UserParameters attribute of a user object in Active Directory messing up the event detail in Event Viewer in Windows Server 2012.

In Active Directory, userParameters attribute of a user object is used to store the terminal profile setting for a user.  Turns out that the userparameters attribute stores the terminal profile data in binary format. Yesterday, I was working on an application where there was a requirement to read the Windows Event log to get the […]

CionSystems Products Are Not Vulnerable to The Heartbleed Bug

CionSystems products are not vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug: CionSystems products don’t utilize OpenSSL libraries. Note: The Heartbleed bug affects TLS connections via a vulnerability in the heartbeat Logic. CionSystems products are deployed on Microsoft IIS server, which is not affected by this exploit: http://blogs.iis.net/erez/archive/2014/04/09/information-about-heartbleed-and-iis.aspx General Information The “Heartbleed Bug” is a security flaw in OpenSSL’s TLS implementation.  SSL/TLS […]

How to set execution policy to execute PowerShell script on Windows 7

If you have not previously configured PowerShell and try to run it, it may throw a nasty error in red font to scare you, but there is an easy fix for it. PowerShell Script Error PowerShell has a number of execution modes that define what type of code it is permitted to run, this is governed […]

Microsoft Server Patch for ASP.Net 4.0 for fixing IE 11 issue.

Recently, we upgraded IE browser to IE 11 to try and test our application compatibility with it. But the irony is that a site built with Microsoft technology working with every competitor’s browser but not working with IE 11. We found some issues related to UI alignment, _dopostback and imagebutton click. Previously, we faced the […]

How to get and set Manager Attribute for a Windows Azure AD User using Graph API

Windows Azure AD Graph provides programmatic access to Windows Azure Active Directory (AD) through REST API endpoints. Using Windows Azure AD Graph API developers can execute create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations on Windows Azure AD objects such as users and groups. REST API endpoints. Windows Azure AD Graph exposes REST endpoints so that […]

GPO Manager version 3.0.0.0

With the release of CionSystem’s GPO Manager  3.0.0.0 you know have workflow management, check in/check out, change control, backup/restore, reports and rollback- that is needed to effectively manage GPOs across the enterprise. CionSystem’s GPOManager offers a mechanism to control this highly important component of Active Directory. GPOs, Scope of Management links, and WMI filters are […]