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Jorge

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  2. Jorge, I am very much impressed with your blog contents. Loving it!!

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  4. Denny said

    Hi Jorge,

    This is Denny, the creator of this free automated employee
    provisioning/termination app– Z-hire. I wrote this app for the TechNet community a year ago.

    Since you run a very informative blog, I would like your help
    spread the word. Since my application is free, i need supporters from the
    community. It would means a lot if you can help.

    Here is a link to my app
    http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Z-Hire-Employee-Provisionin-e4854d6b

    Thanks

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  5. josh said

    I use LinkedIn to keep track of my professional network, and would like to add you.

    I have problem for ADFS certificate renew.
    I read your blog https://jorgequestforknowledge.wordpress.com/category/active-directory-federation-services-adfs/

    But I still have the problem too.
    Claims Based and IFD certificate has been updated successfully. ADFS Relying Party Trust occur down. Test federation metadata, it is fail. The error message in event view is The RSA key used to encrypt the RSA cookie was not found in the given decryption keys.
    I did configure the certificate as the secondary “Token Signing” certificate in ADFS management, it is still error.

    – josh zhang

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  8. Paul said

    Hi Jorge

    Thanks for your script however I am getting the following error.

    Missing closing ‘)’ in expression.
    At C:\AD-Pwd-Exp-Notify\AD-Pwd-Exp-Notify_v016.ps1:80 char:2
    + <<<< [string]$xmlconfigfilepath,
    + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (CloseParenToken:TokenId) [], ParseException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MissingEndParenthesisInExpression

    Thanks

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    • Jorge said

      I just download the script through the provided link, executed it, and ran without the error you mention. Are you using the latest version?

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      • Michael said

        I am also receiving that same error message when running it on server 2008 R2 SP1 64bit. Fresh from a download, only edited the XML file with the options that pertain to my environment. Did not edit the .ps1 file at all.

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      • Michael said

        I’ve also just tried it on a windows 2008 R2 Server with Powershell 3.0 and a Windows 2012 R2 Server with Powershell 4.0. On both of those there are some errors, but the script continues to run. It writes the output to screen and .csv file correctly but it ALWAYS runs in TEST mode no matter what you specify for the executionMode. Running with and without the -force option results in TEST (NO MAILINGS) even when execution mode is set to DEV.

        Powershell 3.0/4.0 Errors:
        Property ‘Width’ cannot be found on this object; make sure it exists and is settable.
        At C:\AD-Pwd-Exp-Notify\AD-Pwd-Exp-Notify_v016.ps1:212 char:2
        + $uiConfigScreenSize.Width = $uiConfigScreenSizeMaxWidth
        + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound

        Property ‘Height’ cannot be found on this object; make sure it exists and is settable.
        At C:\AD-Pwd-Exp-Notify\AD-Pwd-Exp-Notify_v016.ps1:217 char:2
        + $uiConfigScreenSize.Height = $uiConfigScreenSizeMaxHeight – 5
        + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound

        Exception setting “WindowSize”: “Cannot convert null to type “System.Management.Automation.Host.Size”.”
        At C:\AD-Pwd-Exp-Notify\AD-Pwd-Exp-Notify_v016.ps1:222 char:1
        + $uiConfig.WindowSize = $uiConfigScreenSize
        + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], SetValueInvocationException
        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ExceptionWhenSetting

        Powershell 2.0 Error:
        Missing closing ‘)’ in expression.
        At C:\ad-pwd-exp-notify\AD-Pwd-Exp-Notify_v016.ps1:80 char:2
        + <<<< [string]$xmlconfigfilepath,
        + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (CloseParenToken:TokenId) [], ParseException
        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MissingEndParenthesisInExpression

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  11. Dan said

    Hi,

    I’d like to adapt the script to email users who accounts are expiry not passwords, not sure where to start.

    Any advice?

    Thanks,

    Dan

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    • Jorge said

      I do not know what you want to adapt. If you try to explain it to me I may be able to give avice
      regards,
      jorge

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      • Jorge said

        based upon your mail, you would need to adjust the filter of the query to target expiring accounts. However, do you really want to mail a user their account will expire? I do not think that’s a user’s problem, but rather the problem of the user’s manager (who knows when the user will actually stop working)
        You need PowerShell scripting skills to adjust this script or see if you can find a script that fits your needs in the scripting gallery on technet
        regards,
        Jorge

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  12. Dan said

    Would like to adapt the script to notify users whose accounts are expiring, not really sure how to adapt.

    Any advice?

    Dan

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  16. Arnaud said

    This is a really great blog!!!!

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  17. klutch14u said

    Hi Jorge, I appreciate your blog. I have a question for you, I’m trying to move our ADFS 2.0 DB from one SQL server to another SQL server. Pretty straight forward. I’ve found these highly referenced instructions https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/948.ad-fs-2-0-migrate-your-ad-fs-configuration-database-to-sql-server.aspx but those are to move off WID to SQL. I found this msdn post where I believe you replied to his post, what I’m not sure of is it isn’t clear if you’re saying the ONLY things that need to be followed are step 5 and 7? I’ve been tasked with this move and am not really familiar with SQL or ADFS so I’m trying to make certain I know what steps I need to take, exactly. Thanks for any light you can shed on this for me.

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    • klutch14u said

      Sorry, couldn’t figure out how to edit my post and realized I forgot the post you replied in that I mentioned. https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/3c851a13-24d9-4532-b09a-67bf49742489/adfs-20-move-configuration-database-from-one-sql-to-another-sql-server?forum=Geneva

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      • Jorge said

        When moving from on SQL server to another SQL server

        On ADFS servers you need to:
        * Stop the ADFS service
        * Extract the connection string in use by ADFS for the config DB (you do not need this, but you may need when rolling back)
        On the target SQL you need to:
        * Create the login used by ADFS
        On the source SQL you need to:
        * Detach the config and artifact database
        * COPY the database files over to the target SQL server
        On the target SQL you need to:
        * attach the config and artifact database
        * Make sure every database has the Broker enabled
        On ONE ADFS server you need to:
        * Update the connection string to target the new SQL server
        * Start the ADFS service
        * Update the connection string for the artifact database
        * REstart the ADFS service
        On REMAINING ADFS servers you need to:
        * Update the connection string to target the new SQL server
        * Start the ADFS service

        That’s it

        Best Regards,
        jorge

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  18. Robert Waltercrantz said

    Good to see you’re back to blogging !!!

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