FSMO Rule tranfer - VHD RDC
We have hyper v host with role of Root DC in our setup. we also have DR ADC.Due to storage issue I had transfer all our FSMO role to our DR ADC. and I tried to compact the root DC VHD. after...
View ArticleInclude Inheritable Permissions keeps automatically checking itself
Hello ,Include Inheritable Permissions keeps automatically checking itself. So I am unable to reset password with delegated user.Please help.
View ArticleUnable to download Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) V3.2 and PES (for...
Need help. I was trying to download Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) V3.2 and PES from the following link; http://connect.microsoft.com/site1164/content/content.aspx?ContentID=22983 I keep...
View ArticleADMT Support for Server 2012/2012 R2 Now Available
The Directory Service Team has released the newest version of ADMT that now support Server2012/2012...
View ArticleADMT 3.2 download not working
Every time I attempt to download ADMT 3.2 from the connect.microsoft.com site I get the following message:"Page Not FoundThe content that you requested cannot be found or you do not have permission to...
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A New Year, a New Challenge! Become the FIRST Windows Server Guru of 2015!
Happy New Year!"Guru 2014" is so 'last year'!The real glory is to be the first Guru of 2015! :DThe birth of a new year, and a new hero?Or the stamp of authority from long established Guru leaders?The...
View ArticleAdd AD DS Role to Server 2012R2 fails 0x800f0831
Windows Server 2012 R2 on ESXi 5.5 10GB RAM 200GB HDAdd Role AD DS failsUsing the Server Manager to install AD DS, fails with error:0x800f0831. I can add DHCP role as a test that worked fine. and...
View ArticleHow to hide and then unhide AD objetcs?
Dear all,I want to know how to hide and then unhide AD objects?ThanksRegards
View ArticleEdit Contact Attributes from Powershell
Hi,I want to edit "primarysmtpaddresses" and target address attributes in a contact. Since i want to do it in bulk mode i need a power shell command to do it. Please Help.Thank You.
View Articledomain joined clients can log on via domain user credentials even when DNS...
Hi friendsi have encountered an strange case.in my test lab, i have deployed a windows 2008 R2 domain controller & i joined a win 2008 R2 to my test domain.after first restart, i logged in as local...
View ArticleDeleted AD sites return from the dead
Hey all, got a minor mystery here. I'm in the process of scripting a complete AD sites and services refresh. We're going from an Area-of-responsibility approach to a one-to-one site config. Since...
View ArticleNeed KB969166
I'm trying to add a 2012 R2 DC to a very old domain (currently 2003 SP2). There's no ADWS on the old DC. When I try to install, it says I need an update to System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement....
View ArticleUnable to demote a domain controller
Hi Everone, My primary DC is windows Server 2012 R2 and ADC is windows Server 2008 x64 I am trying to demote Windows Server 2008 x64 and i am facing issues. when i demote2008 I am getting Error : A...
View ArticleAD CS Certificate WebEnrollment in Failover Cluster Environment - W2K8 R2
Hello,I have my PKI in FO Cluster and everything works well except of Web Enrollment,when I'm opening my webbrowser and typing https://cahostname/certsrv - webpage is opening but when I want to request...
View ArticleCD Writing issue
Dear Team,We are facing the CD writing issue using domain users login. we are using windows xp in our organization and domain user can able to write Cd using CD drive but not using their application....
View ArticleIntegrating MS Active Directory with Pentaho
I have MS Active Directory setup on Windows 2008 R2. I created two groups 'Admins' and 'Devs' under the default group Users. I added two users in 'Admins' group with Administrator rights and one user...
View ArticleCreate new AD-user and set Homefolder in Powershell
Hello,I am trying to create a script for 1 specific user. This user is a standard domain user and added to the AccountOpperators group, and AccountOpperators have full control on the rootfolder of...
View ArticleEvent 4740 Not Logged for a Single Account Lockout
Domain Functional Level: 2003PDC Emulator: 2008 R2Lockout Origin DC (also the RADIUS server): 2003 R2For quite a while now I have been relying on Event 4740 on the PDC Emulator to track account...
View ArticleHow to find inactive and disabled users in AD
Hello Experts,I want to export the inactive and disabled users and thus to cleanup AD database.I have tried dsquery with different syntaxes but not getting the expected result, I want to export the...
View Articleuser account is removed from a Active directory security group (server 2008...
Hello !i add many times a user in a AD security group, but the user is removed automatically after a day. What i don't understand is that other users have been added to the same group but they are...
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