Adding Active directory 2012 domain controller
HiI am having one physical server 2008 DC, one virtual DC, one 2012 Virtual DC. All FSMO roles resides in 2012 virtual domain controller. Planning to Decommission AD and format physical server 2008 DC...
View ArticleForest Trust cant grant permission to remote users
Hi all,I have two forests f1 and f2. f1 has 5 subdomains.I created a transitive two way forest trust I check on domains and trusts console on both forests: trust is successfully created.Now I want to...
View ArticleInplace Domain controller upgrade from windows 2003 EE + SP1 to windows 2008...
hi, need your inputs on domain controller upgrade pre and post tasks my set-up has PDC and has windows 2003 EE with SP1 installed and ADC with windows 2008 Entp. Exchange server 2003 with SP2. so can...
View ArticleSome questions about AD sites/subnets.
Hi,I have two questions about ad sites:What happen when a workstation tries to authenticate but its IP adress not listed in subnet definition in AD Sites?What happen when a DC is put in an AD Site but...
View ArticleAD Replication issues - KCC errors - 1865, 1311, 1566
We have a Single Forest, with a Domain as the Forest Root and a number of other Domains which are created as New Domain Tree’s (not Child Domains) Each Domain has a DC which is a GC with the Domain...
View Articleldp.exe traffic: interpreting protocols with wireshark
I have a stand alone version of AD LDS and I am running wireshark. On another server I run ldp.exe and do a connect to the LDS server and a simple bind to a user which is successful.I am surprised...
View ArticleDNS servers configuration after AD/DC replication.
Good day all.I understand that this issue might have been repeated several times in the previous posts/questions but nevertheless I feel the need to explain the situation I have thoroughly in order to...
View ArticleVerizon
I am having trouble with verizon call assistant with windows 8 on my lap top. Cannot get voice mail, and widget will not work
View Article[GC] How can I specific global catalog in a client
Hello,Can I specific global catalog on a client?when environment has more than one GC.thank you, From Technet
View Articlenoob question about DC and DHCP/DNS
*I'm new to domains*On all of the tutorials online, DHCP and DNS are installed at the same time a server is promoted to DC. Here's my question: if the server is giving out IP addresses and also doing...
View ArticleLogin to AD from outside
Hello everybody,I have a little problem with my AD server, I want to connect my laptop, which is already part of my domain, from the outside but still I can not. it is really possible to connect from...
View ArticleDomain controller
i have a primary DC and additional one in uae & i need to install additional one here in egypt there is vpn connection between both sites what method should i use create a new child domain in an...
View ArticleSeveral accounts are constantly lockout event id 644
Hello,We are seeing a set of users getting locked out continuously. They are always the same accounts. We are on server 2003 and client machine is windows 2007. I ran the lock out tools but can't...
View ArticleCSVDE export not as expected - some fields missing
Hi, i am trying to export some user data from ad using this command - csvde -f test.csv -r objectClass=user -l " givenName, sn, displayName, description, physicalDeliveryOfficeName, telephoneNumber,...
View Articleno ethernet connection after promoting DC
I just promoted a server 2012 box to DC. I had a static UP assigned using these:192.168.1.29 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1DNS after promotion:127.0.0.1After I rebooted though there is no ethernet...
View ArticleDomain & Enterprise Admins are a member of Built-in Administrators group?
Hi,I just found that Built-in\Administrators is having Domain Admins and Enterprise Admins as a member of it.Could anyone of you suggest what is the significance of doing so? Should they really be...
View ArticleSite link topology question
I’m trying to decide on the best configuration of our AD site topology after some changes to our physical network. Some of the posts on here have been very helpful but I still need some clarification...
View Articlebest practice for adding users to office domain
I have a small business where we turn on our computers in the morning and run them all day. Several different technicians or doctors may use that computer during the day, but we never log in and out...
View ArticleQuery in AD the Managed by User of a Group
Is there a way to query or get a single group's 'managed by' user in AD from cmd or powershell?
View Articlepassword to expire after a day
good dayI have an account that i would like to user for the training purposes and would like to set it to expire every day. how can i set it to expire after one day. my minimum password age policy is...
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