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New DC, two sites

Hi,This is my first time posting a question; I've always found these forums to be very helpful but this time I didn't find a thread that asked the same question.I administer a single domain with two...

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Active directory design for 6000 users?

HI All, i have to support a new site and there are 6000 users and 2 remote sites. Based on that  i have to provide design document to my customer. What is the best practice i have to suggest or Any...

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local account with same name as domain account locking out domain account

I have an issue where if i have a local account that has the same username as the AD account, and the passwords do not match, it will lock out the domain account. This is a recent occurrence. The only...

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What components need to be installed to do ADFS 2.0 with a client?

We have a web based application running on a windows 2008r2 box and do most user auth through asp.net membership.  We have a new client that wants us to authenticate their users (separate web app) to...

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SRV record for active directory server cannot be located

Hi all,When I attempt to add a new machine to my domain I get an SRV record for the domain controller cannot be found. Tells me to look for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.carolinavp.localThing is I can do a...

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What is diffrence between Global catalog server & additional domain controller,

Hi,Actually I have small confusion between Global catalog server & additional domain controller,For user login authentication & group policy apply on client is it done by ADC or from GC..Gajanan

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Microsoft Account Lockout Status popup error when reset password

Hi Guys,I am currently using this lockout tools to unlock account, hope able to reset client password using same tools, but the reset features was not working and it prompted below error.Anyone face it...

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Recovered active directory users not getting appropiate permissions after...

Enviroment: Windows server 2012 standardRecently one of my co-workers accidentally deleted a bunch of active directory users while attempting to just remove the exchange mailbox(s) associated with...

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Password Policy issue - Never Expires

Hey Everyone,We have a W2K8 R2 domain, and are running into a strange password issue.  In some ( but not all) OU's, if someone tries to change their password (and their password is set to never expire)...

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2012 Domain Controller showing that it's not syncing group policies

I'm a little stuck on why this is happening. Brand new Server 2012 Domain Controllers (they are virtual) and this never changes. I turned off the firewall on all three to see if that would help but no...

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strange error from AD when using powershell

hey guys, im trying to add UPN suffixes to AD-Forest, and im using the below command for that.Import-Module activedirectory Set-ADForest -Identity domain.com -UPNSuffixes @{Add="demo23.com"}now the...

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W32tm /resync Access Denied (0x80070005)

I've been attempting to set up a new timeserver for a windows server 2008 R2 (64bit) machine  to get it's time and i keep getting stopped at the final hurdle when it comes to resyncing the w32tm...

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Intersite 'Change Notification' Not Working

I have followed the documentation to enable 'change notification' between two AD sites however it is still following the standard 15 minute replication interval. When creating objects in one of the...

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"The security database on the server does not have a computer account for...

I I have a domain controller, which is running on Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise edition and an ADC running on Windows Server 2003 SMB.Since Yesterday, I am facing a problem. I am unable to log in...

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User Attributes in a CSV file

Hi EveryoneI am tinkering with AD windows server 2008 and I have created a CSV file in Excel in order to import multiple users using thecsvde command. In the first row I've got the user attributes such...

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Active directory logging

Hi,I have a security group in AD which i found updated with lot of others users which shouldnt be a part of.We have 2003 DC.Is there a way to track who changed it?Best Regards, Arun...

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Promoted 2012, NtFrs Errors, Restarted FRS and renamed jet folder, now SYSVOL...

I have an SBS server that is experiencing many issues, crashing weekly. To help alleviate that I have booted up a Server 2012 machine to act as a DC and a DHCP server in a 50/50 setup.I promoted the...

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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...

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Renaming Domain Admin account and also resetting password help????

 Hi all,I need to reset the domain admin account (that is password and changing the username)The problem is, this account is used for services in our environment and no one at my company knows exactly...

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How to add user access/permission in a share folder after interforest migration.

Hi All,I have performed interforest migration domainA.local to DomainB.local successfully using admt 3.2 . ( DomainA.local and DomainB.local are two way forest trust at this moment)However, I have a...

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