Thursday, March 10, 2011

Active Directory Management Gateway Service (ADMGS)

The Active Directory Management Gateway Service enables administrators to manage Active Directory Domain Services and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) or Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) using Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell and the Active Directory Administrative Center. In this post I will go over the details of installing the Active Directory Management Gateway Service on a Windows 2008 SP2 server. 

Step #1 – Download Active Directory Management Gateway Service

Download the correct version of AD Management Gateway Service from the following location -

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Step #2 - Pre-requisite

Make sure the .NET Framework 3.5 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) is installed on this server -

Step #3 – Download and Install Hotfix KB969166

If you get the following error message (The update does not apply to your system) when installing ADMGS on a Windows 2008 SP2 server, then you need to install the hotfix KB969166.  

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Download the hotfix KB969166 from and follow the instructions to complete installation. 

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Step #4 – ADMGS Installation

After the hotfix installation, you should be able to install The Active Directory Management Gateway Service (ADMGS) software on a Windows 2008 SP2 server.  You need to restart the computer after the installation. 

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Step #5 – Verify the service

After the installation, you will see a new service on your Windows 2008 server - Active Directory Web Service (ADWS) - as shown in the following screenshot:


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Santhosh Sivarajan

Microsoft MVP · Identity & Cybersecurity Architect

Santhosh has 30+ years of hands-on enterprise experience in Identity and Access Management, Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Microsoft 365 and Zero Trust architecture. He is the author of two books on Windows Server and security, and leads consulting, assessments and training at SAG Business Group.

1 comments:

http://hotfixv4.microsoft.com/.NET%20Framework%203.5%20-%20Windows%202000,%20Windows%20Server%202003,%20Windows%20XP,%20Windows%20Vista,%20Windows%20Server%202008%20(MSI)/sp1/DevDiv758402/30729.4174/free/392858_intl_x64_zip.exe here you can get hotfix, it works for me thanks

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