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Netscaler native OTP Active Directory account delegation

Netscaler native OTP Active Directory account delegation

How to minimise the right given to the Active Directory service account used by the LDAP policies on Netscaler for OTP configuration ? When setting up Citrix native OTP in Netscaler the “regular” service account needs more than browsing the AD. It needs to write on every user AD account the

Migrating FSMO roles Windows 2022 Server

Migrating FSMO roles Windows 2022 Server

As Microsoft Windows 2022 became (almost) available, this is time again to move the FSMO roles from Windows Server 2019 to Windows Server 2022. Before destroying everything to rebuilt, I like to migrate my Active Directory and keep the work, policies and OU organisation I got for years. For this

RDS access to applications with second authentication factor by smartcard

RDS access to applications with second authentication factor by smartcard

Hello, I wrote this tutorial to represent the parameters to implement to successfully implement smart card authentication in RDS. In this environment, RDS publishing servers is in a different Direcory Active Forest from users. In this context, here are all the steps you need to take to properly set up

Migrating FSMO roles Windows 2019 Server

Migrating FSMO roles Windows 2019 Server

Be careful, the Windows 2019 Server iso have been pulled out, it should be back shortly (Nov-2018) As Microsoft Windows 2019 became (almost) available, this is time again to move the FSMO roles from Windows Server 2016 to Windows Server 2019. Before destroying everything to rebuilt, I like to migrate

Migrating FSMO roles Windows 2016 Server

Migrating FSMO roles Windows 2016 Server

At the end of this blog, if you want to go further with 2016 migration (DHCP, ADFS…) go to check Eric (my Norwegian CTP fellow) blog here As Microsoft Windows 2016 became available, it is time to update my lab. Before destroying everything to rebuilt, I like to migrate things

Windows Server 2012 - Migrating FSMO Roles

I installed one AD when Microsoft Windows Server 2012 was still in Release Candidate with the Datacenter edition, of course since few days my DC was rebooting every hour, the trial licence did expire few days ago.. So I had to install a new DC and promote it the transfer

Setup a new Active Directory forest with Windows 2008

Quick quide to show how to setup a new forest on Windows 2008 fresh install. I leaved this computer in DHCP to show and make you remember you have a fixe IP address an if you’re not using IPv6 you have to disable it. Click on continue reading to