Custom ADFS 2 rule to add group names in Claim token

Setup: ADFS 2.0 server configured Problem: The default rule “Send LDAP attributes as Claims” will add sAMAccountName attribute for every group in Claim token. If group name and sAMAccountName are different, you need custom rules to populate the Claim with group names. Solution: Create the following two custom rules:

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IBM IMM (Integrated Management Module) Defult Username and Password

Setup: Fresh installation of IBM xServer Problem: After installation you want to update to latest firmware. Solution: Start C:\IBMToolsCenterSuite\run.bat and you need to login to IBM ToolsCenter Suite. Use local administrator user and password. If doesn’t work try to login on the machine as local administrator instead of domain user and pass. For remote connection […]

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Retrieve passwords from IIS Application Pool with PowerShell remotely

Setup: Server with IIS installed and a remote computer with PowerShell Problem: IIS store the Application Pool Account password un-encrypted and is trivial to retrieve it. If you want to list all application pool accounts and their passwords use the following PowerShell command. You can even scan entire network/domain and make a list will all […]

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Fix .NET error – There is no compatible TransportManager found for URI

Setup: Existing WCF service published with net.tcp bindings Problem: You receive this error There is no compatible TransportManager found for URI ‘net.tcp://WCFService/WCFService.svc’. This may be because that you have used an absolute address which points outside of the virtual application, or the binding settings of the endpoint do not match those that have been set […]

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Add new realm to existing trusted identity provider in SharePoint 2010/2013

Setup: You have a SharePoint farm with an web application configured to use ADFS 2.0 for authentication via Trusted Identity Provider. Problem: You want to add another web application to this SharePoint farm and configure the authentication via ADFS Solution: Open SharePoint PowerShell and issue the following commands: where appname is the alias of your […]

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