your enterprise and then use them to monitor client compliance with those policies. You can also report on the encryption status of an individual computer and on the entire enterprise. In addition, you can access recovery key information when users forget their PIN or password, or when their BIOS or boot record changes

Read more at - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj571514.aspx

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Free eBook Introducing Windows 8

More free eBooks at  http://portal.sivarajan.com/2011/11/i-am-not-sure-if-you-guys-are-aware.html

The Windows 8 operating system is the newest member of the Microsoft Windows family. It differs from earlier Windows releases as much for what it does not change as for what it does change. That is, the features that IT pros loved about Windows 7 are still there in Windows 8—just better. The same keyboard shortcuts, management tools, security features, and deployment options are available in Windows 8. But in many cases, Windows 8 improves them in intuitive and significant ways. Some examples are the ribbon in File Explorer and faster disk encryption when using BitLocker Drive Encryption. This book describes these enhancements plus many of the new features in Windows 8.

Please enjoy this preview edition that contains Chapters 1-11. We will update this post with a link to the final ebook when it is ready.

Download the PDF version of the book here: Introducing Windows 8: An Overview for IT Professionals - PDF ebook

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Test Lab Guide: Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration

Source - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29010

This Microsoft Test Lab Guide (TLG) provides step-by-step instructions to create the Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration test lab, using computers running Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. With the resulting test lab environment, you can build test labs based on other Windows Server 2012-based TLGs from Microsoft, TLG extensions in the TechNet Wiki, or a test lab of your own design that can include Microsoft or non-Microsoft products. For a test lab based on physical computers, you can image the drives for future test labs. For a test lab based on virtual machines, you can create snapshots of the base configuration virtual machines. This enables you to easily return to the base configuration test lab, where most of the routine infrastructure and networking services have already been configured, so that you can focus on building a test lab for the product, technology, or solution of interest.

Read more at source - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29010

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SAPEIN PowerShell Studio 2012 - Review

The PowerShell Studio from  SAPEIN Technologies is powerful and feature complete PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE). This ISE is full of all the tools you need. The updated ribbon UI makes it even easier to work with your scripts. You can customize your panel layouts for the way YOU work or use one of several predefined layouts. Quickly change font size with a handy font size slider. Use the function explorer to rapidly navigate to any function, event or workflow. Change the name of a function or event and it will propagate throughout your script. The object browser quickly connects you with PowerShell cmdlets, .NET, WMI, databases or files. Use Snippets to instantly add predefined and tested script segments to your work. And work faster due to our performance enhancements and reduced load times.

The following are some of  of the key features:

• PowerShell Console
• PowerShell Script Editor
• PowerShell Forms Designer
• PowerShell Script Debugger
• PowerShell Help
• PowerShell Executables

Read more at - http://www.sapien.com/software/powershell_studio

 

 

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