Combining two Domains in a single Forrest
Issue: We have a forest - bcxxx.com and with-in lives two domains: xyz.com & abc.com. Both domains are in the same physical location. Is there a best practice to merge one into the other or...
View ArticleDNS event error 4016
Hi There, i have a similar issue for my 2008 r2sbs server , google suggests running the DCDiag tool to look for errorsafter running dcdiag i get this error:Starting test : system logan warning event...
View ArticleReplication Error
Hi my company's DCs has problem with this error that show in dcdiagone DC is 2008R2 and the other that has FSMO roles is 2003SP2please help me about this...
View ArticleNo authentication prompt using DFS links to fileserver into another domain...
Users , Fileservers and DFS root with DFS links in Domain A all work fine.each users from Domain A have also credentials and passwords from Domain BThere is NO trust between Domain A and Domain B,...
View ArticleRaising Functional level - From 2003 to 2008R2
Recently I have completed the AD upgrade from 2003 to 2012. Now all sites have 2012 DCs only. Next i plans to raise the functional level of both Forest and Domain from 2003 t0 2008R2.I want to know the...
View ArticleCustom AD Attributes using powershell
Hi,Is it possible to create custom attributes using powershell v2/v3 ?Marcel
View ArticleEnabling List mode on production domain
I have to enable AD List mode "Because of the reason without my control", I have to enable it for production AD environment.I have SQL cluster, SharePoint, Exchange and CRM.What would be effect on...
View ArticleConfiguring a Certificate for ADFS on Server 2012 R2
Preparing to install ADFS on Server 2012 R2 for SSO to applications outside of our organization. For my needs, do I need two certificates? One for SSL and one for Claims?We have an internal Microsoft...
View ArticleDifference between Domain Admins & Built-In Administrators Group ?
Hi,I am new to AD and would like to seek your advice.If a user (say Peter) is a member of the Built-In Administrators Group but not a member of the Domain Admins Group in Active Directory, does it mean...
View ArticleDNS / DHCP Issues in Server 2008R2 Domain
Hi folks,We’ve been having an ongoing issue for a while now in that some PCs and laptops (Win 7) in our company can’t be contacted by hostname i.e. if we try and RDP from one Windows 7 PC to another...
View Articledomain joining issue
Hi,following is the error while joining a 2008 R2 sp1 server to the domainNetpLdapBind: ldap_bind failed on <DC>: 86: Auth UnknownNetpJoinDomainOnDs: Function exits with status of: 0x52bAny clue?
View ArticleSecurity Group modified time stamp is not being replicate
Dear All,This is re Direcotry services.We have one secueity group.Pefmormed some change on 14 jan on ABD domain controller. But modified date is not being replicate to other domain controller.I did...
View ArticleIADsSecurityUtility::ConvertSecurityDescriptor() - fails with HR value of...
I have some native C++ code that makes use of ADSI to read attribute values from objects in AD. In one particular AD domain, when reading the nTSecurityDescriptor attribute from any user or group...
View Article2012 DCs restarting after renaming any group in dsa.msc
HiI have AD 2012 R2 with DFL and FFL 2012 R2 in my Forest.Now When I am renaming any group in dsa.msc, its restarting the DC with below message:Your PC will automatically restart in one minuteWindows...
View ArticleLDAP filter
Hi thereI am trying to construct a LDAP filter but it is not working at all. I am exhausted and my search process too.I am trying to search users in multiple groups but it is not returning any users....
View ArticleTemp profile loaded every time when i logged in to a domain controller
We are having a single forest and multiple domain environment.Forest name-->ad.comDomain names-->x.ad.com and y.ad.comRecently when I logged in to the domain controllers with my domain admin...
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Active Directory Logon / Site Link Bridge Issue
Dear NC, i have an issue with users in different Locations, to explain easyest here is a little network diagram:So, as one can see, i have 4 Locations, one is the Headquarter. The Target Goal is: Users...
View ArticleUnable to access directory using Active Directory Users and Computers
I have two domain controllers on my network: DC1 and DC2. Both are running Windows Server 2008 R2.When I launch Active Directory Users and Computers on DC1 it tries to conned to DC1, but I get "An...
View ArticleFYI: Testing Active Directory Replication Latency/Convergence Through...
see:(2014-02-01) Testing Active Directory Replication Latency/Convergence Through PowerShell (Update 2)Jorge de Almeida Pinto [MVP-DS] | Principal Consultant | BLOG:...
View ArticleFYI: Testing SYSVOL Replication Latency/Convergence Through PowerShell...
see:(2014-02-02) Testing SYSVOL Replication Latency/Convergence Through PowerShell (Update 2)Jorge de Almeida Pinto [MVP-DS] | Principal Consultant | BLOG: http://jorgequestforknowledge.wordpress.com/
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