How can I connect remotely to Active Directory from a command line?
Theidea is this,I havea group oftechnical support and I gave themprivilegesto reset passwordandunlock users. I'd like to have aportable toolthat do these thingsandit occurred to methatfromthe command...
View ArticleAD DNS resolution Issue for specific Site
Hello Experts, Currently I am facing issue for DNS Resolution. I have 2 Sites Site A(2003 R2 DC) & Site B(2008 R2 ADC) my domain name is abc.co.in and I have another forwardlookup zone abcl.com...
View ArticleNew AD 2012 setup, integrating with existing 2008 setup
I would like to setup AD for a client.I currently have a Windows 2008 file server with a single local user that everyone uses to connect, wide open permissions, no groups, very basic and simple setup.I...
View ArticleAuto-creation Attributes of AD Objects
Hi. Is there a way of creating attributes in the automatic mode? for example, through powershell.Or how i can to copy one set of attributes from one domain to another?Thank you!
View ArticleCannot Delete User Object In AD Recycle Bin
After activating the 2008R2 AD recycle bin I created a test OU, user and group and then deleted the OU. Went to the Deleted Objects folder and saw the 3 objects plus an extra user object that had a...
View ArticleMS CA Root Certificate
Hello,When you deploy ADCS and a CA, the certificates for that server go into the NTAuth store. My question is whether or not I need to add the CA certificate to a GPO and deploy to the clients or is...
View ArticleSYSVOL_DFSR replication issue
Hello,First of all, I'm french, so sorry if my english is not perfect :)I tried to find a answer to my problem but everything I tried was unsuccessful.One of my client have a domain with 3 domain...
View ArticleActive Directory Errors
I am trying to get my replication to work and I keep getting this error:The attempt to establish a replication link for the following writable directory partition failed. Directory partition:...
View ArticleUpgrade 2003 DC's to 2008
I have 8 Windows 2003 DC's that I need to upgrade to 2008 Dc's. (all are 32 bit) 2 are located at the corporate office and 1 at 6 remote locations. I am a little confused on the correct path. I do...
View Articlewallpaper GPO + Loop-back Merge mode+ security filtering. issue
I have deployed a loopback Merge Mode GPO to set wallpaper for all users who logon to specified workstations. And you have set security filtering just allow workstations in specified group can apply...
View ArticleUpgrade schema to 2008R2 with only existing 2003 DC and 2012 servers.
Currently we have 6 2003 DCs running on 2003 schema and 5 freshly minted 2012R2 member servers. We want to upgrade our 2003 DCs' schema to 2008R2. We have no 2008 DCs. In the end we want to have our...
View ArticleEditing AD Attributes
I have a csv file that i am using to update some user attributes. The .csv file has the following attributes :"Mail, extensionattribute1, department, physicalDeliveryOfficeName, Company" to update...
View ArticleMoving the domain from a .local to a .com
HI I have a few questions regarding changing a domain over. We currently are running a domain that is running on server 2012 but was set up 5 years ago. The domain name is "mycompany.local" and then...
View ArticleADFS 3.0 Event 364 - Invalid Length for Base-64
Hello,I'm receiving the following error when trying to authenticate a remote internet user via WAP and ADFS 3.0:Encountered error during federation passive request. Additional Data Protocol Name:...
View Article2008 R2 computer objects not populating DisplayName
I've noticed that relatively few of my computer objects get the DisplayName attribute set. I wondered if anyone knows when it gets set and what would prevent it from getting set. I can't find much on...
View ArticleLDAP query for expired accounts
Hi All,I've read many forums on this topic but have yet to get one query to work. Essentially what I am doing is provisioning accounts through the GADS(Google Active Directory Sync) tool for student...
View ArticleServer 2012 DC behind NAT
We have 2 sites, each with 2 domain controllers. The main site is with our servers in a hosted datacenter. We have an IPsec VPN tunnel setup between the sites, but the datacenter host does not add...
View ArticleDomain admin/enterprise admin account without Terminal Server rights
We would like to have a Domain Admin or Enterprise Admin account without Terminal Server rights. I understand that is not possible so would like to get confirmation about wether it is possible or not...
View ArticleAD LDS User scope in ADDS
Hi,I would like to know if lds users created in ad lds, will have access to adds objects and classes and attributes?I know windows users added to lds can have access in lds and adds. However, need to...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 DC VM's hang at start-up
I have 2 Virtual Domain Controllers, they login fine for about 4 weeks after a reboot. After about 4 weeks when logging in via Remote Desktop then they stay at the welcome screen, or they hang at the...
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