Add to DC
Hi,I have 2 different domain Controllers:1) Contoso.com2)US.contoso.comI repeat both are 2 different domain controllers both are running with their own separate DHCP,DNS,AD. What i want to do is:1)Add...
View ArticleReading/Modifying Users and Attributes with Active Directory Web Services on...
Hello, I'm trying to query/update users in Active Directory (e.g. return all attributes for cn=John Smith,ou=users,dc=fabrikam,dc=com, change attributes like manager, email address, display name),...
View ArticleMoving ADFS DB to a Remote SQL Instance.
We will soon be building out our single ADFS server to provide redundancy. I found these instructions for upgrading ADFS from using an Internal DB to SQL:...
View ArticleEvent ID 4776 - Source Workstation: \\computer
We have a user that was locked out but never logged into the computer that is referenced in the 4776 events for the lockout. The source workstation in the events is represented as\\abccomputer. My...
View ArticleNew 2012 Active Directory Domain Setup, DNS Convention Question
I'm setting up a new Active Directory Network from scratch for a client with 2 Server 2012 DCs. Haven't setup 2012 yet - first DC setup. I've always setup 1 office Active Directory Domains with just a...
View ArticleIcrease forest functionality level to 2003
Hi,I am in the process of increasing our forest functional level to Windows 2003 from Windows 2000 as part of a domain cleanup. We have 1 SBS2003 server, 1 Windows 2008 and 2 2008 R2 servers and the...
View ArticleADFS RP and Shibboleth IDP Message: MSIS7029: The SAML response has content...
Hi everybody I have doing ADFS 2.0 and Shibboleth Integration where Shibboleth as IDP and ADFS as RP When i want to login with CAS on my application, after redirected by IDP to ADFS, ADFS...
View Articlegroup policy for internet explorer is not applied per ou
i am linking and configuring 2 group polices each one will configure proxy for users IE and each one is linked to the OU containing the target usersno things are not working, the second OU users gets a...
View ArticleCreate and update a system variable for the current site
Hello. Sorry if this is the wrong forum for this, but I need some help with a system variable. Imagine a user using hos laptop in London, hibernates it and takes a plane to Tokyo and continues there...
View Articlechange attribute property of default schema of ADLDS
I need to increase default schema attribute rangeUpper, for attribute title(64), postofficeBox(40) etc. Is there any impact on performance, search query or any operation?
View ArticleW2K8 forest domain and sites and services
We have a Win 2K8 network. We have an empty forest root with 2 forest root domain controllers (call them forestdc1 and forestdc2). We have a domain in the forest with 3 domain controllers (call them...
View ArticleHow to Combine Multiple Active Directory forests using ADAM/LDS
The goal here is to configure an application that can speak to LDAP but only with ONE LDAP System. As i have 9 LDAP systems, i´m thinking in "combine" these multiple forests in a sigle LDAP databaseI...
View ArticleYour account has expired. Please see your system Administrator "Server 2008...
I came across one of the Troubleshooting questions in AD preparation exams that says you receive a message "Your account has expired. Please see your system administrator". All I know is that The...
View ArticleCA Migration
Hello, I am beginning the process of a CA migration on our domain; specifically there are two main questions that I would appreciate any clarifications on:- What is the procedure to add the root CA to...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 DC DHCP folder incorrect permissions, being applied by Default...
HiI have installed the first Server 2008 R2 domain controller in to my forest. All other DCs are running Server 2003, and are a mix of R2 and non-R2.Everything regards the dcpromo etc went OK, but I...
View ArticleUnable to perform recovery in Directory Services Restore Mode
I'm trying to perform a recovery in Directory Services Restore mode, but I can't because I can't get access to backup, which is on a remote shared folder. I have no network access at all, which is...
View Articleadding AD user account to local admin group doesn't work properly
hellowe are running Win 2008 R2 domain controller with SP1. I have strange issue with one user account. the stange behavior happened, when I try to add this account to local administrators group on any...
View ArticleAD Replication
What happens to AD Replication in Server 2008R2, when two different Admins create an identical user in the same domain, but from different locations?
View ArticleTaking an OU to a new domain and retaining permissions
I've just inherited IT management of a group in a university that is being spun out as a standalone entity. We'll be taking our several servers (2008&2003R2) and the computers in the OU with us. No...
View Articleis'it possible to create Trust Between domains in Forests with the same...
I have two forests:abc.com forest with a child domain xyz.abc.com and a second forest called abc.net.abc.com and abc.net have the same NetBIOS name "abc"abc.com domain it's an empty root domain, all...
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