Trying to Promote Windows 2012 R2 Server
Trying to promote a Windows 2012 R2 server to a DC in a new forest.I am getting 'Could not validate domain name(s). Unable to find type [Microsoft.DirectoryServices.Deploymen.Tests.Prerquisites]. Make...
View ArticleChange All User Settings in Specific OU(s) In Active Directory 2008
I want to Change the Password of All the Users in Some OUs in active Directory 2008.And Also i want to Change the Attributes of all users in specific OU(s).What is Procedure?Note:- My OUs names are in...
View ArticleActive Directory self-service password reset and scheduled task tools
I heard new Adaxes 2011.3 has a powerful self-service password reset and scheduled task tools, has anyone tried it? I need full-service Identity Management tool which has this feature. But the tool is...
View ArticleAD pre-windows 2000 logon and new Domain Schema
I have a Windows Domain with two Domain controllers, one with windows 2003 Std and another running windows 2008 r2 Std. The schema is on version 47 (windows 20008 r2) ,but the DFL and FFL have not been...
View ArticleActive Directory Home Folders.
we had a AD DC - Srv01we recently added a new server to the domain Srv03 and promoted it to the DC, and transferred all the file shares to it.on the client workstations, their home folder is still...
View ArticleWhen adding RODC to domain its querying remote DC for AD accounts
Hi,I am adding a RODC to an exiting domain. The RODC is on the same network as our head office DC's. When getting any user credentials during the promotion of the member server to a RODC, the wizard is...
View ArticleLockdown a active directory user account
Hello,Is it possible to lockdown a active directory user account with command prompt or powershell?
View ArticleNaming information cannot be located because: The Specified Domain either...
Hi All,This is not anymore a new question here but it seems others do have different issues on arriving to this problem.I installed AD before and everything worked out fine until i decided to demote...
View ArticleEvent ID 5807 Sites and Services client registration
We have multiple locations with site to site VPN. Our AD infrastructure is in two locations and the 30 other locations authenticate to the domain over the VPN. I have all the sites set up in AD Sites...
View ArticleRename ADFS Configuration Database in SQL Server
Is there any way to rename the ADFS Configuration database in SQL Server? I know during the ADFS install the database is given the default name of "AdfsConfiguration". I'm hoping there is an easy way...
View ArticleAdd user with uid= fails due to naming violation
I'm trying to set up AIX to use Kerberos and LDAP with Windows 2012 Active Directory. I can successfully do queries from AIX of existing users created on the AD server but I am unable to create new...
View ArticleBest pracices for setting up Domain controller for our remote European offices
Hi,,We have about 17 remote site across Europe (HQ in UK), I want to start revoking the offices local DC's and host them in a couple of Cloud servers in Germany with local NAS boxes for file storage. I...
View ArticleTrust relationship error on PDC
Hello,We are getting the error "The security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation trust relationship" on our main domain controller. We have a primary domain...
View Articlenetbios and WINS accross subnets
Hi,ive a really old application which checks AD Group memebership of the logged on user. The authentication uses smb and samr protocol. To find the Domain Controller and connect to \\dc\IPC$ it uses...
View ArticleDNS Host (A) Rec. is Static for new Domain Controller
I was just questioned by my boss on why there are Static Host (A) records for Domain Controllers since I started and not before. The only conclusion that I can come up with is that they are new Server...
View ArticleGPOs as they apply to Users and Computers
I am trying to understand something. When a GPO is attached to an OU, it only applies to objects in or beneath that OU correct? In our environment, we have a XenDesktop farm that has it's own GPOs. If...
View ArticleIssues replicating 2 DC's
I have inherited a mess. I have 2 DC's that will not replicate. Apparently there was a DC failure in the past and a new SBS server was spun up in its place and the FSMO roles were seized. I have DC2...
View ArticleProblem with servers detecting domain connect with RODCs
Hello,I have a few 2012 R2 servers that are domain joined to Read Only Domain Controllers. The problem I am having is the NIC is not detecting the connection is to a domain and listing it as public....
View Articleexchange server
hello everybody,After setting an exchange server 2010 in a domain i created the users' mailboxes. Now i want to configure the users' computers in the domain so that they can send & receive e-mails...
View ArticleADFS Farm over WAN - Latency Limitations
Hi All,I am looking to deploy an ADFS Farm in our current environment. Here is what we currently have:Office 365ADFS in our Australian office using WIDIPSEC VPN from Australia to Kuala Lumpur, UK &...
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