Parent/child domain - delegating control to users
Hi, I have a Parent / Child - domain structure also two different Exchange organizations. I manage the child domain, and if I want to assign a User from the parent domain to manage a distribution...
View ArticleReset lastLogonTimestamp attribute currently in the future
Hi.One of my clients has a few ad objects (users and computers) that has a lastlogontimestamp that is in the future. For instance the Administrator account has the following value "132437449900141250",...
View ArticleDelegate permission to manage Computer objects with ADUC
Hi,I'm trying to give permission to "Helpdesk-Group" to manage Computer objects underWorkstationsOU and subsequent OU's below that. I have delegated the rights withDelegate Control wizard in ADUC...
View ArticleRODCs Trouble with Replication
Client is having some trouble with RODCs not replicating. The domain has 2003 and 2008 R2 DCs in addition to RODCs. The event logs on the RODC are 1925 errors and 1645 errors. I also see a 1396 Logon...
View ArticleIs a trust required here?
Domain A is first.mylocation.com - 2003 domain with 2003 Functional level Domain B is second.mylocation.com - 2008 domain with 2008 Functional levelDomain A has an Exchange 2003 server in it that both...
View ArticleDNS Conditional Forwarding between 2 Domains and Subnets
Have Domain A on subnet 10.x.x.x and Domain B on subnet 192.x.x.x. These are separated by a firewall. 1 DC in each (for the sake of my issue). All traffic is open between these 2 DC's. I want to setup...
View ArticleUnderstanding XP and Win7 client DNS updates
Hi,I'm trying to understand how some of the DNS registration updates work between Domain member client PC and the AD infrastructure when not on the local LAN, but on a routed LAN.I've a simple 3 DC (no...
View ArticleExternal Trust RDP server issue
Hi I have External Trust between other domain (corp.contoso.com) with my domain (my.domain.com). Corp.contoso.com domains's user can access to resource of my domain resources. But When...
View Article2 Physical Sites - 1 Logical Site
I have a client with 2 physical offices, Office A and Office B. Office A has the main data center with 2 domain controllers, Office B is a branch office with only a site to site T1 back to the main...
View ArticleAD Replication commands
Hi,I am facing AD replication issues in my organization, I want to know the few important commands to troubleshoot the issue.can any one help on this???simple and useful.Please remember to click “Mark...
View ArticleProblems with Group Managed Service Accounts in Server 2012
Posted this in the Server 2012 area: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-GB/winserver8gen/thread/0eb4aaab-a13f-4e80-a017-36011e292bdbBut figured it might make more sense putting it here, so...
View ArticleAccess is Denied when renaming a computer
I am attempting to rename several Windows XP workstations that are joined to a Windows 2008 R2 domain. I log in as a local administrator, go to System Properties, change the name and click OK. Windows...
View ArticleDisallowing a user from being a memberOf groups in certain organizational units
Hi Xpertz,Is it possible to disallow a user from being a memberOf groups in certain organizational units. This to avoid user beind accidentically added to another customers AD groups. As we are a...
View ArticleHow is my RODC replicating without connections?
Hello an thank you for all your help.I have a hub site with 5 RWDCs and several remote sites with RODCs. The domain functional level is 2008 and all but one RWDC is 2008r2. All RODCs are 2008r2.All...
View ArticleError 1864 in Active directory 2008 R2.
Hi experts,I've a few months now, on and off, i've been working on my lab to learn new stuff about active directory (and just for the record, the forums are the BEST way to know and ot learn how to...
View ArticleActive Directory DNS Outside Advantages...
Hello,I have a W2K8 DC set up with DNS on itself for testing purposes. In addition there are several workstations configured on that domain controller, but they still log on to their local account....
View ArticleISA Server Authentication
I am looking for ways for users who are members of the domain to use ISA Server Proxy without giving the credentials again once they are logged in to their domain account. Currently, when the users...
View ArticleAbout Domain Controller and Domain Controller Authentication Certificate
I'm taking over a new domain, where all my domain controllers are above Windows 2003.When I look at the auto-enrollment that my DCs get I see that the template used for the certificate is Domain...
View Articlereplication does not work on one DC
Hi all,Windows 2008 R2 SP1We found out that replication fails on this DC as we have multiple DCs at multiple sites.check the directory service log and find out the event id 474Log Name: Directory...
View ArticleMigrate user but not mailbox.
Here's the situation.Need to migrate users accounts to a new domain; but not the mailboxes.How can the mailboxes be linked to the user accounts across the domains?Thanks.
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