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SAML with integrated windows authentication

Hello, I successfully got SAML setup with ADFS with a third party site. I am attempting to have someone login to windows and access the thirdparty site and auto logins to ADFS. To do this, I read that i needed to enable WIA and make sure the browsers…

Active Directory Federation Services
Active Directory Federation Services
An Active Directory technology that provides single-sign-on functionality by securely sharing digital identity and entitlement rights across security and enterprise boundaries.
1,240 questions
asked 2020-11-09T18:27:20.317+00:00
JoeS-0122 41 Reputation points
commented 2020-11-23T13:10:08.8+00:00
JoeS-0122 41 Reputation points
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Trust Relationship Issues

All the computers on my domain have domain trust issues. I am able to login perfectly into the domain without cached credentials but the following always happens: What errors do you see? PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> test-computersecurechannel False …

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,436 questions
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,577 questions
asked 2020-11-19T18:46:42.563+00:00
Eli Yammine 21 Reputation points
accepted 2020-11-23T12:37:58.16+00:00
Eli Yammine 21 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Signed my app with new certificate and SmartScreen on windows 10

I found same problem in https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/7be72f16-d0b6-49b0-bac3-2cf1a6618c2a/signed-my-app-with-new-certificate-and-smartscreen-in-windows8-put-my-app-at-risk?forum=windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues but all links are expired.…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,883 questions
asked 2020-11-17T11:34:46.227+00:00
Vladimir Telyatnikov 21 Reputation points
accepted 2020-11-23T11:54:13.137+00:00
Vladimir Telyatnikov 21 Reputation points
2 answers

What is the Absolute Path to a Registry Value?

I am trying to update a registry key. However all I get from the numerous attempts with various coding is a 'System.ArgumentException' of 'Absolute path information is required.' From the last example I found in documentation, the following will…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,436 questions
asked 2020-11-03T22:02:34.677+00:00
Marc George 21 Reputation points
commented 2020-11-23T11:21:54.533+00:00
Marc George 21 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Setup an additional subCA with existing key

Hello everybody, we have a two tier CA with an offline RootCA and two subordinate CAs (Lets call them Sub1 and Sub2). Now we would like to add an additional SubCA and then remove Sub1. What happens when I setup the new SubCA with the existing private…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,891 questions
Windows Server Security
Windows Server Security
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
1,806 questions
asked 2020-11-23T09:26:30.39+00:00
Butters101 21 Reputation points
commented 2020-11-23T10:41:21.1+00:00
Butters101 21 Reputation points
1 answer

Negative pending connections at connection broker

We are monitoring our RDS connection broker with performance counters. The counters are documented in 1. In particular we observe the pending connections, which, as far as I understand, is a gauge returning the currently pending connections. We had some…

Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop
A Microsoft app that connects remotely to computers and to virtual apps and desktops.
4,495 questions
asked 2020-11-05T15:20:33.127+00:00
Björn Fischer 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-11-23T10:25:32.237+00:00
Björn Fischer 1 Reputation point
2 answers

i want to install windows server patches and ms office, adobe through powershell script

I want to install all windows patches, ms office, adobe reader all through power shell script, we have windows servers all patches in common location we need to install patches on all remote servers from my desktop or my vdi machine through power shell…

Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.PowerShell: A family of Microsoft task automation and configuration management frameworks consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
5,504 questions
asked 2020-11-22T20:24:10.453+00:00
D Vijayakumar VLR 126 Reputation points
answered 2020-11-23T09:44:56.457+00:00
Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 35,901 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Microsoft 365 Security - Advanced Hunting

Can someone help me, on why I am not able to see DeviceEvents or Device related tables in the schema reference under Advanced Hunting? For this reason, I am not able to use any query related to Device Tables. Thanks Pramod

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,883 questions
asked 2020-11-22T13:33:24.257+00:00
Pramod 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-11-23T09:26:19.93+00:00
Molly Lu 766 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

Malformed DNS Query

Hi Everyone I was recently troubleshooting an issue and doing a packet capture when I found DNS queries that were formed like the following: _ldap._tcp.<zone>._sites.dc._msdcs.<HOST_NAME>.<domain>.com where the host name of the…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,395 questions
Windows DHCP
Windows DHCP
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). A communications protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization's network.
1,039 questions
asked 2020-11-17T16:52:40.757+00:00
page2012 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-11-23T09:19:54.397+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,896 Reputation points
2 answers

Windows Server 2012 R2 - Unexpected Restart

Hi Guys, I have problem with server. The server restart unexpected and show as picture below.. Anyone know what problem is it? Thank You.

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,891 questions
asked 2020-11-16T02:10:41.8+00:00
yc hoo 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-11-23T09:15:19.093+00:00
Molly Lu 766 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

HYPER -V REPLICA

Please note if anyone has information about this replica configuration is not active HYPER-V Setting

Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,679 questions
asked 2020-11-22T06:27:02.85+00:00
zeynalov ismixan 96 Reputation points
answered 2020-11-23T09:12:54.237+00:00
Xiaowei He 9,886 Reputation points
2 answers

RDS Licensing Strange problem

Hello. I Have 5 RDS servers with Windows 2019. I have 30 RDS users License. The Rd license manager show that only 4 license are used, but for sure i have at least 25 users connected. The RD license diagnoser say that all is ok. I wondering Why…

Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop
A Microsoft app that connects remotely to computers and to virtual apps and desktops.
4,495 questions
asked 2020-11-19T16:52:00.247+00:00
Andrea Rinaldi 6 Reputation points
commented 2020-11-23T09:07:51.86+00:00
Eleven Yu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 10,746 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

Hyper-V web servers losing internet connection

Hi, I'm having issues with multiple hyper-v web servers since yesterday. We currently have hyper-v hosts in a failover cluster, all running virtual machines for different companies. Usually they have a DC, RDS, SQL and a WEB server, running Windows…

Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,679 questions
asked 2020-11-19T11:17:01.357+00:00
Azazel90 391 Reputation points
commented 2020-11-23T08:25:23.16+00:00
Mico Mi 1,926 Reputation points
3 answers

Hyper-V Compute Failover Behavior Clarification

Could I please clarify a few things about failover cluster behaviour which I cannot glean from the docs? On a 2019 failover cluster, we have the following default settings: SameSubnetDelay : 1000 SameSubnetThreshold …

Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,679 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
989 questions
asked 2020-11-18T20:35:30.2+00:00
hobgadling 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-11-23T08:04:50.153+00:00
Xiaowei He 9,886 Reputation points
1 answer

WH_JOURNALRECORD Hook Blocks Mouse Clicks + Keystrokes

I am attempting to install a WH_JOURNALRECORD with SetWindowsHookEx: #include <iostream> #include <Windows.h> LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { std::cout << "Hook called" <<…

Windows API - Win32
Windows API - Win32
A core set of Windows application programming interfaces (APIs) for desktop and server applications. Previously known as Win32 API.
2,575 questions
C++
C++
A high-level, general-purpose programming language, created as an extension of the C programming language, that has object-oriented, generic, and functional features in addition to facilities for low-level memory manipulation.
3,681 questions
asked 2020-11-18T22:19:51.987+00:00
Jason Bassos 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-11-23T07:59:46.41+00:00
Rita Han - MSFT 2,161 Reputation points
1 answer

Powershell Export-PfxCertificate unable to load private key from pfx

I have been trying to create a rootCA and intermediate CA which signs the certs using powershell on Windows 10 When I try to check the QA1KeyCARoot.key, I m getting an error unable to load private key. Question: Is this the right way to extract the…

Windows Server Security
Windows Server Security
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
1,806 questions
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.PowerShell: A family of Microsoft task automation and configuration management frameworks consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
5,504 questions
asked 2020-11-13T21:38:59.663+00:00
Melissa Lee 6 Reputation points
commented 2020-11-23T07:57:39.537+00:00
Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 35,901 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

A PC is crashing and restarting, ERROR_WINHTTP_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED

Hello, on a PC running RTX application to control a sorting system I'm getting this error: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,891 questions
Windows 10 Compatibility
Windows 10 Compatibility
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Compatibility: The extent to which hardware or software adheres to an accepted standard.
472 questions
asked 2020-11-13T10:39:55.393+00:00
Davide ROSSONI 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-11-23T07:37:43.933+00:00
Molly Lu 766 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows server 2019 user cal's

Hi i have one question. I have a Windows server 2019 standard (licensed, on cloud) And i use IIS service running on this machine which host a web page. I have 20 users which are logged in only via WAN through web-page to use a postgreSql server…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,684 questions
asked 2020-11-20T21:54:42.987+00:00
Jorns 21 Reputation points
answered 2020-11-23T07:24:39.13+00:00
Andy YOU 3,076 Reputation points
0 answers

Copy unicode to _clipboard

Sir I have a unicode file created in notepad I refer to this link copy-unicode-text-clipboard I want to copy file contents to _clipboard, so I am trying to use these codes tcUnicodeText=FULLPATH(GETFILE('txt')) DO CopyUnicodeText2Clipboard WITH…

Windows API - Win32
Windows API - Win32
A core set of Windows application programming interfaces (APIs) for desktop and server applications. Previously known as Win32 API.
2,575 questions
asked 2020-11-22T15:13:58.877+00:00
tariq mehmood 21 Reputation points
commented 2020-11-23T07:22:50.32+00:00
Candy Luo 12,701 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

class Win32_quickfixengineering empty

On some servers we have this class empty. I see updates on add remove programs but in this class is nothing

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
434 questions
asked 2020-09-02T16:11:57.427+00:00
Belan Marek 51 Reputation points
commented 2020-11-23T07:19:49.143+00:00
Marek Belan 1 Reputation point