AD LDS Group/Role Permissions/ACLs - Difference between Readers and Users
I have my authentication app working with AD LDS when LDS users are members of the Admin or Reader role. Those users are able to search the app partition. However I have an internal request to allow...
View ArticleDeny Read access to System OU at root of domain to a computer potential impact
Hello,I have an application that does a sync with AD to import the OU structure. It uses the server's machine account (computername$) to do the sync. I need to prevent it from syncing certain OUs which...
View ArticleDC RDP access, change in 2008 R2 from 2008?
We have 2008 and 2008R2 DCs in our environment. We have a few users who are not Domain Admins who are allowed to RDP to DCs. I don't want to get into why this is, or argue about whether it is best...
View ArticleCross forest authentication with local resources
Hi,I'm working on a project and in our test environment, we're running into some challenges and wondering if it's at all possible with what we're trying to do.In our scenario:ForestA (windows 2008 R2),...
View ArticleCDP Location #1' already expired
Dear All,I have a Standalone Enterprise CA running on Windows Server 2008 R2. Through cohincidence I logged into the server and found a warning under 'Enterprise PKI' the the 'CDP Location #1' already...
View ArticleLDAP SSO 3rd Party Best Practices
I need to setup LDAP SSO with an external 3rd party (my first time doing this). It will be my Active Directory (internal) and they want to configure LDAP access like this: LDAP/AD Setup To map the...
View ArticleActive Directory Sites and Services choosing wrong site
We have had our AD setup using site and services for 6 months without any problem, but now I am upgrading our vpn and that is causing Site and Services to show the machines in the wrong office. We...
View Articledelete sysvol after dc demotion?
I was having problems with sysvol replication. MS Tech support suggested demoting & promoting the problematic DC. I have demoted it. The c:\windows\sysvol and subdirectories are still present....
View ArticleNew Print Server 2008 R2: Find Printer is not listing any printers in the...
Hi, We have Active Directory domain; I have added a new Server 2008 R2 Print Server for my domain I have 10 printers been installed and shared. And each printer has "List in the directory" has been...
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adprep /domainprep error 0x208d
Hi,I need to replace my current DC with new one and I want to degrade current DC to backup (second DC).My current DC is: - Windows 2003 SP2 x86, language: PL - Domain functional Level: 2003 - Forest...
View ArticleCannot restore AD LDS instance on another computer
Hi, I would like to create a backup of an existing AD LDS instance from one server and give it to developers to restore it on their local computers (2008/win7).I followed the procedures using...
View ArticleADFS 2.0 Issue EVENT ID 364 "Encountered error during federation passive...
Please help. i am having same issue on two ADFS server. I have installed ADFS already three times..... Log Name: AD FS 2.0/Admin Source: AD FS 2.0 Date: 9/29/2010 3:26:57 AM Event...
View ArticleUnable to promote server to domain controller after demoting it...!
Hi everyone,Here is the story. I have 2 domain controllers, 1. pv-dc01 and 2. pv-dc01rep(replica). The software that I have used for the servers is the server 2012 evoluation. Now as u may know, before...
View ArticleNetlog Error 5774 - no DNS server information actually listed.
I am receiving the typical Event 5774, however the part where the DNS server with the problem is supposed to be listed I have nothing:The dynamic registration of the DNS record...
View ArticleRecycle Bin and Infrastructure Master
I have been going through Active Directory book and found out that once you enable recycle bin in your domain you do no need to have an infrastructure master (IM) FSMO role required even if the DC is...
View ArticleAdding Computer to Domain using NETBIOS name.
When trying to add a computer to the domain Win xp or Win 7 clients using just the Netbios name for the domain we get "An Active DIrectory Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain "Domain" could not be...
View ArticleWindows 2003 - 2008 Forest Trusts
Can you set-up a forest trust between 2003-2008 domains? I can't see any info on 2008 domains in cross server trusts. I am trying it and get an error and can only seem to create a Realm trust.Also,...
View ArticleDifference between AD replication and sysvol replication.
Hi,Can someone provide an insight on what exactly is the Difference between AD replication and sysvol replication.Ref: Going through a note on technet website and found below sentence in quote and bit...
View ArticleCreate user script not running
Hi guys,I'm trying to run this script from here on my Domain:http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vbscript/vbscript_user_spreadsheet.htmAs i'm not familiar with LDAP query, what should I put under the...
View ArticleAccount lockout policy - Need suggestions
Hi Team, AD : Windows server 2008 R2 Users Count : 4000+ Users In my domain, no account lockout policy in place - its set for 0 invalid attempts. For auditing and security reasons, need to apply...
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