Category Archives: Device Management

Sinking Our Teeth Into SCEP

January 20th, 2010 | Posted in Coding, Device Management

In my last post I provided a very high-level overview of some of the certificate related services in Windows Server 2008 R2, and said I would be digging further into the material. Looking through the archives it seems I have been able to produce at least one article pr month since I started this site and it almost looked like I wouldn’t deliver this month. Well, December and January are always busy months, but I did find some spare time to look into SCEP, (Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol), and thought this was a good time to bring some more details.
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Looking at SCEP in further detail.

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Certificates – A Minor Technology Update

December 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Coding, Device Management, Mobility Rant

A couple of weeks ago I performed an upgrade of my LAN at home. A trusty old Pentium 4 that had been doing it’s duties as a Windows Server 2003 domain controller showed signs of old age, and kept locking up at an increasing rate. I’m guessing that the hard drives, and possibly a couple of the fans had started to take enough of the abuse :) Trying to fix it wouldn’t make sense economically, and while I’ve spare parts and computers with similar specs I wanted to go 64-bit. It all ended up in me re-installing two low-end PowerEdge tower servers running Windows Server 2008 to 2008 R2. The improvements in Hyper-V was one of the reasons, but while at it I thought it would be a good idea to upgrade the domain controller too. (Note to others out there running Linux-based NAS boxes: don’t assume they like 2008 DCs just because they boast AD integration, and worked happily with 2003. Samba can bite my shiny metal ass…)
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An executive summary of the NDES and Certificate Enrollment Web Services in 2008 R2.

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Building Your Own Appliance Box

November 10th, 2009 | Posted in Device Management, How-to's

I’m a sucker for Beta programs. The feeling of getting some shiny new software in your hands is a good one. So a couple of weeks back I joined the Quebec beta on Microsoft Connect. (Formal name Windows Embedded Standard 2011.) I decided to test drive it as an OS for building an appliance, and Kannel seemed a good choice for a very basic setup. More on that later – first a few introductory lines on Windows Embedded (and explaining how it’s related to mobility).
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Installing Windows Embedded 2011 codename Quebec for using as a Kannel appliance.

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