Poweruser and Self-service password reset
Hello,I want to implement an Active directory which will serve multiple tenants (Through list object mode).2 Questions:1. I want to give every tenant one "poweruser" which should be able to reset...
View ArticleActive Directory Web Services Event 1202
Hi all,I am stuck with the event 1202 (source ADWS) error on my ADLDS server hosting sharepoint extranet user repository. My sharepoint server is a domain member butNOT a domain controller. I do not...
View ArticleRestrict AD User and Local User access to AD LDS?
I have AD LDS installed on a domain joined server (2012 R2). By default, the instance allows AD LDS principal authentication, Windows principal (AD or local) authentication and, optionally, AD LDS...
View ArticleDelegate Right to Access Services on Remote Computers
Hi,I'm trying to figure out how to set it up so our IT team scan access the services of a remote computer via RSAT. I know that they can do this if they are Domain Admins, but I'd prefer to do it via...
View ArticleExchange 2010 slow opening attachements after turning off decommisioned FSMO...
Hello,I migrated my FSMO role from 2003 R2 to 2008 R2 over the weekend. We run Exchange 2010 standalone server in this environment. All FSMO roles and migration went perfectly. New server confirmed...
View ArticleWindows 2012 - SYSVOL replication and NETLOGON share
After reading 100 tons of articles and links i decided to open this thread. I know today is 1st of april, but unfortunately for me this is not a joke. given: two 2003 DC's - physical servers two 2008...
View ArticleHow do I remove a "dead" Domain Controller in AD?
I took over the support job of a small network which previously had two Windows 2003 Domain Controllers. One of the DCs was pulled out of the network physically but was not demoted before that. It...
View ArticleUnable to get Department
Hi,I am unable to get the information of department through query and same issue with some other attributes like "mail", "ipPhone"dsquery user -name Usman* | dsget user -departmentI am running this...
View ArticleHow to auto rename domain computers based on Company naming Convention
My Company uses the following naming convention for domain computers CompanyName1xx Corporate OfficeCompanyName2xx - Dallas OfficeCompanyName3xx - Houston OfficeCompanyName4xx - Austin Officeeach...
View ArticleCross Forest Migration ( 2003 SLD - 2012 FQDN )
Hello My company has an old 2003 SLD based domain ! it runs exchange 2007 and some other Microsoft applications. we are planning to move to Office 365 for exchange ; this is not supported because of...
View ArticleReplication AD through Firewall & Remote Site - Work for 2 of my 3DC, strange...
HiWe have activate firewall between our HeadQuarter and Subsidiairesi've follow...
View ArticleAllowing a user to add members to a group but not remove them
What permissions would I need to set to allow a user to add members to a security group but not remove them?
View ArticleDNS entry for DC not dynamically updating (Server 2008 R2)
Windows Server 2008 R2. I've got a single DC (I'm preparing to install the 2nd in the next few days). The host (A) record for the DC shows to be static for some reason. I changed the name of the DC...
View ArticleActive Directory Office 2013 Activation Problem - Supported products could...
I followed the instruction on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn385361(v=office.15).aspxand rant he tool as described on my VAMT host (logged on as administrator) and got the Activation...
View ArticleFirst DNS Server IP Entry on NIC of a DNS Server?
I know that there appears to be a lot of debate on this topic so I thought I'd provide my scenario and see what opinions people have and their reasons for them. We have a Hub-Spoke topology with...
View ArticleDelete Computer object VS Disjoin
Quick question on AD administration to help resolve an internal debate:We're running AD on Windows Server 2008 R2. One admin states that "deleting doesn't remove all AD objects", and that you need to...
View ArticleSYSVOL Replication problem Windows server 2012
Hello All,in existing environment 3 Active Directory. 2 Active Directory in one site and 3rd is another site. after configuration of AD sites, the SYSVOL replication not work. group policy and AD...
View ArticleRemove Web Application Proxy from ADFS 3.0
We have two Web Application Proxies deployed with ADFS 3.0, however we'd like to remove one. We uninstalled the role from the server, however on the other Web Application Proxy it still shows the...
View ArticleADFS Server 2012 R2 JWT with HTTP
Hi,I want to use ADFS Server 2012 R2 in a mobile app (not .NET). More specific I want to be able to get a JWT from the ADFS Server with an HTTP call (cross platform) by bypassing the ADFS login page...
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...
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