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» by JeffHicks on Fri 16 Jul 2010 · 1 reply
I've written about the Active Directory Gateway Service in the past. This service is installed with Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers but can be downloaded and installed on older operating systems. Once installed, you can remotely manage Acvtive Directory with PowerShell and the Active Directory module from a Windows 7 desktop. The last few days I've been trying to set up a new server 2008 domain controller for testing and I wanted to install the service. I thought I'd share some of my experiences in case you also run into issues.
The first thing I strongly recommend is to make sure your operating system is at SP2 and up to date on all other security updates. Next I mistakenly thought I had .NET Framework 3.5 installed. But apparently not because every time I tried to install the KB969166 hotfix I got a message that it didn't apply. After banging my head for a while I realized all I had to do was check. Open a command prompt and check the Microsoft.NET forlder.
C:\> DIR c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework
If you don't see directory v3.5 stop and do not pass go. Instead advance your token to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ab99342f-5d1a-413d-8319-81da479ab0d7&displaylang=en so you can download and install .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. Once this was installed I was able to s
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