IUSR vs. NETWORK SERVICE placeholder accounts
I am performing an AD account/group audit for our production domain against a newly created sandbox domain. Both domains are at the Server 2016 level, but the production domain has been in service...
View Articlenew windows 2016 cert auth server
we moved the cert auth service and role to a new windows 2016 server from a 2008 server. in PKIView.msc, it shows the old server in the left pane. in the right pane, the CDP location #1 is expiring,...
View ArticleCan't log in to UI if DC is connected to network
Ok here is a strange one. This is happening on both virtual and physical DCs. Demoting to member server eliminates the problem. DCDiag shows everything is good. After reboot, the DCs in our child...
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Restore AD (Domain Controller)-VM
Our HV HDD was crush. We manage to restore AD Domain controller (Windows server 2012R) but when i boot the VM. I received this blue screen. I tried all the available solutions.This is only one domain...
View ArticleActive Directory OU Security TAB (best practice)
Okay I'm not a beginner to Active Directory, but it isn't my specialty. I've had this AD for a long time and I never really took at a look at OU Security until I had an issue related to it. Then I...
View ArticleDomain controllers replication issue
Hi,I have two domain controller that they have been working for about two years. Also, I had another domain controller that had problem and I've disconnected that from the network. And I cleanup that...
View ArticleChrome Single Sign on not working correctly.
Hi Everyone I have an odd one for you all. we migrated to O365 for SharePoint and Outook however the new core Corporate system was designed for Chrome so this has become the default browser for most...
View Articleserivces won't start after promotion
Hi! I have tested migration win2003r2 active directory domain to win 2012r2. Everything works fine, until i promoted 2012 server as domain controller. First time server boot's up and server manager...
View Articlemanaged by
HIwe have an scenario that every user just login to only one PCuser1 computer 1user2 computer21-when set log on to for user they can login but unable to login to mail server(OWA) and we should add our...
View ArticleGPO ntfs permission replicating problem
I am having issues where NTFS permissions on group policy templates (in SYSVOL) are not replicating to DC02 in my two-dc setup. When I modify the security filtering on a GPO (for example add a user...
View ArticleDomain Controller backup not working
Hi,I have two DC( Primary and Additional) with Windows Server 2016 that both of them are running on Hyper-V. I've backed up from primary dc and I've restored that to another location and then I've...
View ArticleActive Dirctory issue
I have windows server 2012 standard and I configured AD for our organization, before it worked very well but since last 10days, when i joining win10 or win8 to domain controller it's not joining and...
View ArticleHow to use AD password policy to restrict some characters of login password
Dear Support, Could we use AD password policy to restrict the users using some pattern of characters as the login password (e.g. Company Name)?Thanks!Best Regards, Daniel
View ArticleCNAME Record Across Domains
Hello,I have a network where EVERYTHING is being run inside the sub domain. sub1.domain.comThere is no domain controller / DNS server inside the root domain of domain.com.I have been asked to create a...
View ArticleGlobal Catalog Server
Can we search the objects of other domains through global catalog if other domains are shut down. Is this process happen in background that Global Catalog first search the object in its indexing and...
View ArticleSchema Extension 2019 - will we be able to install older server versions...
HiWe currently have FunctionalLevel 2012R", but want to extend the Schema to 2019 level1) Will we be able to install Windows Server 2012R2 and 2016 afterwards, or are we then only able to install...
View ArticlePowershell script to get user details for multiple DL groups in Active Directory
Hi All,is there any script to get all user details for given DL details in Active Directory.Thanks,Raj
View ArticleHow to generate these event in Windows Server 2019
Hi,I extracted the Active Directory events from %SystemRoot%\System32\en-US\ntdsmsg.dll.mui. Below are the events which got newly added in Windows Server 2019.New Events --> 2998, 2999, 3001, 3002,...
View ArticleMessage: The SAM database was unable to lockout the account of Administrator...
Hello All,We are getting this alert for domain default admin account from only one server. We tried to check for services running under this account or any jobs running. Thanks
View Articletrust relationship and sites and services
Guys,In a lab, when having a trust relationship between 2 dc's, do i need to add the second DC in the sites and services parts of AD? Also, when i would like to replace the second DC with its own...
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