Unable to change the 2003 R2 Forest Functional Level (Missing)
I am currently about to completely retire a 2003 R2 DC Server with a Windows 2012 R2 Server; single server environment. Right now, I am unable to raise the FOREST functional level from Windows 2000 to...
View ArticleADFS version 3.0
Hi,Is it possible to install ADFS 3 on Windows 2012 or do you have to be running 2012R2 to use ADFS 3?Thanks.
View ArticleAsp.Net LDAP authentication
Hi,We have Active Directory Infrastructure with Windows 2003, Windows 2008 and Windows 2012 Domain Controllers. We have got many Asp.Net applications which are doing LDAP Authentication with these...
View ArticleCertificate Services won't start
Certificate Services won't start after importing registry settings from old certificate server.I installed ca as a role and imported the certificate with the wizard and everything seemed to be find the...
View ArticleFailover to remote DC after disaster
I suspect this question has already been answered and apologize in advance for repetition. Here is my current setup:Site A: Windows Server 2008 R2 running AD/DNS/DHCP. Main domain controller resides...
View ArticleDelegate MSA account creation
hello I need to delegate Manged Service Account creation and deletion task to junior admin. what are the rights needs to be assign to OU, where MSA account will reside? As per MS TechNet article it...
View ArticleHow to clean up metadata of tree domain from root forest domain
Hi,We have a environment like belowname of Root Forest domain == Root.comname of Tree domain in same foresrt (root.com) == treedom.comThe treedom.com has only one domain controller and unfortunately...
View Articlesubnet prioritizing different subnet DC / client
Hi all,<o:p></o:p>We have two sites (production and DR) and in production environment domain controller are in 132.147.161.0/16 series. DR site have a different subnet. Client segment in...
View ArticleLog DNS record Creation / deletion events on DC's security event viwer
hi,I have configured the DNS record creation and deletion auditing as per below microsoft bloghttp://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2011/08/17/tracking-dns-record-deletion.aspx on one of my...
View ArticleWindows 2008 Domain Controller rename and re-promote.
Ok. So I became the IT Admin of a company that is still operating as a Workgroup (in terms of the company) and I am trying to get us all on a domain. Shouldn't be to difficult I think...only a few...
View ArticleWhat note when remove an Domain controller from Existing Domain!!!
Dear everybody,My company has 3 Domain controllers at the moment.all of them have some functions: DHCP, DNS.Now, we have plan to remove an DC/So, What note we need to pay attention when remove one of...
View ArticleFRS upgrade to DFSR Root Domain or Child Domain first?
We are looking to upgrade SYSVOL replication from FRS to DFS-R Can somebody tell me what order we should use to upgrade our Root Domain and Child Domain. Root first then Child Domain or the other way...
View ArticleReplace 2008 R2 domain controller with 2012 R2 domain controller
Good afternoon. We currently have 3 older Dell floor unit servers running Windows Server 2008 R2. All of them have the exact same server roles (AD, File Server, DHCP and DNS). This year we bought 3...
View ArticleADFS proxy error: An error occurred when attempting to create the proxy trust...
I have windows 2012 R2 Federation server but trying to add an ADFS proxy server (WAP) which runs on windows 2012 R2 server. I keep getting the above error. I have research and I the certificate is...
View ArticleDCDIAG question
I have 4 2003 DC's that i am running dcdiag on in preperation for an upgrade to a 2012 forest. The forest and domain are at a 2003 level. So far everything is looking good but i do not know what this...
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Modify default value of LoginShell attribute
Hi,We are configuring the "UNIX Attributes" tab here in our organization.I've noticed that on the Login Shell option it has a default value: /bin/shSo I had manually changed it to: /bin/bashMy question...
View ArticlePerimeter Network Dynamic Site Assignment update
Good Morning, I would like to understand if the behavior I am seeing is correct or incorrect. If I have a machine that is created on an internal network that has access to a RWDC, but then is migrated...
View ArticleUser can't change password
Hi there,I have a small two-site Active Directory. Windows Server 2008 R2 servers running at the 2008 functional level. Recently, a user came back from maternity leave. I reset her password to our...
View ArticleWant to put ns1.any-domain-name.com & ns2.any-domain-name.com on server...
Want to put ns1.any-domain-name.com & ns2.any-domain-name.com on server 2012,, I have an ip address + main domain name ( we will use any-domain-name.com for an example ) + 5 other...
View ArticleHow to config a trusting domain so that domain admins in the trusted domain...
I want the domain admins in the trusted domain to be only able to see users in certain OUs in the trusting domain. I don't want the domain admins in the trusted domain to be able to enumerate/see all...
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