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...
View ArticleActive 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...
View Articlelocal 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleSRV 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...
View ArticleWhat 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
View ArticleMicrosoft 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...
View ArticleRecovered 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...
View ArticlePassword 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...
View Articlestrange 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...
View ArticleW32tm /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...
View Article"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...
View ArticleUser 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...
View ArticleActive 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...
View ArticlePromoted 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...
View ArticleRenaming 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...
View ArticleHow 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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