Built Forest, however not able to add users from other domain in forest
When i try to give security permission to users from other domain on shared folder it given below error."The Active Directory Domain Controllers required to find the selected objects in the following...
View Articlefailed to import entry in AD
I am going to import below by using ldifde: dn: l=hjloc,ou=hjou,o=hj01,dc=hj,dc=comname: hjlocmanagedBy: CN=Administrator,CN=Users,dc=hj,dc=coml: hjlocobjectClass: topobjectClass:...
View ArticleAD DS 2008 R2 fixed NTDS port not fixed?
we fixed our NTDS port to 13500 using the registry key: reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters /v "TCP/IP Port" /t REG_DWORD /d 13500 /f for years now this worked fine, and...
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Active Directory RDP Logon Issue
I have a problem logging on to my test domain, here are the setup and symptomsDomain Prod: ua.here.someplace.com Domain Test: ua.test-here.someplace.comDomains totally separate DNS and WINS,...
View ArticleADFS Farm on Server 2012 R2
Hey everyone,Quick question on a best practice around setting up an ADFS Farm on Server 2012 R2. If you have two servers in the farm, are you suppose to use Microsoft Network Load Balancer to...
View ArticleMapped Drive B:\ to a network share but does not show up in Windows Explorer.
I mapped drive B: to a network share but it does not show up in Windows explorer. I can go to the drive by typing b:\ but is not visible in explorer. But if I login as local admin it shows up in...
View ArticleTurning on a Domain Controller after ntdsutil metadacleanup
Hello,I was in the middle of doing a lifecycle replacement swapping out 2003 servers for 2008 R2 servers. I promoted my 2 Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers. I tried to demote my Windows 2003...
View ArticleReplication Issues Sysvol Inaccessible
I'm not sure what I am doing wrong here. In my test lab I have two physical boxes, each runs a 2012 R2 domain controller VM. One is DC1 and the other is DC2. I have moved FSMO rolls to the following:...
View ArticleOptions for metadata cleanup
Hello,I have a problematic Windows 2008 DC that I need eliminate from my AD. Even Dcpromo /forceremoval does not work on that DC, so I need to do a metadata cleanup and decommission the server.The...
View ArticleDC - refuses administrator log on
History: I migrated a 2003 domain to 2012 R2 (2 DCs), now native. All was ok until my 1st reboot of the 2nd DC. It lost its ability to communicate w/the domain. I've demoted/removed it and am now...
View ArticleVirtualized two domain controllers last week, now can't raise FFL. Seems to...
Hi, I've virtualized two AD 2000 domain controllers and last week dcdiag was reporting no errors. However today I went to raise the forest/domain functional level and it told me the BDC (\\ZEUS) is...
View ArticleCannot Promote Server 2012 R2 Server to DC??
I have a freshly installed Server 2012 R2 Core Edition with all of the latest updates as of today. I did the following:- Changed name to DC6 - Joined it to the existing domain. - Logged in as domain...
View ArticleChild DC cannot Replicate to Parent DC, because of connection errors. MS...
I started a support case with Microsoft to help me with raising the our domain Forest level because i received a message stating that there were Windows 2000 PDC still listed in the database. These...
View ArticleTrying to raise Forest Function Level to Server 2003
I will be attempting to migrate from exchange 2003 to exchange 2010, so i am in the prep stages, and i found a problem with the AD.Our corporate AD has one Root domain, (I’ll call it, Corp.com) and one...
View ArticleClient machine (windows 7) are not able to login in domain
Hi I am facing one issue in my Domain: I have windows 2012 DCs with with single foresta and 4 child domain and one 1 domain is existing tree (london.com). Now in my existing Tree domain ((london.com)....
View ArticleCan the SidHistory attribute be moved from one User account to a different...
Hello,Can the SidHistory attribute be moved from one User account to a different User account in the same Forest/Domain manually with Active Directory Users and Computers or with something like...
View ArticleWhich rollups are installed for AD FS 2.0?
We currently have AD FS 2.0 implemented in our organization, but I am unsure as to which rollups (if any) are installed. How can I determine this?
View ArticleNew AD Domain Controller and DNS client setting
Hello,I have three existing domain controllers in two sites. DC1 and DC2 are in SiteA. DC3 is in SiteB. I have recently added a new DC4 to SiteA, replicated and transferred all FSMO roles to it....
View ArticleDomain Migration
Hi,We are planning to map users from DomainX to DomainY.For example: domainX contain username like vijay_kumarDomainY Contains username like vkumar.Now i want to map vijay_kumar to vkumar.is it possible?
View ArticleAD monitoring software
Hello,I am looking for a software that will be able to keep track and receive alerts when changes are made in AD.Need a recommendation from somebody who uses/has an experience with such...
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