Two Factor Authentication methods and products
HiI have recently had a massive influx of password reset requests from users at the company I work at and with around 2000 or more users it has become very tedious to manage the password resets all the...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 ADFS configuration for oAuth2.0
Hi,I have insalled Windows Server 2102 R2 and Active directory federation servcies from Add role and feature. My active directory is also insatlled on this machine. I want to configure the ADFS for...
View Articlenew 2012 R2 domain - xp clients cannot join or print
I just migrated a 2003 domain to 2012 R2. Things were working ok & then XP clients became AD stupid.Steps I took:Added a VM 2012 R2 DC to the domain. Server had DNS installed. Ran dcdiag &...
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Add-KdsRootKey failing with "The process cannot access the file..."
Hello community,Environment Mixed with one (1) domain controller running Windows Server 2008 and one (1) domain controller running Windows Server 2012.Steps to Produce the Problem These steps produce...
View ArticleCannot add 2012 server as domain controller to 2003 standard 32-bit SP2
Trying to add windows 2012 server as domain controller to 2003 servers.Get the error message - A previous schema extension has defined some attribute value differently than the schema extension needed...
View ArticleDsReplicaGetInfo() failed with status 8453 (0x2105)
Dear,Sorry for my english,...I has two Windows Server 2003 domain controller in environment.I'm tried to in-place upgrade the domain to Windows Server 2008. After I upgraded the first DC (FSMO role...
View ArticleProblem with Domain Trust
Hi,we're running the following TFS 2012-Setup (Update 3) on Windows Server 2012:Domain A (Productive)Domain B (TFS-Services)There is a one-way trust between the domains. When i want users to connect to...
View Article2003-2012 - Forest trust - Problem adding 2003 users to 2012 groups
Hello all,I established and validated a 2-way trust between 2 forest, one with 2003 (2003.local) and another with 2012r2 (2012r2.lan) DNS are using conditional fowarders. From 2012r2.lan, I can explore...
View ArticleHealth check newly installed DC
Hi,I've recently installed a new Windows Server 2012 Server and promoted it to be a DC. There are 2003 and 2008 DC's currently running which will be decommed eventually. How can I check/ensure...
View ArticleFull back-up and restore of Active Directory
Dear All,We are about to raise the domain functional level of our domain. We have two DCs, both Windows Server 2008 R2, but the domain is still Windows Server 2003. From what I understand raising it to...
View ArticleDomin Controller DNS Record Intermittently Missing
Hi All,I have a number of 2008 R2 Domain Controllers spread across a number of sites within AD. Recently I've noticed that the A record for one of these DCs disappears from the zone file for a few...
View ArticleMove Computer Accounts from Computers container to OU
I created a global security group called "IT Support", and I'd like to grant this group the permission to:1. Join computers to domain2. Move newly created (or already existing) computer accounts from...
View ArticleChange Word Template File Location with Group Policy
I'm trying to change the User Template File Location with group policy. I have the Word 2007 administrative template, but it appears the only option is Word Options > Advanced > File Locations is...
View ArticleEvent 4004 DFSR
Hello,I am having a problem with one of my servers replicating. The error I keep getting in the event logs is; The DFS Replication service stopped replication on the replicated folder at local path...
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 ArticleWhen will AD member computers sync after DC time correction?
Today I discovered that about 6 months ago, someone had reconfigured our PDC emulator to sync from non-existent time servers, causing it (and in effect everything else in AD) to be off by 37 seconds...
View ArticleExchange 2013: when I create a new user in 2012 AD no mailbox is created.
Hi,I have two VMs both running Windows server 2012 R2.S1-DC.domain.local (GC)S2-EMS.domain.local (Exchange 2013 CU2)When I add a new user account from the Admin Center on S1-DC.domail.local, no...
View Article2008r2 - DNS with AD Integrated Zones on non-DC?
Hi guysWe have a 2008r2 forest and running AD-integrated zones on all of our Domain Controllers. We now want to make a member server(non-DC) a DNS server. Are there any issues having AD integrated...
View ArticleDns Server
Many time Server Is Shut Down But Dns User Login.Why ? Please help Me How TO Stop Login After Shutdown Dns Server.?Thanks & Regards Amit Kumar | EDP Dept.| Indus Weir Industries Limited | FF-42 |...
View ArticleInexperienced Admin - Kerboros problem
Hi,I have a small windows domain with 2 Win server 2008 R@ running active directory in 2008 modeI have caused a problem with one of my domain controllers.I had antivirus software that would not...
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