logon script for network desktop
Hey, i'm trying to figure out how i should change the desktop location from a script.What i'm trying to do is, when the user logs in with the active directory user, the desktop should be changed to a...
View ArticleProblematic issues in installing backup domain controller on Virtual Machine
Hello,<o:p></o:p>I have a physical domain controller - windows Server 2012 R2 Standard installed in my domain environment and this is a first root domain controller. I have also Hyper-V...
View ArticleInstalling additional domain controller on remote site
Hi, we have two locations Mumbai and Banglore and connected both using vpn connectivity. We are able to ping each other networks. We have primary domain controller in mumbai and want to install...
View ArticleADFS queries
When we create RPT with only URL without any signature certificate, then 1. How the username and password traverse in internet(HTTP ?, How the authenticated cookies going to be secured?). 2. Can we...
View ArticleADFS 3.0 Migration for Office 365 Federation
I currently have Office 365 federated to our ADFS 2.0 deployment. We have a limited number of federations (but crucial) and felt more comfortable in standing up a completely separate ADFS 3.0...
View ArticleAny downside to making Windows 2012 DC, in a Windows 2008 R2 native domain,...
I have recently added a Windows 2012 Server to my older Windows 2008 R2 native Active Directory domain, and made it a domain controller.Is there any disadvantage to giving the new Windows 2012 Server...
View ArticleWhat are the caveats of moving a Windows 2008 R2 domain controller, from one...
We are relocating a large portion of our current infrastructure to a new location, and there will be a new IP subnet in place at the new facility. Right now we have an IPSec tunnel connecting our...
View ArticleAD BA - Windows 81 and Office 2013
Windows 2012 server and Windows 8 KMS can be imported to Volume Activation tool as AD objectsBut Windows 8.1 and Office 2013 KMS has error while importing.Any update / patch is need to be installed to...
View ArticlePowerShell AD Module
Hi all,I want to use new AD cmdlets introduced with PowerShell 3.0. For instance Get-ADReplicationSiteI just downloaded PowerShell 3.0 and installed on Windows Server 2008 R2. But couldn't find...
View ArticleActive Directory Domain Name Convention
Hi AllI'm creating a brand new domain for a new company I have just started at. We currently use Office 365 so sharepoint and Exchange are both in the cloud and our website is also outsourced.I am now...
View ArticleChinese Characters in Netlogon.log
Hello, I have enabled netlogon logging, and am noticing a few things that I am unable to diagnose after further research. My main concern is with a critical error that seems to occur every ten minutes....
View ArticleProblem creating external trust between domains
Hello,When I try to create one-way incoming external trust between 2 domains (to DomainA from DomainB) in separate forests I get this info:This domain already has a one-way trust relationshp with...
View Articleapplication authentication issue with DCs
Hi I have one Application of life image.. that was working fine before today. Today I got issue that authentication is not happening.. I checked and found application are hosted on Linux box and LDAP...
View ArticleChanging AD forest from foobar.com to foo.com
Hello,We have a website and e-mail which are hosted for us at foo.com. The internal network has an AD forest of foobar.com All computers within the company are on XYZ.foobar.com domain. I want the...
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Test connection to AD from remote site
Hi MSFT Community!I need to bind to an AD domain controller from a remote datacenter. There dialogue box that I need to configure for the directory service binding is shown below. Now, I'm pretty handy...
View ArticleAD replication issue. had 1722 error after running repadmin
Hi,I got 1722 error ( The RPC server is unavailable) when I run repadmin /replsummary. The result points that one source DSA is having 1722 error and the problem DC is the DC I run repadmin command...
View ArticleNew 2012 Active Directory Domain - Naming Convention
Hi Guys,I am working for a start-up company, who currently use Office 365 (Mid-Size Business) for their email and for the use of SharePoint.I have been tasked with designing and building a fresh new...
View ArticleDC 2012 R2 reboot every 15 minutes after Upgrade from Win Server 2008 R2
After upgrade DC 2008 R2 to 2012 R2 Server Core, DC reboot every 15 minutes, this is the error:Event ID 1015, Source Wininit:A critical system process, C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe, failed with status...
View ArticleServer 2008R2 with dhcp and dns ( LICENCING question ) With SAMBA4 AD-DC
Hai, im having a licencing question. what i want is the following. 1) windows AD DC member server with dhcp and DNS 2) multiple linux samba 4 AD/DC servers, are replicating DNS and AD ( windows...
View ArticleHow to prevent computers to logon remote site's domain controllers
Hi,We have 3 sites (HQ, remote site A and remote site B) in a Windows 2008 r2 domain, the clients are win XP and win 7, if remote site A's DC and HQ's DC are offline, we don't want remote site B's DC...
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