I recently had to re-deploy an ADFS farm, and ran into the following error while finishing the ADFS configuration: Unable to open the physical file: "C:WindowsWIDDataAdfsArtifactStore.mdf". Operating system error 2: "2(The system cannot find the file specified.)" Not only is the error a bit misleading, it also doesn't give you any ideas on how to … Continue reading Error Re-configuring ADFS
I've been working on a project recently where we've been running into some weird issues with Modern Authentication in general, and MFA specifically. It basically boils down to needing to understand two things: Office 2010 does not like Modern Auth at all; and, Office 2013 only really likes Modern Auth conditionally. Now, I know what … Continue reading Office 2013 and Modern Auth
How do updates work in this new paradigm? In my recent experience with deploying Office 365 Pro Plus, the methodology for deploying updates is still somewhat mystifying for most administrators - diagrams like this one don't really help us to understand exactly how we want to (or should) apply updates: I mean, in theory it … Continue reading Understanding Office 365 ProPlus Servicing
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