Account Lockout - Caller Machine is Domain Controller
Hello Team,We have user account which is getting locked frequently, this account is being used to login to internal web site and also for schedule scripts. we checked with user and as per them password...
View ArticleError applying gpo
Hi,I have just created a new gpo in AD and have applied this one to a OU.The GPO is very easy, I have enabled user settings > Administrative templates > printers > prevent from deletion.I have...
View ArticleForest Trust
Hi AllIn my organization i have configured Forest trust between two forests. One forest domain controllers running in Windows 2008 and other one is windows 2012R2. I could configure the trust...
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...
View ArticleADFS - Joining an existing federation server farm - Error, cannot find...
I am attempting to join a server to an existing farm which uses SQL. my script and the error I receive are,.\Fsconfig.exe JoinSQLFarm /ServiceAccount Domain\ADFedService /ServiceAccountPassword...
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 ArticleDifference between .cer and .pfx certificates
Please help me in understanding different certificate formats, when to generate which certificate. Nagesh
View ArticleCannont join client or IPAM server to domain
Hello everyone, I am having some MAJOR headache issues here. To start off, I am currently enrolled in a network operating class so I am kind of a noob but can find my way around so please tell me...
View ArticleADFS - wrong user getting authenticated
Hi,We have a simple setup - a single ADFS server running on Server 2012 authenticating users to Office 365. We are not using ADFS proxies, but traffic does pass through a reverse proxy.When a userA...
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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 ArticleADFS and certificate problems
I am trying to configure ADFS but have hit this strange problem. I ran through the ADFS setup wizard and used a wildcard certificate as my certificate. However, after it completes and I try to browse...
View ArticleForce Logoff at specified time - Even if computer is Locked
We need to setup a task to force logoff of all workstations, even if the user has locked their workstation.I tried to use the logoff.exe and the shutdown.exe action in a GPO policy (not the default...
View Articletemporary profiles
Hi All,I have two RDS session hosts with load balanced and each host has capability of 70 logins, which we usually use to login to other servers in infrastructure.These two RDS session hosts are also a...
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ADFS and ADFS Proxy configuration Issues when adding second ADFS Proxy server
Hi,We have a configuration with 2 ADFS 3.0 servers configured in NLB + 2 external ADFS Proxies (WAP) also in NLB.When we try to configure the second ADFS Proxy using PowerShell we receive the folioing...
View ArticleThe 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 ArticleReplication Error "The target principal name is incorrect"
Ive picked up a client with some issues with AD replication.Servers S00 to s07 running windows 2008, all domain controllers.All servers are replicating except s07. Changes made on S07 do replicate but...
View ArticleDomain Controller Down, Authentication Works DNS Doesn't
Hello,I one of our remote locations lost it's local domain controller. PCs can still authenticate to other surviving / geographically disperse domain controllers. However, when PC's authenticate to a...
View Articleunsuccessful domain controller demotion
Hi, i am getting the following error while demoting a windows 2003 domain controller. Our environment consists of 2 Win2008R2 DC, 2 Win2003R2 DC and 1 Win2003 DC. All FSMO roles are on one of the...
View ArticleCan AD FS 2.0 (Windows Server 2008) work with AD FS 3.0 (Windows Server 2012?
Hi all,I'm looking to the AD FS deployment to establish a federation trust between two domain controllers A and B. The domain controller A has AD FS 2.0 deployed in Windows Server 2008 while the domain...
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