DFSR Event 5014 - DFS Replication service is stopping communication
Hi,I seem to be having issues with the DFSR warnings in the event log. I receive the below warning every 5 minutes:"The DFS Replication service is stopping communication with partner 'Servername' for...
View Articleauthentication/traffic question on child/parent domain
Hello, everyoneI have a parent domain (contoso.local) and a child domain (child.contoso.local). I have noticed that when users log onto child.contoso.local i see traffic accross the firewall to DCs on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Active Directory Disaster Recovery
Hi,I've put together a guide on my blog for ADDR and would appreciate any feedback / comments on anything I may not yet have considered or forgotten to include. Luckily I've never had to do a full ADDR...
View ArticleHow to send SAML response from ADFS server on web page
HiI have integarted ADFS and Orcale application for single sign on.problem description: need SAML token on web page which published on application.please tell me; how to set SAML response on web page...
View ArticleNetlogon Share missing
I am running 2 2008r2 DC's in a test environment using a network emulator between them to simulate latency and bandwith restriction for when we go to a live environment. Between the 2 DC's I can...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Infrastructure master role in server 2003 / 2008
Going through cleaning up AD replication errors based on error/alerts from Operations Manager 2012. I Ran across this issue with the Infrastructure master role on the one of the domains I manage....
View ArticleADMT 3.2 Interdomain migration.
We have the case for moving one domain into another. We have a two way trust established already. We have a small window for migrating to the new domain for major systems and wanted to know what things...
View ArticleBulk Extension of Expiring AD User Accounts
We are in a Native Windows 2003 Active Directory environment, and have a large number of Active Directory user accounts for Temp Employees, Consultants, and Vendors. Per company policy, these temporary...
View ArticleHow to create a roaming profile from a virtualized physical machine
I have a small network using Server 2008 R2 with ADDS. I need to add two new client PCs to the domain without changing the physical appearance or operation. I have installed VMWare on the server and...
View ArticleADFS 3 (Server 2012 R2) and Chrome
Hello,I just recently installed ADFS v3 on a new Server 2012 R2 instance. I have two ADFS servers in a farm, with 2 ADFS proxy servers, each using Windows Server Network Load Balancer.Currently, we...
View Articlewhat is risk of Change User logon Name to Employee Number format in Active...
Management want to Change User logon Name to Employee Number format in Active Directory for all User accounts, i would ask about the risk and is this will effect the applications. we are using AD win...
View Articlehow to find the source generating DNS Query
Hi team,we are getting error message for DNS total query Received/sec is getting more than 250 . can any one help me how i know the source where these query are generated .DNS Total Query Received/sec...
View ArticleInterveiw question for AD L3 and L4 level
HiI have asked below question in AD L4 interview question in one company?What is disaster recovery in AD, any example?What can be reason of user slow authentication in Domain for 1 site for multiple...
View Article2 domain, each with 2 way transitive truts, with sub domains pointing to the...
Hello,I found a test environment and I just trying to understand how it works.If I have two domains (a.com and b.com) with sub domains(a1.com and b1.com) with two way trust and I want them to point to...
View ArticleReplication with Domain and Sub domain in Active directory sites and services
I seen many AD enviroments and know that when you have mutiple DCs you use Active Directory Sites and services to replicate using the NTDS Settings. If you have a Domain and sub domain do you need to...
View ArticleUpgrade AD from 2003 SP2 to 2012 R2
I have a non production environment and need to upgrade AD on 2003 SP2 bare metal server to a 2012 R2 VM. What is the best way to do this?
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 - Domain Controller with Windows Server 2003 DC
Does Windows Server 2003 support Windows Server 2012 as a DC or member server?Thanks.
View ArticleActive Directory Issue - Guest
I was recently brought on to troubleshoot a mail problem with a client (they have no onsite IT, and the IT support from the parent company in the UK had been spotty, at best). I discovered that...
View ArticleDNS disaster and how can stop it for future
HiLast week, I found lots of static records were deleted automatically from DNS server console which cuased lots of P1 in my environment.I found some below envents before the time when issue occurred.I...
View Article
