Replication blocked but cant find lingering objects
Hi,I'm looking at a windows domain with 3 sites and a DC in each site. A networking issue had prevented replication occurring for some time between the sites. This was discovered after some user...
View ArticleI got error when run adprep /domainprep
I used Win2k8 and try to migrate to Win2k8 R2 I cannot promote win2k8R2 in our domain because when I run adprep /domainprep I got error Please read error below I ready run adprep /forestprep and have...
View ArticleAFTER SCHEMA UPGRADE: schupgr error "cannot obtain schema version to upgrade...
Hello People,We had just upgraded the schema of a Windows 2008 R2 Domain (3 DCs all W2K8 R2, one of them RODC), we did the upgrade to Windows 2012 because we want to install SP3 of Exchange 2010 (we...
View ArticleNeed help in configuring radius authentication for wireless network
Hi All,recently we have configured NAP & RADIUS for Wireless authentication, i have configured usingProtected EAP(PEAP).client that are joined to domain able to connect without authentication, but...
View ArticleNeed powershell help
I need to look through all accounts in a specific OU, and look at a list of specific attributes (non-normal attributes), spit out a report of these settings (csv is fine, and preferred). I then need...
View ArticleActive Directory reporting
Hi All,I'm looking for a way to export an Active Directory to CSV that contains a list of all user accounts, and the group memberships each user belongs to.Can someone please help?
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Network > Need to split domain, and add a new...
Hello, I have this case scenario. Can you please provide guidance on the best solution to do this: Situation: My Domain: a.local Has: Exchange and Lync Runs: Windows Server 2012 Goal: I want to split...
View ArticleServer functional level change from 2003 to 2008. Need suggestions.
Hello Experts,Environment : I have 30 DC's in my domain, single forest and single domain. 27 domain controllers are there in windows server 2008 R2 and other three are in windows server 2003 server...
View ArticleTo modify group policies, is it fine to just replace the respective folder...
Hi, In our test environment, we need to frequently modify the group policies in the AD. So we find it difficult to interact with GPMC every time we need to modify the policy. So we found out a new way...
View ArticleThe Active Directory definition of this resource record is corrupt or...
Hi, I keep getting the below event logged when a DC's Dns services are restarted. The DNS server was unable to create a resource record for 899494f1-fac0-4405-8bf4-d3d2326d0449._msdcs.domain.local. in...
View ArticleUsing Active Directory
As part of my regular job, I was asked to do a few things in our corporate AD (based on Win2008 R2), that require the use of groups policy.(like allowing access to certain user to certain functions on...
View ArticleActive directory group membership not replicated on RODC
Hello,We've a domain with 2 writable DC in head office and one Read-Only DC in branch office. We've some logon batches which mount the "network drives" to domain user profiles. Everything was working...
View Articlereplication occurs after an hour
HelloI am running 2 DCs in a test environment. The second DC joined my test domain yesterday and I noticed that replication occurs every 1 hour. Is this the default time? Is it advisable to reduce...
View ArticleDFS-N Deployment Quota and Restrictions
What is the best method to setup quota's and restrictions for DFS-N Namespaces? Is FSRM the best practice or is there a way within DFS to set quotas?Also, what are the best practice settings for a...
View ArticleIPv6 causes issues in some environments when enabled on domain controllers
Maybe the heading sounds quite controversial and will no doubt prompt some mixed views. There are a lot of people out there who have reported issues which appear linked to IPv6 configurations on...
View ArticleClient authentication and IPv6 ?
If a client's interface is configured for both IPv4 and IPv6 but the entire WAN is not enabled for IPv6 how does this impact the client's DC locator process and ultimately authentication ?
View ArticleDirectory Permissions - Nested Group
Hi,I have an AD group lets call it group1 which is a Security Group - Universal within it is another security group - universal (group2),I have set permissions on a folder to group1, but all those in...
View ArticleCross Forest DC Locator
We have two forests with a two way trust. Users in forest A are logging into a terminal server in forest B. There is a domain controller in forest A that resides on the same subnet as the terminal...
View ArticleSynchronizing Forests Without Using Trusts
Hi,My company has multiple Active Directory (AD) forests for security reasons. We can't have trust relationships between the forests for the same reasons that caused us to divide our AD infrastructure...
View ArticleRequired ports for AD to replicate
hi there!We have 2008 r2 domain controllers with domain and functional level 2008 r2.We would like to install another DC in other location (locations are connected with site to site vpn).I am familiar...
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