An Overview of Server Name Indication (SNI) and Creating an IIS SNI Web SSL Binding Using PowerShell in Windows Server 2012

18th of April, 2013 / / 7 Comments

One of the frustrating limitations in supporting secure websites has been the inability to share IP addresses among SSL websites. In the day, there were a few ways to solve this limitation. One, you could use multiple IP addresses, binding a SSL certificate to each combination of an IP address and standard SSL port. This has been the best method to date but it is administratively heavy and not necessarily a good use of valuable IP addresses.… [Keep reading] “An Overview of Server Name Indication (SNI) and Creating an IIS SNI Web SSL Binding Using PowerShell in Windows Server 2012”

Adding Additional Nodes to a Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Service Pack 1 SharePoint 2013 Farm

15th of April, 2013 / / 3 Comments

Microsoft recently released Service Pack 1 for Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2. With the release of Service Pack 1 came some really good support for the latest elements that form the foundation of the FIM Portal, namely Windows Server 2012 and SharePoint Foundation 2013.

While basing the FIM 2010 R2 SP1 Portal on a SharePoint 2013 Foundation doesn’t offer any feature advantages over SharePoint 2010, it does provide compatibility with Windows Server 2012 which SharePoint 2010 won’t do until the release of Service Pack 2.… [Keep reading] “Adding Additional Nodes to a Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Service Pack 1 SharePoint 2013 Farm”