2012 Domain Controller
Can my make the jump from 2003 DC to 2012 DC and if so are there any ramifications of this upgrade?
View Article"Some of the object names cannot be shown in their user-friendly form"
Error states:"Some of the object names cannot be shown in their user-friendly form. This can happen if the object is from an external domain and that domain is not available to translate the object's...
View ArticleCreating new resource forest for Lync / Exchange / Sharepoint 2013 - DNS and...
Hi,I'm standing up a new resource forest. This will host services (Lync, Exchange and Sharepoint) for several other organizations, and we plan on using two-way forest trusts and disabled associated...
View ArticleAD have replication issue
Dear Exchange expertsWe have 4 DCs in our organization. Out of 4 AD ,one AD have replication issue.Due to this we have some issues in our Exchange Accounts.Could you please advice how can sort out this...
View ArticleInstalling Solarwinds on DC
Hello,We were planning to install Solarwinds on Windows 2008 R2 Std - 64bit domain controller (physical server) however solarwinds strongly recommends not to install this software (Solarwinds NPM for...
View ArticleDoes Active Directory Web Services (ADWS) require a server certificate to work
So here's the scenario. I've got PowerShell scripts running on one server executing Active Directory calls to the Domain Controller. Everything is working, but we turn on a NetMonitor trace it appears...
View ArticleServer did not respond to LDAP query to port 389 UDP
Hello!I have several domain controllers Windows 2008 R2.One of them did not respond to LDAP query to port 389.No firewalls between client and controllers. The same situation if I run portqry from...
View ArticleDomain shutdown for extended time frame
Hi All,I have a weird question I can't find the answer to. At my house I'm running a 2008 R2 domain with 2 domain controllers. I'm selling the house and need to be out within the next 3 weeks however...
View Articlew32tm /query /status Access is denied. (0x80070005) from elevated prompt
I am in the process of decomissioning the 2008 DC so I have moved all FSMO roles to another DC. The old DC is getting time from the newly promoted PDC as are the domain clients it seems.I have gone...
View Articlelogon script - local copy/cache?
Does Windows keep a local copy of login script that comes from domain group policy? If yes, where is it?I ask because I found that some of my users are running an old version of login script that we...
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 ArticleHow does AD decided when to enable SyncOnStartup for inbound replication...
I have been playing with the MSAD_ReplNeighbor wmi class for monitoring AD replication. I have a hub and spoke, single domain, topology where three DCs are in the spoke site. One holds all the master...
View ArticleDHCP help.
I need to switch Windows 2003 DHCP server to Windows 2008 R2 DHCP server for about 20 people. All DHCP options are configured on Windows 2008 R2 server and DHCP service has been stopped on the Windows...
View ArticleAutomatic mapped drive when new user is created.
Hi,I have inherited a domain. I have set up many GPO's and mapped user drives. The Issue: When a new user is created, I create a folder on a shared drive, named the same as the users logon name. This...
View ArticleActive Directory Permissions Issue
While attempting to delegate administration of a DNS zone, I stumbled on an issue that is apparently granting a random subset of users full control of my entire domain.My domain consists of (3) Windows...
View ArticleAD NTDS Quotas
Is there a windows server 2012 method for enabling the NTDS Quotas feature? It's listed on the 70-413 exam objectives but the only documentation I can find on TechNet dates back to 2008 Server and no...
View ArticleTrust between sub domain and external domain
Hi All,My company has 2 different "divisions" in the country. One arm has a large AD structure with a large forest and ~30 domains so it's managed VERY tightly. One of the domains in that forest is now...
View ArticleAD and Domain Centralization
Dear all,I've been asked by my company to setup and centralize all our branch AD and domain. Right now, I've 6 branches, and every branch have their own AD. For effectiveness, company asked me to...
View ArticleAdditional Domain Controller Not Appear
Dear All,My addtional domain controller not showing in forest seever. Below is scenario.daslaniya.com 10.0.192.1 ( Forest Server ) W2k3 standardin.daslaniya.com (10.0.10.1) (Child Domain ) w2k3...
View ArticleAD LDS simple bind of LDS Principal using DN or userPrincipalName works with...
Hi,I have created a stand alone AD LDS instance on a machine belonging to a workgroup.The DN for the user is CN=UserInsideOU,OU=OUNumber1,o=Microsoft,c=USI also have added a userPrincipalName of Moe...
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