Windows server 2008 R2 domain
I have windows server 2008 R2 installed.I have no internet access at my home.I want to know that, "is it possible to configure active directory with out static IP?" or how to configure static ip...
View ArticleProblem Creating a Group Claim
We have a federation with an outside vendor which is currently working correctly by creating a claim using the 'Send LDAP Attributes as Claims' and passing the SAM-Account-Name as a Name ID. Now the...
View ArticleEvent ID - 13568 The File Replication Service has detected that the replica...
We had a major storm over the weekend which caused an unexpected shutdown. I am having an issue with one of my domain controller with Event ID 13568The domain controller which is running Windows Server...
View ArticleChanging Domain Administrator Password : How can I find out what all servers...
Good morning all,I took over as IT director for the school district in my town about 2 years ago, and we've had some techs come and go, all of which have had the domain administrator password (not my...
View ArticleCan we transfer FSMO role to DC in another site
hi, We have two sites, siteA and siteB. and these sites are created in active directory sites and services also. SiteA has two DC in which one is PDC and another one is Additional DC.SiteB has two...
View ArticleBenefits of cleaning- up stale AD object
Hi Guys , Was just working on AD clean-up project, the question came what would be benefits of cleaning- up stale AD object .I remember – AD Security compliance, enchantment of AD performance . Can...
View ArticleServer 2003 Event ID 7 KDC
People were suddenly having issues logging in to the domain over the weekend and I noticed I could not log in either. I could only get to the terminal server via a local login, so I went in to the...
View ArticleSites and Services NTDS Settings
Hello,We have two domain controllers in SiteA called dc1 and dc2. We have one domain controller in SiteB called dc3. Currently dc1 is set to replicate with dc2 and dc3(automatically generated). dc2...
View ArticleAdding multiple users at once using csvde
hello, I am trying to import multiple users into AD W2K8 by following one of microsoft articles. I want to make user accounts enabled, but when I change the value of userAccountControl to 512, I get an...
View ArticleDNS Question
I have 2 Server 2003r2 domian controllers I have just promoted a new server 2012r2 box to DCI am running the BPA in hte new server and ther are a couple DNS issues that it is warning of :Title: DNS:...
View ArticleExtract user list from NT 4.0 Domain
Hi All, I am in the process of upgrading the NT4 domain to Active Directory. Can someone please provide a a way to generate a topology diagram for Windows NT infrastructure. I know this is a very old...
View ArticleCloning DC for DR
Consider the following AD structureDomain ADomain BDomain C - (Child of Domain B)Domain A is trusting Domain C . i.e. users in C can log in to A.DCs of Domain A and Domain C is spread across...
View ArticleGlobal Catalog Reporting unavailable
One of our domain controllers recently started reported Event ID 1126 stating that it was unable to establish a connection with the global catalog. It also errors when I try to load the Powershell...
View ArticleDegraded DFSR on production - advice requested
Given a degraded production situation, where we have one chance and one chance only, what would be the correct and proven remedy for the following situation? Windows Server 2012 Standard (No R2!)...
View ArticleChange Domain Name and its effects
HelloWe have a local domain name contoso.com with 20 PC Clients on the domain (server 2008 R2) . We want to change the domain name to cont.com. Is that possible ? If so, then should I re-enter all the...
View ArticleFQDN for a New Forest
Hello Folks Looking for a best practice here ; here is the scenario in short : - Current domain was setup several years ago with SLD : let's say CONTOSO - Company has a DNS zone called Contoso.com...
View ArticleAD Site - do I need 1 Inter-Site Trnasport or I need more?
AD Site - do I need 1 Inter-Site Trnasport or I need more?Dear Reader, I have 4 AD Sites connected using MPLS as following:Site1: DC01 8 MB Connection SpeedSite2: DC02 8 MB Connection SpeedSite 3:...
View ArticleDcdiag test failed on VerifyEnterpriseReferences because of an old DC
I am trying to clean up Active Directory for a client we recently took over for. I have removed some old DC objects using metadata cleanup. We have also added three new 2012 DCs and removed (by...
View ArticleStrange issues with domain controller/DNS server
Our domain controller/DNS server was working fine this morning. Then suddenly we stopped being able to access certain things on it. I could ping it, RDP into it, and access some files on it, but I...
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