Account lockout in RODC server in remote office
Guys,I have been facing a very strange issue with one user account.All remote offices got RODC and main office got RWDC. This particular user travels across offices , so his password is not cached in...
View ArticleGlobal Catalog
So I just upgrade the domain controllers in my lab from Windows 2008 R2 to Windows 2012. I did this by installing 2012 than using dcpromo to add the server as a new domain controller. Once that was...
View ArticleSharepoint lists.pst files
I need to understand how and why share point lists are created. There are a number of users in my organisation who have them associated with the user accounts and as part of a strategy to migrate...
View ArticleMoving of Organization unit
Hi I have Active directory structured with OU Europe, under which country specific OU Created.Example : Europe > UK>Groups, Computers, servers, users Since our organization was small they have...
View ArticleADMGS with AD Administrative Center
Hello.I have installed ADMGS on my win 2003 R2 SP2 server (it is one of my 2 DC, second also win 2003 r2 sp2).In logs i see that AD web services works correct and listen on ports: 3268, 3269. Telnet...
View Articleremoving domain from enterprise
Years ago when we first went to a Windows 2000 AD structure, we created a root domain and 3 child domains. The root domain & 2 of the child domains house user accounts and 1 child is a ‘resource’...
View ArticleAdd-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 ArticleBuild replica of an existing small AD environment
Here is my scenario.I have a customer AD environment which is cloud hosted on VMs running on Server 2008 R2Customer is looking at moving everything to a new cloud provider (AWS).I do not have VPN...
View ArticleEvent ID 5137 - object creation, GUID field
Can someone shed some light on the GUID field in event ID 5137? This is an event for DS object creation, DN is where the new object is. However why the GUID field refers a path to "deleted objects" OU?...
View ArticleNeed help: why some Security membership keeps on getting removed on some of...
we have some deployment code to set “allowed to authenticate” ACL on the computer object to include a number of security groups, and it deployed successfully to many machines, then on several of the...
View ArticleConstant AD/DNS/SYSVOL Replication issues
Good morning,I am running Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition. At my Data center I have an AD/DNS server, and at our office I have another - they are connected via a VPN connection with no firewall...
View ArticleRODC issue
I have configure RODC 2012 by using domain administrator account. Now i want permit a active directory user who can operate the RODC and also that user can login this RODC.Please suggest..
View ArticleW2k8 R2 - _msdcs.domain.local - missing and reconstruction
Hi, a customer asked me to remove old DC´s from AD - this is a simple job using NTDSUTIL but after that, we realized that we don´t have 'SERVER\FORWARD LOOKUP ZONES\_msdcs.domain.local' but only...
View ArticleEmail encryption 3DES only certificate
We have Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Active directory Certificate Authority. We want to encrypt emails between several organization. For one organization we need to use 3DES encryption only. How i can...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Standard and Essentials User CAL's
I've been running Windows Server 2012 Essentials in an organization that until recently stayed within the 25 user 50 network device limit specified by the license. Eventually we've grown beyond that....
View ArticleWindows 2008R2 domain controller DR restore
Hi, can you please explain the process of recovering a Windows 2008R2 domain controller (Hyper V) in a Disaster Recovers situation. I have restarted to a point but can' see either sysvol or netlogon...
View ArticleWindows XP cannot join domain "The following error occurred attempting to...
I try join domain Windows XP (SP3) to my Domain Controller (Windows Server 2012).Forest Function Level: Windows Server 2008 R2Domain Function Level: Windows Server 2008 R2but i got this error "The...
View ArticleAD Reporting toll
Hello, I am looking for a tool that can report by OU on Users - which groups they belong to - then file permissions associated with the group. An easy way to find out who has access to shares on my...
View ArticleDemote 2003 server in new 2012 R2 domain
We recently added a Windows 2012 R2 server as a DC in an existing 2003 domain. We have transferred all the FSMO roles to the new 2012 server. We are trying to demote the 2003 server with DCPROMO but...
View ArticleHow can i intercept active directory object changes?
Team,How can i intercept changes on active directory object real time.That is when a user object modifies/enabled/deleted.Is there any to audit these changes in real time with out using security logs.I...
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