How to secure Hosting Active Directory
Hello,We are planing to have hosting and there will we host active drectory. We are going to have 10 clients. I hope that someone can help us with tips how to secure info so that customers can't see...
View ArticleNot applying gpo
Hi,I have a computer gpo on a OU with four computer.Running the command gpresult /v from clients I see the gpo however the affected policy hasn't changed as expected.Can anybody help me?Thanks in...
View ArticleNETLOGON Share missing
Greetings,We have 14 DCs in our network, all running W2K3R2 SP2. I had a user call yesterday that said she was having issues with email. Further inspection showed that the NETLOGON share was missing....
View ArticleActive Directory 2012 R2 for DR Segment
Hello, <o:p></o:p>We have one Forest and one Domain and are performing application DR in an isolated network segment. We wish have one AD server which is a virtual machine moved to this...
View ArticleNTFRS topology replication issues in 2008 R2 domain
Dear all experts,I have an ongoing issue that has been plaguing me for a long time. Basically my FRS is partially broken and I'm not 100% sure it's because of incorrect connection topology...
View ArticleADFS: The SAML protocol message cannot be read because it contains data that...
HelloPlease help me to solve the following issue.I have domain (win 2012r2) with adfs 3.0 and I connect it with Dropbox (manual) without problem. But when i try setup SSO for another external site I...
View Article2012 R2/ADFS with Group Managed Service Account
I'm trying to configure the ADFS role on a new 2012 R2 domain controller following these steps:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn303424.aspxHowever, if I try to create a new service account...
View ArticleWe used Fine Grained Password Policy to rollout a new policy by Office
But, can we now switch folks back to the "default" domain password policy which has been updated with our newer requirements?We are having a problem with Citrix 7.6 where people on the FGPP don't get...
View ArticleBlock Internet access on Domain controllers
Hello Experts,Is it possible to block internet access on domain controllers using windows firewall (2008 R2)?If not, what would be another way for this?Thanks!
View Articlerendom
know about ADMT and Dell's (Quest) product.Could Rendom (in Server 2012) be used in big merge?... Or it is not serious for a big job?Ex. : 10 domains with about 1500 users each in one geographical...
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 ArticleBlock replication from test DC to Production DC
Hi ExpertsOur client needed a test DC with all production data in, so we promoted a server to test DC and connected to the network and allowed to replicateTest DC is ready with production data, Now we...
View ArticleReport on inactive users
We need to report periodically on all users who have not logged in to the domain for a specified period, say 30 or 60 days, and export the list of users to csv or Excel.Is this possible and how would...
View Article2003 domain controller to 2012 domain controller
Hello,I have yet to pull the plug on upgrading 2003 to 2012 domain. From my research and previous posted questions, it appears pretty straight forward, running the wizard in 2012, couple of...
View ArticleDFS replication issue
Hello,Im getting the following error when i try to replicate a member server. The DFS Replication service stopped replication on the folder with the following local path: D:\XXXX. This server has been...
View ArticleHow to find out which applications are hard coded with domain controller name...
We are running a migration project and we are going to migrate the domain controllers from one data center to another ( hence there will be domain controllers with new name and ip address). We have a...
View ArticleMigrating to DFS Replication - Prereqs
Hey all, I am working in a Windows 2008R2 functional level AD domain with 37 domain controllers, 17 of them being RODC's. We deployed DirectAccess and came to learn that DA isn't supported when using...
View ArticleOnline - Cannot manage a client-based operating system
I am working in WS2012R2. I have installed a Windows 7 computer with a domain: mysite.com and added a AD UC user to it and now I am logged onto that AD UC user. I have configured DNS for the IPv4...
View ArticleAD lockout/ maximum password age
Another coupe of questionsa) lockout policy - When users change the password, is there a way that AD can remember the previous password and prevent users from locking out if the login attempt was...
View ArticleScript to change desktop icons
I have just pushed an application to users' desktops using SCCM. The software had configuration files that created a desktop shortcut icons. Now, the issue is I need to change the color of these icons...
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