SMTP site link - AD sites and services
Hey everyone,Does deleting an SMTP site link from AD sites and services break anything. I know DCs use IP site links and I'm not sure how the SMTP site link got created. If I delete it and something...
View ArticleSub1 in IIS
I have a working site:mysite.comIn the DNS Manager I assigned a Host (A) as sub1 and a IP Address as 192.168.1.xxx close to the IP Address of the Domain.Then made it a Static IP. Then in IIS assigned...
View ArticleCreate AD Account and Mailbox by Powershell
Dear all,I have a question about creating AD user and mailbox:Background:There're 4 sites in my organization, and 2 DCs in each site. Exchange servers are in site A, the AD administrators work in sites...
View ArticleVerification of outbound replication failed, error reading the NTDS settings...
Hi,We have two Win2K12 R2 DCs in Azure, we created azure site to site vpn with new on-premise datacenter, we can ping from on-premise standalone server to DC in azure. When we try to promote a server...
View ArticleSites and services over VPN / File access
Hello allThank you for reading my post firstly.I am working on a very simple site setup. One head office, one branch, connected with a site to site VPN. Networks (HO 192.168.1.0/24) (BO...
View ArticleUser PCs do not download & install Windows Update from WSUS Server
Dear all,I have setup a WSUS server in my company and it is able to download the Windows Update from Microsoft websites.Now, the updates are finish downloaded but it does not push the updates to User...
View ArticleASFS / ADFS Proxy DNS
Hi,I am planning an ADFS environment.I have a question about DNS.My understanding is that I need:Public DNS Record e.g. ADFS.contoso.com -> 178.2.2.2 (Public IP)Firewall NATs 178.2.2.2 to...
View ArticleMigrate and Upgrade Domain Controller with Exchange in Same Server
one of our Client has only one Server with OS 2008 Standard, run as Domain Controller & Exchange Server 2007. There are 200 Mailboxes user over internet. domain is also Public on internet.They...
View ArticleIdentify Root, Child & Tree Domain
Recently I got a document on an existing Ad Infra. In that it is told, Ad consists of single forest - one root domain and 2 child domain.How can I verify this from Ad consoles,
View ArticleADFS DR
Hi All,We are trying to upgrade our customer ADFS 2.0 infra to ADFS 3.0 . Below are few points which we have considered for upgrade approach however customer has DR requirement for ADFS for which we...
View ArticleAdding Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard as a Domain Controller in an existing...
Hi,This is regarding introducing a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard in an existing Domain, controlled by 3 DCs, running on Windows Server 2008 32-bit. I further want to make this newly introduced 64-bit...
View ArticleDomain Joining Script without showing password
Hi,I need a script which want join into domain. But i don't like give my Domain Joining password into that script. I don't want to disclose it any way. Provide me a best way to achieve.Regards, Hari...
View ArticleAD Account Home Folder not reachable - shorten Timout ?
Hi,ive a user forest and a ressource forest with terminal Server. All users have set a home Folder letter and UNC Path to different Fileserver Shares. My Problem is, that not alle of those fileservers...
View ArticleOld Authorized DHCP server still in list with an equal symbol in front of the...
Hi allI hope I am in the correct area.I have an old authorized DHCP server that has been gone for a long time. I want to remove it from the Manage Authorized Servers list. This servers name was called...
View ArticleScript to pull primary DNS NIC settings
Looking for a little help. We recently demoted a DC. It looks like we still have some servers in our domain that have that DC as their primary DNS. Instead of checking every server, is there a script I...
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Domain controllers active directory replication failure on cross-premise network
Hi all,My domain controllers on the Azure and on-premise used to replicate the directory until few days ago. I didn't realize there was some payment problem on my Azure subscriptions and my services...
View ArticlePlan for AD Events logs for at least 3 months
Hi,How can I plan for AD Events logs for at least 3 months? This can be done via Event Log Policy, right? If so how can I determine the size needed for the logs for three months?
View ArticleLDAPS not working with IP Address
We just brought up a new domain controller that is running Server 2012 R2. I am having a bit of trouble with LDAPS though. If I use the LDP utility to connect to the server using it's FQDN everything...
View Articlewhy Cindy has modify rights?
one share with everyone FULL permission on share NTFS security: GRoup1 modify; GRoup2 Read access user Cindy is a member of group1 and Group2. Should Cindy just have read access to this share since...
View ArticleSlow DNS resolution time
This problem started a few days ago. Our Windows 2008 R2 DNS server is resolving names very slow. The CPU/Memory load on the server is normal. It can take up to 5-10 seconds to resolve a name when I...
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