demote 2008 R2 after bringing up another 2008 R2 DC
i had server crash issue and i had to create a new AD domain on 2008 R2 (DC1)on one of my server now i got a new server installed 2008 R2(DC2) joined the existing AD domain then transfered the FSMO...
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Exchange Active Directory Provider will use the following out of site global catalog servers: xxx.123.com xxx.1234.com xxx.132.comLloyd
View ArticleSingle domain controller, 2 locations
Hello,Looking for some help on how to best join a remote location to my existing 2008 domain controller (HQ). This remote location currently has a server 2003 domain controller but I would like to...
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Guys, Is MaxConcurrentAPI will be the resolution of NETLOGON error found at Domain Contoller - increasing and adding this to Windows Registry domain controller to resolved the issue of Client...
View ArticleAdding UPN Suffix Question
My internal domain is foo.local and external domain is foo.com. Right now I can logon as FOO\USERNAME or USERNAME@FOO.LOCAL. If I add a new UPN suffix of foo.com and make that the default suffix for...
View ArticleChange machine name via domain controller?
Hi,Is it possible to change the machine name of a client via domain controller?
View ArticleMigrate computer local groups to domain
Hello, is it posiible to migrate computer's local users & groups [ workgroup environment ] to AD domain users & groups ? ADMT can transfer from domain to domain but not from workgroup to domain...
View ArticleActive Directory Replication Problem Error 1256 and 8524
Dears, I have the following problem,I hope someone would be able to help me here. I have a forest of one parent domain (ZMC) which has two domain controllers (ZMCDC01,ZMCDC02), and a child domain...
View Articlecan't log into domain controller username password error
I can log into the Windows 2003 DC's but not the 2008 2 - Windows Server 2003 DC's and 1 - Windows Server 2008 DC. The 2008 server is the one I cannot log into. I'm Getting: DNS Events: 4000, 4007,...
View ArticleSPN, netbios, DNS, and name truncation?
I recently started managing the domain for a company thats been around for 15 years- over the years, AD has been beaten up a bit and I'm trying to clean things up.Currently, I'm getting an event ID 11...
View ArticleNew Custom Attribute "Year Group" ADUC 2008
Hi all, I've read a thousand articles on this but want to get this right in my head before making any changes. We'd like to have two new attributes to be displayed as columns within ADUC The two...
View ArticleRestrict user attribut view
Hi all,I would like that one account can only see the user attributes below userAccountControlnamedisplayNamecnmailSamAccountNameProxyAddressesobjectSIDobjectGUIDI've use DACLS to restrict the rights...
View ArticleEvent ID 11 Error
Getting the following on my PDC.Source: KDC, Event ID 11, Computer: MGAPDC"There are multiple accounts with name MSSQLSvc/<mydomain>.com:1433 of type DS_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_NAME."It's Windows...
View ArticleRODC Servers DNS service stops and DHCP gets unauthorized
I am facing a problem on the RODC servers located on remote locations from the main office which affects both DNS and DHCP. When this services are down the critical business serices goes down including...
View ArticleBulk change of the fomat of users phone numbers in AD
Hi, how do I do a change of about 1000 users phone number format from (xxx) xxx-xxxx to xxx.xxx.xxxx We aren't changing any phone numbers or adding any phone numbers, just the way they are displayed....
View ArticleUsers from trusted domain turn into SIDs in local group
I have been seeing a problem that tunrs logins from a trusted domain into SIDs in a local windows group. Whan I add a login from domain "PROD" to let say the Administrators group on a server in domain...
View ArticleShould I create a new GPO for a domain password policy
Hello guys and thanks for your time and expertise.My domain/forest functional level is server 2003 - hoping to go to 2008 but never seem to have the time.Iv'e been tasked with creating a domain...
View ArticleMigration from 2000 AD to 2012
If I have a Win 2000 domain with 2 GC and add a 2012 member server and then promote the 2012 server to a GC will this work and then I can demote the Win 2000 GC and remove them
View ArticleUpgrade Windows 2000, 2003, 2008 & R2 Active Directory to 2012
Dear Sir, We have many customer asking for the upgrade procedure from previous version of AD to version 2012. Do it has any official document to mention it?-Upgrade Windows 2000, 2003, 2008 &...
View ArticleUsername in Upper case or Small letter?
Dear Expert,<o:p></o:p>I face an issue probably you may have some solution for my problem.<o:p></o:p>I work for a big company,<o:p></o:p>The problem is we are going...
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