EFS - HowTo Recover a file with DRA (Data Recovery Agent)
Hello. Please, I need your help to learn how to decrypt files using DRA certificate. I did these steps: - I created a Data Recovery Agent Certificate using cipher.exe /r:<filename> in my domain...
View ArticleUser profile domain
Hi,Wanted to know how to get logon users domain. So suppose there is multidomain structure with two way trust. If a user is logging into another domain, how do we get the details of user and which...
View ArticleGPO to assign security group to have Admin privilege - Server 2016
Hi IT Experts,My objective is to delegate IT support team to have full local admin privilege but same time should be denied accessing to all the servers either directly or remotely. To accomplish this...
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View ArticleAverage user login able to access two different domains
Hello,I have two stores and I've been asked to move a user to another store but keep her login, exchange account and phone ext and etc... I'll try to describe this the best way I can. Bare with meStore...
View ArticleIs Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 compatible with Windows 10 clients?
HelloIs Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 compatible with Windows 10 clients?My problem is especcialy about Software Policies: I cant make a .exe file run without asking for the administrator...
View ArticleHard disk error
Hi all, I'm promoting a server 2012 R2 Domain Controller. During the prerequisites check, it return error "Verification of prerequisites for Domain Controller promotion failed. The folder...
View ArticleUsing Group policy to deploy the Hardening policies to all client
Hi all, We have CIS benchmark windows OS hardening documents. Now we are manually doing all the Hardening policies to all client machines one by one, by this way its getting too delay to achieve our...
View ArticleSysvol folder is not replicated after server migration
Consider my scenario i have 3 server (physical machine dell poweedge 730 )1.server A is windows server 2012 R2 standard- PDC2.server B is win server 2012 R2 Standard-BDC3 server C is new deployed...
View ArticleListing all groups in AD containing a given string
I want to find all AD groups containing the word "prgm". I tried right-clicking the domain name, "Find..." , tested various combinations such as "prgm", "*prgm*" but incorrect results were returned.Can...
View ArticleUnable to start CA-Services after migration (Current log file missing...
Hello everybody!I'm currently trying to migrate our Root Certification Authority (CA) from Windows Server 2008 (x86) to Windows Server 2016 (x64). I followed the migration guide under...
View ArticleSlow Domain Computer Logon - 2 to 5 Minute Hang On Welcome Screen
We've got a mix of people who are and are not experiencing this issue currently. I've turned on verbose messages to figure out what process is causing it to hang but when I turned it on, it simply...
View ArticleShould raise the functional level to Windows Windows 2016 or Windows 2019
Hi,We have completed the upgrade of all our domain controllers in one of our forest to Windows 2019.the current functional level is Windows 2008 R2. Should we raise it to 2016 or 2019 ?
View ArticleMigrate 2008 R2 (Hybrid Exchange 365 / 2010 corpname.com) Domain1 (asdf.com)...
I need to upgrade our Domain and our current domain name is not our corporate domain name due to legacy situation at time of creation and long before I was here. The plan is to create a new 2019...
View ArticleActive Directory Site Without Domain Controllers
We have a remote site with only 6 computers, connected via site-to-site VPN. We decided we won't put a DC in this location--users will have to authenticate over the VPN. Even though we don't have...
View ArticleRecommended NTFS permissions for Home folders - Windows 2016
Hi,What are the recommended NTFS permissions from user home drives when you want to automate their creation from the Profile tab of each user account in AD? I dug around and tried some of the older...
View ArticleMultiple Site Connection problem
i have to install a multiple site domain but the link between site is ;not establish yet now i have one DC configured on first site and i need to configure the rest of site each site with dc ,...
View Articleis Microsoft recommended in place upgrade domain controller from 2016 to 2019
is Microsoft recommended in place upgrade domain controller from 2016 to 2019?
View ArticleConvert a RODC to R/W domain controller
Hi How we ca convert a RODC to R/W domain controller?I have 3 RODC and I want to convert them by R/W without any impact .D you have any idea please ?
View ArticleUpgrade in place prepare domain and forest
Hi If we choose to perform a upgrade in-place from Windows 2016 to Windows 2019, do we need to prepare forest and domain ?
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