ADFS error 111 and 364
we have a windows azure server with active directory and adfs (icw Office 365)this has worked in the pastsince yesterday the services stoped workingi checked and saw it wasn't pointing to itself for...
View ArticleAD 2008 R2 Forest recovery
I have a single domain, single forest architecture. AD is - Win2008 R2, 2 sites, 2 DCs in each sites. I have a full backup of system state take from all DCs in place. AD database got corrupted totally...
View ArticleAD Replication Issue
Hi,My AD Server replication is taking too long,while checking repadmin /replsummaryIt is a normal replication ? or any issue in my server ?While pinning my server in particular site i'm getting...
View ArticleDomain Controller service packs
I need to put in a new domain controller on our network which currently consists of a Windows 2003 DC, Windows 2008 R2 server (fsmo roles).The new server has Windows 2008 R2 SP1 installed and after...
View ArticleGuideline on FSMO role transfer
Hello,Is there a guideline from Microsoft that recommends which way to go when it comes to tranferring FSMO roles? For eg. is it better to transfer the forest roles (2 roles) first and then the domain...
View Articleno tombstoneLifetime attribute
Hello! One of my domains does not have the attribute tombstoneLifetime in cn=Directory Service,cn=Windows NT,cn=Services,cn=Configuration,dc= I spot this circumstance out while implementing AD Recycle...
View ArticleCommand line window preferences
Hi,I have problem with settings command line window in computers working in AD. Every time when new computer is connecting to AD, the command line window is small. My question is can I create GPO with...
View ArticleTry to Install promote server into domain controller
Hello, I am trying to promote a Windows Server 2012 R2 Server DataCenter to domain controller from Windows 2003 Server Pack 2 Domain. On the Windows Server 2012 R2 Server I am getting the error:...
View ArticleServer joined to domain (remotely) sits at please wait screen before ctrl +...
Hi there,hope this makes sense but I'll try and explain the best I can.I have set up a windows server 2012 domain controller fresh out the box in our datacenter (not on our local network), nothing...
View ArticleDelegate Control Not Working
I have an AD Group that has 12 users inside of it. I did a delegate control for this group and here are the settings I allowed them to perform.I've had users log off and back on yet they still cannot...
View ArticleForest Configuration Operators
I'm commissioning a new Windows Server 2012 R2 AD DS forest for a customer and have implemented the ten recommended service management roles as per the Best Practice for Delegating Active Directory...
View ArticleDC Cannot boot. keeps going into recovery mode
I have a site in ADSS that changed subnets. Its a remote office with only 1 DC. I did not change the ip of the DC before shutdown and now I cannot login to the DC. any idea what to do?
View ArticleAD Windows Server 2003 RPC is not available 1722 (0x6ba), 8440 (0x20f8) win32
Hi all, I have only 1 active directory domain and two domain controllers. Domain controllers are Windows Server 2003 SP2 32bit I have two problems: 1. GPOs are not applied when I run gpupdate / force,...
View ArticleEveryone Group on all Shared Folders
we are trying to pull out a report to find all shared folders in the domain which have Everyone Group assigned to it. Is there a way to do it?
View Articlecreating a design picture
Guys,For a technical documentation about AD, i need to create a visio. I need to create a central ou and a local group ou, global groups, workstation with desktop and notebook ou's and a user ou for...
View ArticleRemoving Active Directory Domain Services from Server 2012 Standard
Hi Guys.i have two Server 2012 Standard Servers DC1 and DC2, i have promoted and installed ADDS on both servers, moved all FSMO roles to DC2, now i want to remove ADDS from DC1 i get DNS "Remove this...
View ArticleDomain Recovery
BACKGROUND: I had a domain with two Server 2012 DCs: DC1 and DC2. I decommissioned DC2 by removing the role, and had no problems. The domain appeared fine afterwards. I then created two new Server...
View ArticlethumbnailPhoto Attribute Active Directory Users & Computers
Hi, I have successfully imported user pictures within the AD in respect of the thumbnailphoto attribute and this is being replicated as part of the GC. Does anyone know of any extensions for Active...
View ArticleADFS 2012 R2 federationmetadata.xml not available
Hello, i have configured ADFS on a Windows Server 2012 R2 server. I used this howto http://blogs.technet.com/b/rmilne/archive/2014/04/28/how-to-install-adfs-2012-r2-for-office-365.aspxI'm now at the...
View ArticleRemoving a 2003 DC and replacing it with 2008R2 DC
hi all. i have been doing a lot of reading and think i know the correct process, i just wanted to double check with the community.we have 2 DC's in our environment DC1 and DC2 DC1 is 2008r2 and hosts...
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