Clients connecting to wrong DC - LOGONSERVER is OK - VERY Distributed AD/DCs...
Clients connecting to wrong DC - LOGONSERVER is OK - VERY Distributed AD/DCs - Slow download of GPOsI have a AD/DCs with 18 DCs, spreaded arround the country, including vessels and oil rigs connected...
View ArticleFSMO Roles Seizing related
Dear team,It is mentioned that once roles are seized only DC holding PDC emulator and IM can be brought back Online. Trying to understand why there would be no conflict when you rejoin the DC (with PDC...
View ArticleReplication problem schema mismatch
I'm in the process of promoting a Windows Server 2012 R2 at a remote site to replace our Windows Server 2003 R2. During the installation process I noticed an option to "Replicate from:" and you can...
View ArticleAD Sites & Services - KCC Generates Incorrect Topology
I have 3 sites A, B, and C. The subnets are configured correctly on each site.Site A is headquarters. Site B and C are branch offices, and IP traffic is not routable between them. Each of them is...
View ArticleBest Way To Remove All Manually Created Site Connections
I am doing some domain cleanup and came across something interesting. We have 3 Domain Controllers in Site A, and 2 Domain Controllers in Site B. Each location does have its own defined site with the...
View ArticleWindows server 2012 “replicating the Schema directory partition” for 12 hours...
Adding a domain tree in windows server 2012 to a existing forest which has a functional level of 2008R2.For 12hours+ on the active directory installation wizard it has been "Replicating the Schema...
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preferred DNS servers forour three (3) DCs in AD domain
Hello Everyone,I am trying to determine what the best practice approach is for our 3 domain controllers in our Active Directory domain. Specifically, I am trying to determine what the Preferred and...
View Articlejoin sites on different network
Hi my name is saleem shaikh . I am a student and eager to learn servers and i am learning ws 2012r2 . I need help with how can i join 2 different networks.Scenario i have is : I have a DC with ip...
View ArticleCannot access CMD.exe or any program in explorer.exe using "RUN AS...
Hi All,I am practicing an exchange lab. For the same purpose I created a domain controller on which I cloned two admin accounts using the administrator template from the Users container. The two admin...
View ArticleGTIMESERV flag is not set on any domain controller in Active driectory...
Hi,I have an Active Directory Environment in which i have configured the PDC to sync time with external router using NTP and on additional domain controller i have used NT5DS.Issue is that there is no...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 DHCP transaction log files not deleted after...
HelloAfter DHCP Backup the Transaction Log files arent't deleted. There are no indications of any Errors on the Server. I have checked log files and Windows Event.Just a DHCP Server Service restart and...
View Articleevent id 5144
i trying to audit for folder or file deletion on file share, all desktop users are on file share and want to log everytime a file is delete. but i can only see event 5140 for share access. i active the...
View Articlefailed to authenticate to DC (event ID 3210)
I´m troubleshooting different Workstation slowness scenarios, and one of the conserning event ID is 3210 which indicates some authorization issues between Client Computer and Domain. Also group policy...
View ArticleMigration 5 roles from WSvr2003 to WSvr2012 but AD not work ..
Hi All,a cool day. My old server 2003Std seems to offline and can not sustain any longer :(So, I had to move its roles to a new HyperV 2012Std server. All 5 roles are transferred successfully. I also...
View ArticleActive Directory System Time is decreasing automatically
Hi,I have 4 DC. 3 DC in My main office, one is primary and rest of the DC is Additional and other one is remote location, that also additional domain. all are synch together right now I am getting Time...
View ArticleNon-Authoritive Restore taking too long - how to find out why/track initial...
I have had a server that despite not logging anything obvious like USN rollback has been acting strange - kept replicating back to other servers overwriting changes that had been made on them and such....
View ArticleSYSVOL and NETLOGON are missing server 2008 r2
Hi,I have DC (Primary) and ADC (Secondary) with windows server 2008 R2 SP1My Domain Network is working with DC everything is working fine. "Client Login, Application login"But i want to test ADC...
View ArticleAD FS 3 (ADFS3) issue with iPads
In a development environment at the moment. Setup an application called Tableau to use SAML authentication.From a desktop, the configuration is active and functional. IE will use integrated...
View ArticleThe user profile service failed to logon
Hello Experts,Our domain joined client computers (Windows7) not able to load user profile when a user login to any domain joined workstations where his/her profile not present. the error message is as...
View ArticleDFS Namespace Across Bi-Directional Forest Trust
Hey Guys! I've a question that I'd like to put to you all that's been bugging me and my colleagues. We are in the planning stages of setting up a bi-directional forest trust with our parent company...
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