AD 2003 to AD 2008 Groups and Members migration [Standalone/Different...
LDIFDE is not great tool to export members and their group attributes because it simply does not allow it seems.Maybe Powershell would be my best bet, but I could not find articles that guide me in the...
View ArticleMigrate 2003 SLD to 2008 FQDN
Hello,I am in the early stages of migrating a windows 2003 single label domain to a 2008 level FQDN. We currently have exchange 2007 and Sharepoint 2007 installed. Any advice on steps to take would be...
View ArticleWINRM and duplicate SPNs
I currently get a duplicate SPN error when attempting to Remote Powershell into another server on the domain. I've narrowed it down to the service account running a SharePoint app on that server. I'm...
View ArticleToo many Domain Admins-Is there a way to audit different Domain Admins to see...
Hey guys,I know this sounds crazy, but thought I would see if anyone has any ideas. We have around 20 Domain Admin accounts and we would like to reduce that to probably 3. Several are service...
View ArticleIs it possible to make parent DC users look like child DC users?
I've been searching for an answer to this but I'm not sure what keywords to use. I'm not a particularly experienced AD person. I have three Server 2012 machines configured as a primary DC and two child...
View ArticleGetting error during installation of ADC in Windows 2008 R2
Hi All,Request to help in below concern, as iam trying to configure a ADC on Windows 2008 Std R2 and getting the below mention error,("To install a domain controller into this Active Directory forest,...
View Articlecan not rename AD domain
Hi everyoneI have setup a test AD server 2008 R2. I am trying to rename the server from contoso to testadI am following a quide found...
View ArticleSynchronize Lotus Domino Directory with Office 365/Exchange Online
I have someone who is asking me to migrate them from a Lotus Domino server to Office 360/Exchange online. However they want to maintain a sync between Lotus Domino Directory and Office 365/Exchange...
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Active Directory Forest Trust over non routable subnets
Hello all, Let me first say, that i'm surprise that i was unable to find many questions asked on this topic before. Making me think that, this is really not the problem we are facing. But here is...
View ArticleADFind - How to find object in root domain and all his children ?
Hello,I would like to query every Windows XP computers on my AD forest that are using "Service Pack 2"For that, I use this query with adfind : adfind -b "dc=idf,dc=CHILD1,dc=ROOT,dc=forest,dc=local" -f...
View ArticleActive Directory Recycle Bin good idea ?
By default the 2008 R2 AD has recycle bin disabled, and if enabled it cannot be disabled. So, quick question is it a good idea to have the recycle bin, what sort of complications we might face if...
View ArticleCan users log in to source domain after ADMT migration
I am planning a domain migration, and have a couple things I cannot find answers to. General overview is as follows:I am migrating from 2003 single label domain to 2008 fqdn, exchange 2007 to 2007,...
View ArticleIs there any good way to collect eventlog of all DCs at once ?
We use 2003DC and 2008DC.Is there any good way to collect eventlog of all DCs at once ?
View ArticleAdd Employee ID Number to Active Directory - Functional Level: Windows Server...
We would like to start entering Employee ID Numbers in Active Directory. How do I add the Employee ID field in 2008 Active Directory?
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 ArticleRODC Authentication issue
Hi , I have three RWDC , two of them are located in HQ and one is in our DR site.These three servers as PSLGIDC-01(10.4.10.10), PSLGIDC-02( 10.4.10.11) & DRLGIDC-03 ( 10.4.110.10). After that...
View ArticleTime hierarchy question
I have a forest with 2 DCs. In this, I have a dedicated time server which gets the time from outside.In addition, to make it a little easier to configure the time, I use...
View ArticleTime off on many of our 2008 R2 server users
We have multiple customers running either Windows 2008 R2 servers OR Windows SBS2011 Servers that are seeing a time variation of 2-5 minutes behind actual time. We are also running a Windows 2008 R2...
View ArticleUserdirectory-name different on servers : user or user.domain
Hello,on several servers i am having the problem the userdirectories are different.Sometimes the user-directory on the server is :- usernameand sometimes- username.domainFor doing some copy-scripts...
View ArticleWhy would a domain controller be the source of an account lockout?
Hi Guys,I am struggling to determine the root cause of a users account lockouts and need some help, its driving me mad.Using this command repadmin /showmeta 'DN of user', I can see the last domain...
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