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DFS-Replication Topology
Based on the drawing, I have a few questions.Does my files that I am replicating travel from Site C to Site A and then finally to Site D?Do I have to add a DC replication partner in Site B with Site C...
View Articlecan embedded mail-enabled members receive email?
i have mail-enabled members in a mail-disabled security group A. This group is a member of a mail-enabled security group B.If someone sends emails to group B, do the members in Group A receive the emails?
View ArticleRaise Domain / Forest Functional Level [help]
Currently i have Windows 2000 Domain Functional Level set under my domain where all the DC and Member servers are on Windows 2003 Enterprise SP 2Executed these 2 commands on DC to check Domain Schema...
View ArticleHow do I add all domain users to a single group?
Hi.This is probably a serious n00b-query, but I'll ask it anyway.I need to give all users in my domain full access rights to an Exchange 2010 mailbox. Thing is that this can only be done using a...
View ArticleRe-syncing a DC which has been offline for more than 180 days
Hello,I have a remote DC (2003 R2) which has been cut from my replication topology for 4 months, reason is our site-to-site VPN has been disconnected. Now the connection has been up and I want to...
View ArticleHow to configure AD so that users who travel to different sites have the same...
I am settings up my Windows 2008 Active Directory environment so that users can travel between 2 sites and still access their Desktop and My Documents folders.Currently, we have 2 sites (Site A and...
View ArticleAny "gotchas" with having both a forest trust and external trust in place?
Hi everyone,We have 2 AD forests. The first forest - Forest A has 3 domains with an "empty" root domain (yeah - we go back a long way) and 2 child domains . The second forest -Forest B - has a single...
View ArticleAdd a windows 2012 domain controller
I manage a Win2003 R2 SP1 active directory environment with 2 DCs, both global catalog (by the way, where can I find a paper that explain all possible DC installation modes?), both Windows Server 2003...
View ArticleCannot join a web server in DMZ to a DC in the DMZ - Instead, I had to open...
I cannot join a web server in the DMZ to a DC in the DMZ on the same Ethernet switch. Instead, I had to open ASA firewall ports to allow the web server to communicate with the DC on the inside. I...
View Article2008R2 dcpromo ask domainprep /forestprep
I have 1 server 2003SBS DC/Exchange; 5 years ago I installed a MsWindows2003 Server Std, add to my domain SBS and i promote toadditional DC this server. I Install today a new server MsWindows2008R2 64...
View ArticleDLETE VPN Connection via script or group policy
HiI have recently built a VPN profile using the CMAK. Previously we had been creating connections via the GUI on our Windows xp images. I would like to run a script that deletes all other VPN...
View ArticleADMT - Transitioning Service accounts
Hi all, I have to migrate with ADMT 3.2 the windows service accounts. The customer had setup a custom windows service with the source domain administrator. When I migrate this users what's happening in...
View ArticleNo mapping between account names and security IDs was done. (Exception from...
I have 2 COM+ (Managed) running in 2 machines. They communicate with each other using COM+ interface API. COM+-1 calls COM+-2. COM+-1 impersonates an common domain user say "MyDomain\MyUser". Then it...
View ArticleNetlogon and SYSVOL shares are not created after DCPROMO in Windows 2012
Hi When i run a dcpromo on my windows 2012 server (all dc's are windows 2012)On the new domain controller i don't have sysvol or netlogon share.All the sugestions i found in social refer to FRS but in...
View ArticleADDC replication between Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2008 Std. R2,
Hi Guys,I'm working on the migration of our existing Domain Controller to Windows Server 2008 Std R2. After transferring all the schema roles of my old 2k3DC to 2k8DC (new server). I'm still having...
View Articleweird AD replication issues
Hi All,I've recently taken over a network from a previous admin. Site was running a single 2003 Std SP2 DC. We've just got a new server and I've chucked 2008 r2 on it, installed hyper-v, and created a...
View ArticleProblems with Root CA, unable to process certificate requests
Hi there,We have been asked by a client to renew their Exchange server certificate, however when we tried to renew the cert we received the following error:Event ID 22 Certification AuthorityActive...
View ArticleEvent ID 13568
we have 3 DC's and in that one dc is having the below error when rebooted in the frs event, in other two dc's getting error 13508.Please suggest.The File Replication Service has detected that the...
View ArticleSeparating Global DNS AD from the local Network
Dear all,one of our ISP coustmer is using Global DNS with active directory all users are login to the this server, now they want to separat the golbal DNS from the local network and separtat DC and...
View ArticleChild AD upgrade from 2008R2 to 2012
Hi AllOur production envriorment Parent forest function level is 2003 and the child domain funcation level is 2008 R2, Now I want to upgrade our child domain level to 2012 (keep Parent forest level...
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