Infra Apps for Single forest multiple domain
Hi, Which one is the Microsoft recommended approach or best practice for implement infra applications like Exchange, SCCM, SCOM on single forest multiple domain environment. shall we create separate...
View ArticleChild Domain Error : Event ID 2974
Hi we have recently installed domain and FQDN of Child Domain is "PDC.PDC.ABC.com" and we tried install the ADC for the child domain. We found that our ADC is not able to contact PDC.PDC.ABC.com and...
View ArticleGet-ADPrincipalGroupMembership - Global Catalog Issues???
So I'm trying to understand if we have an issue here or not… We have a PowerShell script that uses the Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership cmdlet. One of our domain controllers was offline temporarily and...
View ArticleQuestion on "Restrictions for Unauthenticated RPC Clients: The group policy...
The link below talks about RPC settings for clients in a GPO. My question is if this setting is enabled but only on desktops can it still cause...
View ArticleW7: Locked user account - "Road warrior" - how to get them back "online"
Hi everyone,i locked a user yesterday because of problematic traffic and kicked him out of VPN.Today i inspected his notebook after reenabling the user and everything was fine. So i though...After...
View ArticleHow to keep the same both Active Directory servers in isolated network?
We operates two AD servers. I want to add one server to operate the same domain as necessary. However, unlike the two existing servers, one network that will be added must be secure and...
View ArticleWindows server 2012 DC Promo fails The directory service on XYZDC has not...
No FSMO Role on this DC,The server was being promoted, after reboot, I could login in but could not open anything from system32 "Access Denied" after a while it fixed itself this error but now DNS...
View ArticleRemove 2008 Domain Controller from the domain
Hi,We are replacing a Server 2008 R2 domain controller with a Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller at a remote site. We installed a server running Windows Server 2012 R2 and the Active Directory....
View ArticleDuring past x amount of hours 37 connections to this domain controller?
Hey friends,I am trying to troubleshoot the cause of one of my domain controllers (vmware virtual server servers) shutting down last night and while looking through the System log in the event viewer I...
View ArticleMulti-Site Replication and Site Targeting
Hi All, This should be quite a simple one to answer hopefully. We are two physical datacenter sites, Site A and Site B. We are using a stretched VXLAN accross both sites, so where we would previously...
View ArticleMicrosoft Edge GPO
Hi Guy's,we have a slight issue with Microsoft Edge which cannot be resolved with our current build and we need to revert to I.E. as our default browser.Can anyone let me know if there is a GPO that...
View ArticleONE ADC not replicating
We have configure one Additional Domain in my environment, from last few day server is not replicating with my Domain controller.While running dcdiag /e getting below error.Got error while checking if...
View Articlelsass.exe terminated unexpectedly with status code 1
Can anyone help me to fix the issue. Our one of domain controller with OS windows server 2012 R2 keep on rebooting frequently like in 10 days 2 times . With below errorSystem process lsass.exe...
View ArticleWhat does "CN" stand for?
I've heard it being rererred to a "Container", "Canonical Name" and "Common Name". I'm confused. Also, does it always have to be the last object in the chain? Is it a leaf object?Grant Ward, a.k.a....
View ArticleFailed DCPROMO - First Domain Controller of a new Child Domain
HiI'm trying to create a new child domain (F) in a mixed 2012R2 / 2016 DC environment best pictured as follows Root / \ A B / | | \ C D E FSummary of domainsRoot - 2012...
View ArticleImpact of raising forest functional level
Apologies for dumb question. We raised our domain functional level from Server 2003 to Server 2008 R2 a few months ago, but completely overlooked the forest functional level, which is still at 2003. We...
View ArticleAdd mac address (hardware) attribute to AD schema
Hi,I want to add physical mac address (Thin client) attribute to AD schema in a environment where user logon though remote desktop server (Windows Server 2012R2) from thin client. Any script, 3rd party...
View ArticlePermission on AD user account keeps reverting
We have an account that exists to host a mailbox. This mailbox is accessed by multiple users. If I try to give a user Send As permission - it works for a while and then the permission reverts back and...
View ArticleRemote Desktop Connection: An authentication error has occurred. The Local...
Hi All,I have 2 servers active directory using windows server 2012. After install windows update, I got issue, cannot using RDP with error :An authentication error has occurred.The Local Security...
View ArticleLastlogonTimestanmp Shows Future Date - showobjectmeta shows...
I have several machines that show a last logon in the future.I ran repadmin /showobjmeta DC "OU Paths" >temp.txt and the output for the DC looks like a GUID.Loc.USN Originating DSA Org.USN...
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