Member servers randomly losing domain connectivity
Hello,some time ago, we replaced our physical DCs (2003 based) with two new virtualized DCs (2012 R2) running on different Hyper-V hosts, one is holding the operations master and infrastructure master...
View ArticleDNS Design question
Hi,following scenario:Domain: int.woodgroove.local (with DC dc1.int.woodgroove.local acting as DNS server; referring to its own IP as default DNS server and to 127.0.0.1 as additional DNS server)...
View ArticleThe replication operation failed because of a schema mismatch between the...
Having Parent and child domain with mixed mode DCs ( Windows 2003 Sp2 and Windows 2008 R2 - R/W & RODC) spread in sites. Suddenly Windows 2003 DCs are not pulling replication from windows 2008R2...
View ArticleLocal user account is trying to autenticating against domain controller
Hi all. I am seeing a weird user logon issue on one of my laptop and on another user's PC. Both of the laptop and the PC is a member of our domain. However, on this particular laptop and PC, we are...
View ArticleWindows 2008 AD controller offline for a year. Is it best to force remove or...
Hello, I have taken over a network and in my discovery have found that one of 4 domain controllers was offline for well over a year. I have booted it up and everything seems to be working fine.Would...
View ArticleDuplicate server name listed in repadmin /replsum report
Greetings,When performing a repadmin /replsum command I have a DC that is appearing twice. The first entry shows no errors decent delta time and the entry directly below it, same exact server name is...
View ArticleActive Directory - Users and Computers - Reset Account
In Active Directory Users and Computers, if you right-click a computer object there is an option to "Reset Account". Resetting the computer's account essentially breaks the secure channel connection...
View ArticleADFS 2.0 centralized logon - Google Apps and OWA 2010
Hi all! I'm trying to deploy a solution to centralize the signon process on our e-mail services. My scenario is the following: We're an university and we use google apps and exchange 2010 as our e-mail...
View ArticleADFS - Page cannot be displayed
Having a strange problem with ADFS. We have 3 servers, 1 primary and 2 backups. the 1 backup is in the same location as the primary and the other backup is in another site for failover. The problem we...
View ArticleSQL 2012 support for ADFS 2.0
We recently upgraded to SQL 2012 Enterprise from SQL 2008. Since that happened we are now seeing errors when trying to create Relying Party Trusts in our ADFS 2.0 environment.The error is as follows:An...
View ArticleHow to backup and restore Windows 2012R2 ADFS
I am looking for the "Official" instructions for backing up and restoring an ADFS server which uses Full Remote SQL 2012. I know the database is backed up but what are the procedures for DR on the ADFS...
View ArticleWhere is Active Directory Migration Tool v3.1 available
I can't seem to find the Active Directory Migration Tool for Windows Server 2008, s/b v3.1, but the tool is no where to be found. Help!
View ArticleTime source configuration when transfer PDC role
Hi,I am using Windows 2012 R2 Domain Controllers.I need commands to configure the time source settings when transfer the PDC role to another DC.The questions are:what commands to execute at new PDC...
View ArticleADMT Support for Server 2012/2012 R2 Now Available
The Directory Service Team has released the newest version of ADMT that now support Server2012/2012 R2.http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19188Paul Bergson MVP - Directory Services...
View ArticleAfter FSMO Seizeing which DC will get the Roles?
After FSMO Seizeing which DC will get the Roles?AliahMurfy
View ArticlerIDSetReferences attribute missing on new domain controller
Hi, Have a problem with a new Windows Server 2008 (not R2) domain controller. I promoted the server to become a new DC yesterday and while the dcpromo seemed to complete ok, I was presented with the...
View ArticleNo ADMT for Server 2012? - Domain Consolidation and Virtualization Help
Hey Guys - I'm working on a project to virtualize our servers. We are a small company, 50-60 users and just bought another company with about 40-50 users. Each company has their own domain and one will...
View Articleadmt tool for windows 2012
Hi Please let me know if released ADMT for windows 2012.I need to forest migration from w2k8 to 2012...
View ArticleTree Domain Isolation in Windows Server 2012
Hi Mates,I hope you all good and doing great. I had a scenario in which i want to isolate my tree from forest. I had a forest abc.com and and subdomain tree called xyz.com and def.com in windows server...
View ArticleOffline Join server 2012 through 2008R2 RODC
Hello, I have trying this for a few days now with multiple servers and I have had no luck. I have a 2008 R2 RODC in my dmz and I have been able to and still can offline join 2008 R2 servers through the...
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