Riverbed Stealhead RODC Issues ?
Has anyone in the community experienced issues in environments where a Riverbed Stealhead 'RODC' has been deployed ? is there anything which needs special attention ? from what I understand it does...
View ArticleProblems after unsuccessful DC demotion
I've been reading technet and KB articles for about a month. After some problems in my domain, I had to demote the new server I had been working to add to the domain. I wasn't able to do it with...
View ArticleDirectory Email Replication Certificate
Hi All,Can someone please clarify the following please:Do you need "Directory Email Replication" Certificate on a 2008 R2 domain controller if you are only replicating your directory using RPC and not...
View ArticleMigrating from WID to SQL2012 error when setting the ArtifactDbConnection
We're deploying an ADFS 2.0 farm on 2008R2 servers utilizing mirrored SQL 2012 databases and getting an error when attempting to 'migrate' the ArtifactDbConnection database to SQL. Being unable to run...
View ArticleReduce _kerberos SRV prioirty
I would like to reduce the priority for my _ldap and _kerberos SRV records on my AD-DNS. The lower priority is desired for just 2 of our domain controllers. I've found in the registry where the...
View ArticleCreate other domain host record to send mail directly to their secondary mx...
We are currently deploying websense mail security to one of our client. They would want to test the capability of websense by sending a spam or test virus but did not want to try to it to their prod...
View ArticlePrimary and Secondary DNS not what DHCP is giving
We recently retired a server 2003 domain controller. We also recently moved our DHCP server from a server 2003 server to a server 2012 box. The DHCP server has scope options for Primary and Secondary...
View ArticleActive Directory user account got locked with in a min
Hi Guys,In my environment i am managing users and computers by windows server 2008 active directory server.But one particular user account alone got locked out with in a min , even i reset user...
View ArticleAD replication problem
Here's the situation, I have 2 DC, one 2003 (GOYSRV01) and one 2008 R2 (GOYSRV08), recently, I added another DC, it went bad so I demoted it with dcpromo. Now, I can't replicate from 01 to 08 and...
View ArticleChange primary SMTP address using powershell for AD NOT Exchange
I am in a Office 365 Hybrid mode, this question has been asked on the Office 365 forums and I was directed here.Using PowerShell for Exchange 2007+ its a fairly simple process to change the primary...
View ArticleFile Server Object Reset vs Delete
Replacing file server with new hardware. The operating system is the same Windows 2008 R2 64bits standard. Migrated all the shares and robocopy all the files from the old server. Plan to take the old...
View ArticleSYSVOL folder is not replicating properly
I try to manke a additional domain controller from my old domain. All servers are inWindows Server 2012. After joining as a domain controller SYSVOL folder is not replicated from domain to new domain...
View ArticleQuestion about DNS and AD with domains
So we currently have three different domains in our lab and I was wondering if there was a way to connect them? The main domain is elab.net we currently also have an alab.net and a blab.net we have...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 - Home folder was not created because you do not have create...
I have a new Virtual server on ESXi running Server Standard 2012 R2. It has been joined to the domain and set as a secondary DC. There is a new D: driver where I need to create Home folders from the...
View ArticleRemoving the default "Protect object from accidental deletion" on new OUs
I'm going to be blunt, this is just an astoundingly bad feature. I can't have people making OUs with this box checked as it breaks basic functionality in our environment.I want the default to go away,...
View ArticlePowershell to add SMTP ProxyAddress based on user UPN
Hello,I am looking for a AD PowerShell command to add Primary SMTP address to the user property based on user UPN.User UPNProxyAddressa.test@xyz.coma.test@xyz.comExample i have the above user with the...
View ArticleHow can I connect remotely to Active Directory from a command line?
Theidea is this,I havea group oftechnical support and I gave themprivilegesto reset passwordandunlock users. I'd like to have aportable toolthat do these thingsandit occurred to methatfromthe command...
View ArticleHow to get all active computer list in domain with some attributes?
How to get all active computer list in domain with some attributes like below: Computer Name DNS Name Operating System Domain Name Last Logon Time Last Logon Timestamp Computer Status
View ArticleBare Metal Restore of AD
I have inherited a domain setup at my new company and unfortunately a few of the 2008 R2 domain controllers only have 1 hard drive installed so if that drive fails the server is gone. I am going to...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 cannot change password in Windows 2003 domain level domain
On several installations of windows 8.1 enterprise, users cannot change passwords by using <ctrl> + <al> + <del> keys and choosing change password. The error is: "The security...
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