Updating AD proxyaddress field with Powershell, without associated Exchange...
Writing a Poweshell script to generate a gui interface for updating AD fields, which are replicated to Office365, using DirectorySync. We have local AD accounts which have Office365 mailboxes, but no...
View Articlehow to limit number of users on each Organization Unit
hi guysi want to limit the number of users on each OU so our User admins cannot create more users than the threshold we set for every OUis there any Script or 3rd Party Tools which can help us ?what...
View ArticleChange Domain Computers DNS from domain controller
hello everyoneWe currently are in a process of demoting a Domain Controller with DNS functions and replace it with new ones.My question is:How can we change all of the DNS of the Computers in the...
View ArticleCan we use free extensionAttribute to track Generic Users account?
Hi All, I need your help to identify the best way to use custom attributes for User class?I need to track Generic Account (I have to track the reminder mails to account owner, I have the script but...
View ArticleNetLogon service registering wrong IP address
We are facing problem for which we haven't found remedy. Problem is that on two of four domain controllers Netlogon service is registering IP address from Backup NIC even dynamic updates are disabled...
View Articlecreating multiple users
hi,I need to create approximately 300 users on my AD. is there a way i can do it via script? also, I already have 200 users, found in one OU, which I need to change their password. how to reset all at...
View ArticleRPC Service is unavailable but is running in the services
Hi -I'm having a problem were my DC's not running correctly because DNS doesnt start, and a whole lot of domain controller related issues are popping up - cant edit GPO's etc...When you manually try to...
View ArticleWindows Password Vulnerability
Hi,I've realized that one can login to a machine that is joined to the domain and extract all the passwords in clear text using some tool(the users that once logged to the machine).I thought windows...
View ArticleSysvol Replication Restore
Hello,I have a server that I want to do a D2 non authorative restore to get SYSVOL replicating from the master DC. The problem is that I am using DFS NTFRS to replicate large files and folders to this...
View Articlehow to delete OU when Accidental deletion protection" turned on?
Just trying to delete an OU in 2008 AD that has Accidental deletion protection" turned on.How do I get around it?
View ArticleDelegate permission to remove "prevent object from accidental deletion"
I have a group of users i want to be able to delete a subset of OUs, groups and users. i can delegate them these permissions, but the "protect object from accidental deletion" is ticked and greyed out....
View ArticleDomain Controller
Hi,We having 1 DC (Windows 2008 R2) and 3 Additional DCs(Windows Server 2008 R2).Here is the requirement.1. I want to restrict users to login all these Dc's Remotely (RDP)2. I want to give my desktops...
View ArticleShow users logon/loff activity on Domain
We have some remote users authenticating on to our 2008r2 domain. Can I run a report and gather data on these people to see what they are logging on and for how long? Thanks..
View ArticleOffice 365 DirSync - Sync 1 domain to multiple tenants
The following situation:We have 1 AD forest/1 domain. Now we would like to use DirSync to sync specific objects (specified through filtering) to different Office 365 tenants. I'm aware of the issues...
View ArticleRemove Information Rights Management from individual documents
Hello, I have inherited an issue where an AD RMS server was not decommissioned correctly. In fact - it was not decommissioned at all. It was removed from the network.Now I have several documents on the...
View Articlehow to find which domain controller authenticates a particular user in multi...
Hi all,Is there any command or option to to check which domain controller authenticates a particular user in multi domain environment which has about 500 DC? I would like to resolve this infomation...
View ArticleDC's are syncing their clocks via the internet but PCs are not syncing with...
Hello,I'm managed to get a companies DCs to update their clocks via the internet, but it seems all their PCs are not syncing their clocks with the DCs are a minute or 2 out. How do I fix this?Thanks
View ArticleLDAPS problems with one server
Im running out of Ideas so I thought I would post here and see what I can get.We have a server sitting out in the DMZ that is not a member of the domain. The server has an application on it that binds...
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Replication Topology and Configuration Comments Wanted
-Yellow boxes are considered the hub sites-Green boxes are considered the spoke sites-Arrows in black are considered "site links" created manually via IP-Hub sites:-Site D is geographyically located...
View Article_msdcs AD integrated zone
I know this question may sound repeditive, as the topic has been on a couple forums already, but i had some more specific questions about it. I recently had upgraded my domain from a 2003 domain and...
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