Using Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) for production...
Hi,I was wondering if it is supported by Microsoft to use AD LDS on a production environment.I can vaguely recall having heard that it is either not supported or maybe not advised by Microsoft to use...
View ArticleIncrease the maximum number of values for an attribute in Active Directory...
I have a 2008r2 forest that uses a custom attribute that has reached its limit of values. Whenever I try to add a new value I get the following error:Administrative Limit Exceeded (11) Administrative...
View ArticleSome problems with Windows Time service on my domain controller
Hello! I need help with Windows Time service. THe situation is: there is a single domain controller and I need to sync its local time with time.windows.com. So I prepared Default Domain Controllers...
View ArticleDomain Migration from 2003 to 2012
Hi ExpertsI'm planning to migrated Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2013. I'm familiar with all the steps that we need to take care but need your best suggestion to complete this migration.We have...
View ArticleMigrating from FRS to DFS. What about application directory partitions?
Hello Technet community!I am about to migrate from FRS to DFS in preparation to migrating my DCs to 2012R2.I was wondering if the application directory partition are also migrated to DFS using the...
View ArticleNTP Server Error
HiI have 2 DCs, server 2008 r2 in my LAN(no internet access). both physical.DC1 is using external NTP (cisco) and DC2 syncronized to DC1.I run this command on DC1 to configure it as an NTP provider:1....
View ArticleADFS 2.0 farm setup in two different data-center with two different subnet
Hi Team,I have scenario where I have to deploy the ADFS 2.0 Farm with SQL database back-end in two different datacenter which is having different subnet. In case first data-center goes down ADFS will...
View ArticleEnable DNS Scavenging on Windows Server 2008 R2
Hi, Guys.Good Day!Need your inputs on what needs to check before you enable DNS scavenging on a Windows 2008 R2 AD-Integrated DNS servers.Current Setup:- Scavenging is enabled on resource records-...
View ArticleADTD Tool Fails to Run
I am trying to run the ADTD on a Domain that is in a separate forest from ours and no trusts established. Thus I have access onto their DC and am running the tool from there. I have run the tool on...
View ArticleActive Directory Administrative center 2008R2 New user creation issues.
In ADUC you can right-click and copy a user account settings, also when you create a new user the domain user group is added by default. In ADAC 2008R2 you can not do neither, is there a way to make it...
View ArticleSet a DNS Server a New Host (A or AAAA) as RDSCB1 under mysite,com with a...
I am working in Windows Server 2012 R2 with SQL Server 2012 installed. I am trying to develop a connection string for my RDS Connection Broker. This is what I have so far: DRIVER=SQL Server Native...
View ArticleRemoving ADC from AD, remove “subtree
I want to delete my ADC from active directory site and services, which is not live. I am getting message " Object ADCSVR contains other objects. Are you sure you want to delete object ADCSVR and all of...
View ArticleDefault Fallback time to Secondary Domain Controller
Hi ExpertsI have a question about the Default Fallback time to Secondary Domain Controller in Windows Server Active Directory Environment.My query is : My FSMO roles are in HQ Data centre. If I have...
View ArticleCAL for AD services
Dear Team,Do I need CAL for authenticating users against active directory and using group policy.Regards,Hridaya Patel
View ArticleSignout with AFDS3 with SAML Client
I have implemented SSO using ADFS3. I have logout button for sign out and it’s working fine with my ws-federation passive endpoints . In logout I redirect user to logout.aspx page and there I have...
View ArticleWindows Storage Server 2012 Folder access
hi ,i have a scenario where i only have one Window Storage Server 2012 and around 15 computers on workgroup.Now i want to create password enabled folders for each computer on my server(like AD users...
View Articlesame user
Hi I have active directory and two accepted domain in exchange I need creat same user with different mail for example:I have one user test@list.com I want creat same user but I need change domain for...
View ArticleLast Password set date for a group of users
I need to find when was the last Password change for all users in a particular AD security group . Is there any script for that.We run Windows 2008 Domain
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 ArticleDelete and create users
hello everyone ,i would like to get an opinion on a certain thing.does creating and deleting users ( about 2000 users created and deleted per year ) make a load on the server 2012 AD DS ? does it have...
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