Helpdesk and Change Password at next Logon
Hello, we have our helpdesk help reset user passwords. Often they set it and then uncheck the "Change Password at next Logon". The user then uses the helpdesk password until the password expires 30...
View Article2008 R2 AD badly damaged by 3rd party app
Long story short... My company uses a major antivirus provider that does server based monitoring and control. This has a Mac plugin to do the same for Macs. The plugin got all screwed up and the AV...
View ArticleAD role did not uninstalled completely on 2008 R2 server
I had a server which was running as a DC, but the DC role was uninstalled and it was renamed.Its been running fine, but I just noticed when I go to event viewer, it still has a "Directory Service"...
View ArticleRunning multiple companies on a single domain controller
I've been searching to find an answer whether there is a way to have multiple companies authenticate on a single domain controller where their log in will be THEIRCOMPANY\username while we still have...
View ArticleSite Link Bridge
If I were to set up replication topology via site links in a hub and spoke topology:Hub = Site ASpoke = Site BSpoke =Site CSpoke = Site DSite Link = Site A - Site BSite Link = Site A - Site CSite Link...
View ArticleIf adding an UPN suffix would do what I think it will....
Here's a question, in an existing active directory forest (one root domain and three child domains) can I add an UPN suffix in domains and trusts and then change all the user logins to that new suffix....
View ArticleHow do I prevent a domain user account from being able to login to any...
Hi, I'm running a few machines on Windows Server 2008 R2. One is a domain controller, one is a database server, one VPN server, and a web server.In order to provide Windows Authentication access to our...
View ArticleDemotion Using dcpromo Leaves Incorrect Administrator Password - Windows 2012
I have been testing Windows 2012 AD in a non-prod environment. After a few months, I was finished with the testing so I wanted to demote the DCs to retire the test domain. I had 2 DCs, both Server...
View ArticleHow do I remove an orphaned user name in the Exchange 2010 GAL?
In Exchange 5.5, users were added and deleted from the domain via Active Directory Users and Computers in a child domain.The server was replaced and accounts migrated to Exchange 2003.The two of the...
View ArticleADFS setup with proxy
hiI am setting up a lab to cloud environment with an ADFS server in my LANwe are then going to install a proxy in to a cloud service for some testing of an applicationI have installed ADFS ok but it is...
View ArticleGracefully Shutting Active Directory Down
Shutting AD downWe are running Active Directory at a Windows Server 2008 R2 Functional Level on a virtual environment. We are planning on upgrading the core and distribution layer switches on our...
View ArticleADFS and new Domain Controllers
I apologize in advance for what I know is a dumb question. We have ADFS setup, but barely use it (only have 1 replying party trust setup right now). I did not initially setup the ADFS infrastructure,...
View ArticleThe Directory Schema is not accessible because...
Greetings, So we currently run a 2 dc architecture. We have a handful of personnel with domain admin rights and about 3 dozen more setup with helpdesk rights. The helpdesk personnel are in the...
View ArticleCannot join domain - ip address set correctly to DNS server - please help!
Hello, I have a big problem here. Recently I had a problem with a Domain member, so I just changed it to Worgroup, and when I tried to join the domain again, it said "Active Directory Domain Contoller...
View ArticleScript to set "Password Never Expires" & "User Cannot Change Password"
I need to find a script that will set "password never expires" & "User cannot change password" account settings in Active Directory. I need to run it on certain OUs only. Your help would be...
View ArticleWindows server 2008 unable to recieve promote from win2k12 or win 2k8 r2 only...
This was the error when i tried to join win2k12 to DC on win2k8"ADPrep execution failed --> Microsoft.DirectoryServices.Deployment.ADPrepLdapException: No Such Object. Server extended error: 8333....
View ArticleRODC password replication
Okay i got a questionI got a remote site in which i want to allow of course just the cache of the passwords to the users there... which none has administrator privilege...But now and then the admin...
View ArticleNeed lots of help setting up ADFS
I am having trouble finding info I need to set up ADFS. Probably because I am not even sure how to ask the question for what I need. Here goes: Our School District uses a outside service for video...
View ArticleGC partition in single domain forest
In a single domain forest environment, is a separate Global Catalog partition created or the GC partition is actually the domain partition? Thanks in advance.This posting is provided AS-IS with no...
View ArticleActive Directory naming on a public web server
Our very small company is leasing a dedicated Windows 2008 R2 server from Hostgator. We host ASP.NET websites there and I have also set up RDS Remote Apps. I have come to discover that I must have AD...
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