LDAP Query for all active users
I need a query within ADUC that will give me a list of all my active users and will NOT list any disabled accounts, computer accounts, or anything other than User accounts that have an active sign on....
View ArticleUpgrade to Server 2012 R2 domain controllers from 2003
I am at a loss as to what I did wrong here. Everything seems to be working fine except for one subnet (which is behind a hardware firewall).We had two Server 2003 domain controllers and one of them was...
View Articleexport users from ad 2008 to excel with specified points
kindly i would like to add to this command the email account and specify the OU ..C:\>Dsquery * -limit 0 -filter "&(objectClass=User)(objectCategory=Person)" -attr samaccountname displayname sn...
View ArticleSERVER IS NOT RESPONDING or IS NOT CONSIDERED SUITABLE....
Hi All,I have the environment like DC1- 2k3 Service Pack 2 which is holding FSMO roles and now I build a new ADC DC2 – 2k8 R2 OS on different location (Subnet) . After completing ADC I run the DCDAIG...
View ArticleNew Domain Controller 2012 + New Exchange 2013 server
Hi,We have a existing Windows 8 Domain controller + Exchange 2007 server in our LAN and I want to setup another new Windows 2012 domain controller + Exchange 2013 server in the same LAN.Please advise...
View ArticleActive Directory Replication Servers (wont replicate SYSVOL and NETLOGON Not...
I have my first DC Server (DC1). DC1.DOMAIN.lOCAL, I decided to add another Domain Controller. Made it a secondary DNS Server and also GC. Everything seems to replicate, but its missing NETLOGON and...
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Second WAP not establishing trust with secondary ADFS 3.0 Farm node
Hi,I've been working on setting up our corporate ADFS environment with a mostly successful outcome however I am having an issue with one of our ADFS WAP servers not establishing a trust with a...
View ArticleThe Naming Context could not be found when demoting DC
HiI have a problem getting a dc demoted. In preparation for this demotion I gracefully moved all the fsmo roles to another dc without any errors. As such I started the demotion process, but got an...
View Articleextract users
kindly i would like to add to this command the email account and specify the OU ..C:\>Dsquery * -limit 0 -filter "&(objectClass=User)(objectCategory=Person)" -attr samaccountname displayname sn...
View ArticleHow should I migrate a user's files/settings from one domain to another with...
Scenario:Up until now, we have had our own AD domain (call it "division.enterprise.org") with most users logging into their workstations through credentials in that domain. I say "most", because some...
View ArticleMigrate Password Hash
I've asked this on MSDN with no responses, so i'll try here.I work a lot with domain migrations and setting up mirrored domain environments. I've written my own applications for replicating...
View ArticleLog newly joined computer to a text file or send to an email
Hello Guys;Can anyone help me on this;I want to log a newly joined computer / log rejoined computer to a Text file or maybe send it to an email. And also in the text file it includes the date,time and...
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Active Directory-Powershell Script
You no need to change those Scripts & those are not required any input. Just Download the PS1 file & run it (Applicable for 1-4)1. Domain Controllers inventory-HTML...
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August TechNet Guru Winners!
The results for August's TechNet Guru competition have been posted!http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/2014/09/16/the-microsoft-technet-guru-awards-august-2014.aspx Congratulations to all our...
View ArticleUser Name Policies - Modifying invalid characters
Hi All,Normally when we creating usernames in Active Directory we can not use special characters like " / \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ?< > But underscore character is allowed in usernames. Is there a...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 Domain Controller Permissions
We brought up two Windows 2012 R2 domain controllers in an outsourced data center. This company uses BladeLogic for patching and we installed the agent on both domain controllers. I was surprised that...
View ArticleADC unable to authenticate users
Hi,I have a scenario in which I have two Domain Controller on Windows Server 2012, spanned on two data centers, one DC on each data center.Data center-A Primary DC VM was crashed, then I had transfer...
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DC unable to talk to other DC. KCC, repl, DFS, etc errors. Target Principal...
I have a VM lab 2008R2 forest with 2 DCs, 2 sites. I've been working with the site 1 only for a long time and then brought up the site 2 DC. I had to change the VM NIC, and a first boot didn't have...
View Articledetermine if adprep.exe /rodcprep has been run
I have inherited a new domain that was a mix of windows 2003 and 2008r2 DC's. I have now removed all the 2003 DC's and I know the schema version is 47 but I need to determine if /rodcprep has been run...
View ArticleReplication Issues - Event ID 1084 Error 8451
Hello everyone, I am having some replication issues on my domain that I would like to verify before I take the appropriate steps listed in the Microsoft Tech articles. I am running in a 2 DC network...
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