Active Directory: What should the new Active Directory be called?

My last posts on the subject of Active Directory have brought an important question to light: What should the new Active Directory be called? In this article, I made the following statement: If you're in a greenfield site, you can freely name your Active Directory. In the meantime, names like company.local are no longer used in new environments. Read more

EUGO: Venue postponed

Important information for all EUGO participants. We had to change the venue. We will meet as usual on 10.02.2017 at 19:30, but now in the premises of the "Habichtshöhe" in Bielefeld: Allegro Habichtshöhe in Bielefeld Bodelschwinghstr. 79 33604 Bielefeld Link: Google Maps Link: Website Allegro Habichtshöhe The ICS file has been updated accordingly and we will ... Read more

Active Directory: Mail when password expires

In this article, I have already described how to set up a website where users can change their password. Especially users who work with a computer that is not a member of the Active Directory often have problems changing their password. The website now gives these users the opportunity to change their password in good time. ... Read more

Active Directory: Password change via website

Foreword The following article describes a way for Active Directory users to change their password on a website. The Windows feature "Web Access for Remote Desktop" is somewhat misused for this purpose. A complete installation and configuration of the Remote Desktop services is not required for this. Note: The method described here is only suitable for changing the known Active Directory ... Read more

Server 2016: Active Directory installation (part 2)

Foreword In the first part of this article, a new Active Directory was installed. So far, however, there is only one domain controller. In order to keep the Active Directory available in the event of a server failure, at least two domain controllers should be installed for each domain. In this article, the second domain controller is installed and configured. Preparation The preparations ... Read more

Happy New Year!

And 2016 is already over. Happy New Year! FrankysWeb even set a small record in 2016. The number of visitors has risen every year so far, but 2016 was the first time that the number of visitors exceeded 1 million per year. I'm curious to see if this figure can be maintained or even increased in 2017. ... Read more

Server 2016: Active Directory installation (part 1)

I have somewhat neglected the topic of Active Directory here recently, so here is an easy introduction to the topic. Foreword This article is about the installation of a new Active Directory on a greenfield site. In this test environment there is so far only one server that has been upgraded to a domain controller. Read more

Exchange 2016: Is RPCoverHTTP still needed?

RPCoverHTTP, better known as Outlook Anywhere, was introduced with Exchange Server 2003. RPCoverHTTP is used to connect Outlook to Exchange Server without a VPN, but it was not always easy to realize or implement. Essentially, RPCoverHTTP tunnels the remote procedure calls via the http protocol to transport RPC over the Internet. The ... Read more

Merry Christmas

I wish you all a Merry Christmas. Stay healthy and have a few wonderful days with your loved ones. Think to yourselves, I have seen the Christ Child! He came out of the forest, his little hat full of snow, his little nose frozen red. His little hands hurt, because he was carrying a heavy sack, dragging and bumping behind him. Read more

New update for Sophos UTM 9.4

Today a new update for Sophos UTM was released, actually there are two updates: The two updates can be downloaded here: http://ftp.astaro.de/UTM/v9/up2date/ Here are the release notes: Fix [NUTM-2392]: [AWS] Allow the user to select the security group to port during conversion Fix [NUTM-5327]: [AWS] Confd object missing after instance recovery in HA ... Read more