The error was: "DNS name does not exist." (error code 0x0000232B...
Hello All,In my organization after router there is a cyberoam firewall & then switches . currently I install a Windows server 2008 R2 N install AD. All users in my organization are integrate with...
View ArticleADFS 3.0 Windows Security Prompt Doesn't Permit Selection of Smart Card...
I'm trying to get ADFS 3.0 to perform authentication using a DoD CAC. This smart card carries 3 certificates (encryption, signing, and identification). In a working authentication scenario (not using...
View ArticleADFS 3.0 and SS0 for Google Chrome
Hello Microsoft Team,We recently deployed ADFS 3.0 in house to allow SSO with a service provider called Service Now. We do have multiple ADFS internal servers in a farm and db hosting on a SQL shared...
View ArticleDC promo failed with below error ..need urgent help
HiDCpromo on a member server failed with below error. The server is behind firewall however we have opened all necessary ports.Need urgent help on this ... cpromoui B7C.684 0DB6 16:46:06.213 Enter...
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DC 2012 Promo Error
Hi All, While promoting the 2012 Domain Controller, we have received a error. This DC is in Domain Controller OU.When ran the DC diag on this DC, below is the output and...
View ArticleCannot apply windows updates on server
We have a server that we just reformatted and now in production. We are trying to install Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 on a domain controller and it keeps failing. It gives me an error code of 800F0818I...
View Articlecannot access dfs share or dfs share shows blank with no files from mac
I can access my dfs share\\domain.com\files\folder fine from a windows machinebut from a macsmb://domain.com/files shows blank and no files. connecting using the same domain admin userany idea?
View ArticleAdding new DFS namespace servers
I have three DFS namespace servers running Windows Server 2008 R2. I want to add a new server running Windows Server 2012 R2 to the namespace. Would there be a problem in Windows Server 2012 R2 server...
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Can't create a local user by Group Policy Preference
Hi, I want to create a local user in my domain computer by Group Policy but I can't create it. When I create it, it totally disable as below:My Domain Controller server is Windows 2012 R2 Standard...
View ArticleAccount Lockouts
Seeing lots of lockouts coming thru email from public IP addresses, Logon Type 8.PSO = after 10 failed attempts within 30 minutes account lockout for 30 minutesI'm assuming that someone is trying to...
View ArticleMigrating AD/DHCP to New Server Hardware
We plan to create a new Server 2012 R2 AD Domain Controller also having the DHCP Server role to replace a 32-bit Server 2003 Standard SP2 Domain Controller running DNS Server (AD-Integrated) and DHCP...
View ArticleCan't remove orphaned DC, NTDS properties grayed out
I have an orphaned domain controller I'm trying to remove from AD. When I try deleting it it says "access is denied". Protection from accidental deletion is not checked. All of the options in the DC's...
View ArticleGroup movement access, from one Ou to another
HiWe are currently delegating the access on for access control streamlining. On a particular OU one group has been delegated with create\delete and manage groups and also modification of membership for...
View ArticleActive directory hashing algorithm in Server 2008 R2 ...
Hello, I have some questions about Active directory hashing algorithm . Which encryption method is using when Active Directory stores users's password in ntds.dit in Windows Server 2008 R2 ? LM is...
View ArticleADCS High Availability
Does adding a subordinate CA give high availability to my ADCS? or Does it need to be clustered?-Edatha-
View ArticleCannot delete old OU in AD
Hi all,We had an old OU in our domain that was inappropriately named (did not make sense). So over time I moved the users of this OU to a new OU while testing to make sure everything still worked....
View ArticleEvent ID 4 Kerberos error with SQL cluster
Hi all,I am getting repeated kerberos errors which say the following:Log Name: SystemSource: Microsoft-Windows-Security-KerberosDate: 9/9/2015 8:53:35 AMEvent ID: 4Task...
View ArticleGet-ADUser "msDS-UserPasswordExpiryTimeComputed" value empty
Hello,ProblemWhen running the following powershell script under a normal user with domain admin / enterprise admin rights i get no result on the "ExpiryDate" output: Get-ADUser -filter {Enabled -eq...
View ArticleError Adding Active Directory group to Windows 7
Hi,I got an error when adding AD group to windows 7 SP1 local admin group."Windows cannot process the object with the name "XYZ" becauce of the following error:Name translation: Could not find the...
View ArticleAD password policy
A couple of questions.a) password length - The current minimum password length is 8. We would like to increase that. If we do that, would it mandate all the users to change the password next time they...
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