Removing group membership from many users
HiI would like to know if there is a way of removing membership from many users at once, that is from a CSV file or from a comma separated list perhaps.I am open to using any built-in tools within...
View Articleremove dfs from RODC windows server 2008 R2
Hihow can remove DFS from RODC server?without touching Active directory settings.any comment will appreciate.Arvind
View ArticleLogon failure the target account name is incorrect when trying to open shared...
We have another business location that is connected to us via VPN, when anyone at that location tries to open a server directly \\servername\folder it gives them this message "Logon failure the target...
View Articleneed your help!
Hi all,on one Windows 2008 R2 domain controller, it gets this event 13562 in the file replication service log.----------------------------------------------Log Name: File Replication Service...
View ArticleSysvol folder is not replicating to some of our DCs in our domain
Hello,We recently introduced two new Windows 2012 DCs into our domain and since then we have noticed that Sysvol replication doesn't occur between some of our DCs. Doug
View ArticleRemove old DHCP Server from Authorized Servers
Hi All,I have in the DHCP MMC, an old (serveral) DHCP servers in the list of authorized servers. I want to remove it from the list. Drilling down into ADSIedit I see a list of authorized servers...
View ArticleNeed help with Active Directory Permissions delegation to Helpdesk
DC on Server 2008R2 (Very Poorly Structured in terms of Administrative Access) I am newly Appointed Administrator (Never had experience with RBAC) There is a Helpdesk team, I want them to have...
View Article4015 error on 2012 DC in branch offce - NOT an RODC
I have 2012 DC in a branch office connected via Site to Site VPN connection. I have it pointing to the DNS server at our home location and to itself as the secondary DNS server with 127.0.0.1....
View ArticleFind Who Disabled user Id
HiI have a scenario here, my AD accounts got disabled and I need to find who had disabled the account.? We are having 2008 R2 AD and “Account Management” auditing is not enabled.
View ArticlePossibility change "pwdLastSet" to Today?
Hello,i want to change some user-account object-settings (pwdLastSet) to today. This because i want to implement a password policy.When i try to change the attribe to -1 the date will not change!What...
View ArticleVerification of prerequisites for Active Directory preparation failed
We currently have Windows Server 2003 SBS, SP2, Domain Controller. Would like to add Windows Server 2012, Standard, 64-bit as a backup domain controller."Verification of prerequisites for Active...
View ArticleProxy Authentication and lockout status
Is it possible to have the account lockout status not sync between AD DS and AD LDS when using proxy authentication? We have a scenario where an application will use LDS as an authentication store....
View ArticleWhich else ports I need to open on firewall so the server in DMZ can use...
Hi everyone,How are you all? I hope you can help on this... Little frustrated....Currently, I have a web server in DMZ with ip 172.x.x.x scheme. And our domain (AD) is in the LAN (with ip scheme...
View ArticleDFS links in AD?
Are DFS links and link targets stored in the directory? If they are, I haven't found them... all I can find is a list of roots and root targets under Dfs-Configuration in the System container in the...
View ArticleUse of Active Directory for an IaaS Offering in a Private Cloud
We are a service provider who plan to provide IaaS service to our customers. Our IaaS offering has both Public and Private Cloud offerings. For a Private Cloud Offering, we are spinning up a separate...
View ArticleModify user attr in AD
In my Windows server, there are around 1500 users, I would like to update the user a/c in Active Directory as it is not correct .What I would like to update is the e-mail field , for example, the...
View ArticleHome Directories : new domain controller, keep same DC name or easy way to...
I work for a school district, and we are upgrading our domain controllers at each site. Each domain controller houses our user's home directories as well. Example, in active directory, user.a has...
View ArticleUpgrading Exchange 2003 Domain to Windows Server 2008R2 DS
Hi ,My environment is currently as per below.1 Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller with Exchange 2003 Server installed. - FSMO Roles reside on this server 1 Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller -...
View ArticleEvent ID 10154
I receive the event ID 10154 the WinRM service failed to create the following SPNs: wsman, on several servers in my domain. the event shows up on domain controllers, and member servers. I have seen...
View ArticleUser Admin rights error
Hi,After creating a few more users. Using an exsisting administrator as a template.Now back using the original template user I seem to have lost certain (inconsistant that i can tell) rights. however...
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