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Active Directory VPN Authentication with a Cisco ASA 5510 Series Appliance
For months I stared blankly at the new ASA 5510 I had purchase and installed, and decided to take a step into the Cisco world of Firewall and VPN management....The biggest hurdle I had faced, was the one that justifed the money I had just spent on the...
2008 Active Directory Problems. Naming Information cannot be located for the following reasons: "The Server is not operational"
2008 Has introduced one of the most interesting AD problems I have come across....Unfortunately for me, this problem has shown its face in my production environment so things are a little more tricky when trouble shooting. Some Background 2008 Server...
ERP Mayhem for your Enjoyment
Its been a while since i posted anything of use, and thats been due to the preparations of the new ERP rollout we are about to undertake.... We are about to undertake one of the largest Dynamics AX rollouts in Aus....Using not only the latest in Server...
Single AD and your Remote WAN offices
Over the last 12 months, I have been undertaking a centralisation of AD project across over 100 Sites. If you read through some of my previous AD design and implementation articles, you will see that i push the single AD path quite heavily inline with...
Active Directory & Why You Should Use It
I banter regularly across forum posts about why Workgroups are Evil and why Active Directory is the source of all things good in the Windows World....Why do like it? Because it makes me happy....I have virtually no overhead adminstration for management...
Active Directory Design & The Real World
Ever been in position where you have to decide between Single Active Directory, Child Domains or Seperate Forest Architectural Designs? So have I...Numerous times...and it can get quite complex without asking the right questions and taking a holistic...