Monthly Archives: August 2011

Querying AD DS 64-bit integer (date time as ticks) using LDP (or anything else)

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

I hacked together a .NET command line application for a customer yesterday that basically resets the password of all users within scope to two random passwords.  Such functionality was required because we’d P2V’d a production DC into the lab.  I … Continue reading →

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Setting Boolean attributes using LDP

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

Quick and gentle reminder.  LDP expects you to replace a Boolean attribute with either TRUE or FALSE.  True, False, true or false don’t cut it… If you try and use True, False, true or false you’ll get this error: ***Call … Continue reading →

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Identifying updates/changes in database delta views with nullable columns

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

When working with database management agents such as the SQL Server or Oracle MAs there will come a time when you’ll need a delta view. Thus far I’ve been lucky and haven’t had many instances whereby I’ve had to use … Continue reading →

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The little things we sometimes forget when installing FIM

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

Note to self .  When building a new environment don’t forget to delete the out-of-box (OOB) Management Policy Rule (MPR) “Users can create registration objects for themselves” with an action type of “Create, Modify”.  As per kb978864 Update 1 (build … Continue reading →

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