Change NTDS and sysvol path
Hi, We have to move the sysvol and ntds file to new location on some domain controllers to have the same path. what's the best practice to achieve the target new path?
View ArticleWin Server 2012 - Error Operation Master: RID | PDC | Infrastucture
Dear All,I am struggling to FIX my Primary DC, the issue seems to related to the DC Replication. I have searched a lot on google, the Popular solution I found is to Seize the Operation MASTER and...
View ArticlePlanning and configurations Active Directory and DNS Services
Dear All,We have to plan and Design DC 2016 for 500-1000 Thousand Users, I need Proper Guidelines to set it up.1. How many Domain Controllers do we require for the load Balancing or Failover Purpose?2....
View ArticleUser not able to login after change password
Hello Team,We have DC and ADC , DC and ADC sync properly after change the password user not able to login , user able to login with OLD password are reset the password with SAME password . DC and ADC...
View ArticleLinux unable to see unixUserPassword Attribute
After migrating from Server 2003 SFU 3.0 to Server 2012 R2 with IDMU new user accounts are being created with only the unixUserPassword attribute and not the msSFU30Password attribute. Old accounts...
View ArticleI cannot join new machines to the AD "Network Path not found"
After having demoted and removed one of two domain controllers I cannot add any new servers to the AD. Both the DC and the server I am trying to add is running Server 2016. I have enabled netbios over...
View Articlefinding the attribute changes
We suspect some specific AD attributes changed for many users, any way we can find this like what attributes changed for those users (or without knowing the users)
View ArticleADMT Service Account Migration
Have to migrate a lot of servers from one domain to another over an extended time period. On each server, there are services running with the same domain user account. Have read the ADMT Migration...
View ArticleCertificate Services - some workstations requesting multiple certs
We have Certificate Services deployed in our 2008 R2 AD infrastructure. We have a GPO set up in limited production that allows workstations and servers to request certs via a custom template. All...
View ArticleDFSR Migration Stuck
A few weeks ago the domain controllers in our Lab domain was attempted to be migrated from FRS to DFS. The domain is at Windows 2008 R2 functionality level and the DC's are on Windows 2019. When the...
View Articledcpromo /forceRemoval results in "DFS Replication: Access is denied." error...
The domain holds no important data, there has been no exchange or other AD-integrated application.How do I blow the forest away so I can remove and reinstall all the roles (AD roles,DNS,DHCP) as to...
View ArticleWhich firewall ports needed for PowerShell Module ActiveDirectory
Hi there,I'm trying to use Get-ADUser for the following purpose: Checking if SharePoint users even exist in their Active Directory. Now there's only a one way trust between domain of SharePoint servers...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 Password Hash
I have a client who's insistent that user passwords in Active Directory are hashed with sha 256. Is that possible and how would I configure it? Their accounts already support Kerberos AES 256 bit...
View ArticleDistinguished Name limit ??
Greetings,First of all, sorry, english is not my mother tongue.In my company, we are currently preparing an AD migration from a domain to another. The other domain is available and i'm preparing the...
View ArticleDFS Question
Hi I have a question regarding my DFS. I started DFS replication between 2 servers about a week ago. The sending server has 475GB to send overThe receiving server has a 1TB partition dedicated. I can...
View ArticleActive Directory Certificate Services
I would like to verify various modules within our network. Active Directory Certificate Services seems to be the ideal way to do this.Is there a charge for creating these certificates with AD CS? Any...
View ArticleAzure Ad
Hello is there a way to manage azure ad GPO without having to spin up a VM in the azure cloud?Can i use one of my on-premise systems?
View ArticleRename a Domain Joined Computer
i've created an OU higharcy and delegated access to a group with full control over all objects and descendant objects. Why cant a member of the group with delegated access rename a domain joined...
View ArticleDCPromo as ROWC fails - Server 2016
I've been working on a DCPromo issue for about 6 months that I can't seem to get around. Some of my specific details are a little fuzzy at this point since it's been so long but I tried the process 3...
View ArticleOne-Way Trust not working after renaming Domain Controller
Hello,After setting up a brand new forest (dmz.example.com) a one-way trust was created with a trusted domain (example.com), and with brief testing it looked to work. But then I needed to rename the...
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