Unable to Remove Child Domains (Windows 2008 R2 Functional Level)
Hi All,I'm running into an issue when deleting (3) child domains on a Windows 2008 R2 functional level domain. The child domains have been severed for several years and the child domain DCs have been...
View ArticleLastLogonTimestamp again
Hi all,coming back to this topic (previous thread at: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverDS/thread/94a3e405-0d65-41a6-8508-2619f01871cc) here is a summary of our findings...
View ArticlePromote Existing DC/Member Server to another forest/Domain
Hey, we have a requirement to move current AD infra to Azure.we have already existing AD running named domain A in azure, Now we planning to migrate on-prem Forest/Domain Bcan i directly add member...
View ArticleSBS2003 transfer FSMO roles to Windows 2012 R2 server
I have inherited a network in which a SBS 2003 server is still running AD in the network. Everything has been moved away in the past by the former administrator. Only SQL 2005 as archive is still...
View ArticleShould Hybrid joined computers allow login with UPN first
Hi, I'm looking to understand if hybrid domain joined computers should be able to logon with the users UPN in the first instance when no direct line of site to an on premises domain controller.We have...
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Replication problems
Hello,While investigating the cause of the event 13508 (The File Replication Service is having trouble enabling replication from DC to DC2 for c:\windows...) I got confused with the following facts:1)...
View ArticleAD FS 2019 user consent (Oauth2 authorization code grant flow)
Hi,We created an application group with a Web App (client) and Web API (RP) in AD FS 2019 to support the oauth2 autorisation code grant flow between the two of them (Web Browser to Web App with Oauth...
View ArticleFind last login machine details for user
Hi,Is there any command available to get the user's last login machine details. I have user's details and i can get the last login details from one script, but unable to find the last login machine...
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last interactively sign-in timings
Can somebody explain the timings about the last login here? According to this, I checked in the event log. But there no any login event related to 7:08:20 AM for this particular user. The user has...
View ArticleHow to audit DNS (AD Integrated) changes
Hello to all, I need to audit DNS changes (creation, edition and deletion of zones and records) in a DNS environment that is integrates with AD. DC versions: Win2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012R2...
View ArticleRaise forest Level Impact on older Servers
Hello,I am installing Exchange 2016 on a 2012R2 Server and must upgrade the forest level to 2012R2 for it to install. I am concerned in doing this as we still have a 2008 Server as one of the DC's.FSMO...
View ArticleChanging Local account passwords in bulk across multiple machines in Domain
We have a local admin account on all of our workstations that we use with our remote software to login. The Problem is that that same account on all of the workstations has had the same password for...
View ArticleMy Domain Controller has every month 1 min TIME DELAY
Hi Dears, I want to know why my Domain Controller has Time Delay every month approximately one minute, in there months has three minutes, however I set the Date and Time at local time zone,please help...
View Article1. FRS replication and 2 DFS replication
Hi.. all,FRS:How to check FRS replication?How to monitor FRS replication?How to find the error logs?FRS advantage and disadvantage ?DFS:1. DFS advantage and disadvantage2. DFS error logs path?
View ArticleHow to determine the IP Address from MAC Address
How does one find the IP Address from the MAC Address. When using the ARP-a command, I do not see the item listed. Since I know the MAC Address is there a way to use the ARP + MAC Address to reveal...
View Articletrust relationship cannot add to domain anymore
hello, in a lab environment, i got 2 domains who trust eachother, Domain A and domain B, both outgoing and incoming. Domain A has a conditional forwarder to domain B its DC and a forwarder to that DC....
View ArticleLogon issues when pending reboot/shutdown on domain controllers
Is it safe to stop the Netlogon service before shutdown on domain controllers? We are experiencing logon issues with some applications (mostly BizTalk) when automatically patching our DCs using Windows...
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Replication access denied
Hi Support, We have two Windows 2012 Standard DCs.We did not make any recent changes.When checked replication today we have seen the below errorRepadmin: running command /showrepl against full DC...
View ArticleAdding custom DNS A record for a public domain
Hello,We need to add a custom internal IP (A Record) for an available domain, that's for example I need the servers farm to resolve www.google.com with an internal IP (ex. 10.10.10.10) instead of...
View ArticlePorts required for firewall communication between DC to DC and Client to DC
Hi All,I wanted to know about the exact ports which are required for communication between domain controller to domain controller and client to domain controller. I have to allow these ports through...
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