ADFS 3.0 Form based Authentication Login
Hi All,My users were able to login to the ADFS 2.0 form based portal with just AD username (Eg: Username: ABC)and password . However, when I upgraded my Window Server 2012 ADFS farm to Windows Server...
View ArticleFinding Password Age
Hi,What AD user field stores the age of a users password? (2003 functional level)Z
View Articledemote on File and print server
I have 2 DCs Windows 2003 server. On DC2, It also has Files and Print Roles. All users are connect to this server for File and Print. however, this server has Replication problem. If I demote this...
View ArticleServer 2012R2 Crash after failed IDMU password sync
Our 2012Dc`s Crash after event 8197:Error in connecting to Host at the specified port. host = 192.168.168.192 port = 6677 Please check if the host is up and is running SSOD on the specified port....
View ArticleUnicode character - complex password policy in AD
I got complexity enabled for user passwords in AD (Password must meet complexity requirement is Enabled)Per the Microsoft article, the password allows...
View ArticleHow to upgrade Domain - 2003 to 2012 R2 - task sequence
Could someone please sanity check this task sequence? I need to upgrade a 2003 domain to 2012 R2 and would appreciate a second set of eyes. thx.Goal:1. standup two new 2012 R2 DCs2. decomm three old...
View ArticleUpgrade Windows Server 2003 standard sp2 File and Print server to Windows...
I have a windows 2003 sp2 as a File and Print server. and I would like to upgrade this server to windows 2008 (32 bit). Will all the permission and printer be unchanged after the upgrade? Please...
View ArticleAttempting to join Win8 client to 2k12R2 domain - Repeated "The target...
I have a machine that was incorrectly moved from a domain to a workgroup. I'm now trying to get it back in to the domain but unable to join. Every time I try to change back to "<mydomain>.com" I...
View ArticleUnable telnet port 53 from different subnet to Active Domain Controller after...
Hi GUysCurrently we upgrade our domain controller from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008r2, after upgrade, branches user encounter login fails and cannot authenticate with domain controller.HQ IP Branches...
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Access Active Directory Domain Services on VM Machine from local machine...
Dear All,I am using below version of VMware workstation on my laptop. I have created 1 VM Machines with windows 2012 Datacenter Edition. configured one of the machine as AD and Domain Services. How can...
View ArticleLogon Authentication Options
Hi all,Just hoping to get some help with some information on my course work.I need to know what logon authentication options are available for local user and domain user accounts? and then how these...
View Articlenetsh http add sslcert - The parameter is incorrect - Windows Federation...
Hello there.We are running WFS 3.0 on a W2012R2 server.Microsoft is telling us that we have to run "netsh http add sslcert" command (with all the parameters, of course) to fix an ongoing...
View ArticleHow to access Active Directory to build the organization we need
How to access Active Directory to build the organization we need1-Domain Admin ?2-Account Oprator ? ,....???
View ArticleADMT 3.2 "Could not verify auditing and TcpipClientSupport on domains. Will...
Hi,I am receiving the following error while trying to migrate user with SIDHistory on my ADMT 3.2 Server."Could not verify auditing and TcpipClientSupport on domains. Will not be able to migrate Sid's....
View ArticleForgot to DCPROMO after Migrating from 2008 to 2012R2
Hi,I recently migrated from Windows Server 2008 DC to Windows Server 2012 R2.I followed a link from here and followed the migration process step by step....
View ArticleTo build the organization's Active Directory permissions are what we need
To build the organization's Active Directory permissions are what we need
View ArticleAD Management - One Team or Many?
We are a medium size business with a relatively simplistic AD configuration. We have been experiencing a lot of pains with distributed management of AD. Security, Sys Admins and even tech support...
View ArticleSecondary DNS server is missing from DNS Manager.
We noticed that webpages were not being fully downloaded so I investigated and found our secondary DNS server was missing from our network. I can login via IP but not hostname. When access DNS...
View ArticleAccount lockout with no bad password attempts in registry
I have an account that keeps getting locked out. I used the LockoutStatus tool to locate which DC was registering the bad pwds and generating the lockout. However, when I search the event log at the...
View ArticleACL not working on groups but on users
Hello Everyone, I'm having a very strange issue here. I have a share on a server, let's call it C:\share$ that has everyone as sharing permissions and few security groups as security permissions.For...
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