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External ADFS Password Change Broken after Windows Updates

AD FS 3.0 has the capability to allow the user to change their password when they supply their existing password. To enable this, open the AD FS management console, expand Service, and select Endpoints. In the middle pane, you’ll see a long list of endpoints. Scroll down to the Other section, and select /adfs/portal/updatepassword/. Right […]

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Showing my 6yr old how to install ADFS v3.0

I know sounds odd to be showing a 6yr old how to setup and configure ADFS, but this is what I did tonight as I had no one else to work with on this exercise. So lets go over what was done. Three (3) Windows Server 2012 R2 installs Server 1 was promoted to a […]

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Software Technical

Office 365: Errors during cutover migration

This is an error I’ve received when running a cut-over migration batch in Office 365. Error: ProvisioningFailedException: The parameters passed to the cmdlet represent a managed account, which doesn‎’t match the namespace state, which is federated. I’ve reached out to support, to help me troubleshoot this.  So far there hasn’t been much I’ve been able to find online […]

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The Truth – Single Sign On with Outlook and Office 365

After many twists and turns on this bumpy road of setting up a Hybrid Deployment of Exchange Online with AD Sync and ADFS for SSO.  I am faced with yet another issue. Let me tell you what does work with the single sign on: Outlook via Web Access Office 365 Portal Office 365 SharePoint Office […]

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How-To Personal Software Technical

O365: Forefront Identity Manager & Office 365 DirSync Failing

I encountered an issue where both Forefront Identity Manager and Office 365 DirSync both failed to start. My investigation of this after I received an email from @MicrosoftOnline.com which had informed me that Windows Azure Active Directory did not register a synchronization attempt from the Directory Sync tool. First I attempted to do was start the Microsoft Online […]