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DC clock's source is incorrect
Hello, I recently promoted two DCs in a remote site "site02". The promotion was successful and replication is healthy. I noticed however the clocks on both of the newly promoted DCs are incorrect....
View ArticleExporting AD user list to a text or excel document
I have been tasked with streamlining the AD user list for the various clients we support. Is there an easy way to export the user list to a text file or an excel document? Thanks!
View ArticleFSMO Role Placement in a mixed 2003R2 DCs and 2012 R2 DC in a domain
In a mixed 2003R2 and 2012R2 domain infrastructure should you move all the FSMO roles to the 2012 R2 DCs? Or just specific roles? Any gotchas?Thx.Thx. Darshan Doshi
View ArticleWindows 7 cannot access to a server
Hello everybody,We have 5000 workstations with both Windows 7 (4000 workstations) and windows XP (1000 workstations left).We access to a directory on a file server using a Windows XP workstation but...
View Articleis the limit/recommendation to number of subnets associated to AD site
is the limit/recommendation to number of subnets associated to AD site?I have a requirement and wanted to check on the scale ability for subnets in AD sites, i have a recent requirement to add 500...
View ArticleMigration Active directory 2008 R2 from my local data center to AWS
HI Team,Presently i have win 2008 R2 active directory in my physical Dell poweredge 610 model server. The same active directory need to migrate on AWS win 2008 R2 Server. please let me know the process...
View ArticleWeb Application Proxy Kerberos Issue
I have a very odd problem. I've setup a Web Application proxy and am using ADFS pre-authentication to pre-authenticate users from the outside to an internal web application that is using integrated...
View ArticleHow 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 ArticleSchema Transfer Problem
I have a PDC (windows server 2003 Enterprise) hard drive failure. I have been able to seize all roles except the Schema on the BDC. The schema comes up with the following error:ntdsutil ntdsutil:...
View ArticleRODC Authentication not working
I have 2 RODC domain controllers configured in a site but I see no computer or users are authenticating against the RODC's.I checked the Allowed RODC password replication Group and it has all the PC's...
View ArticleActive directory Disaster Recovery
Hi,I have a question regarding the Disaster Recovery . The scenario is , I have 15 Domain Controller in my production environment and one domain too.May I know how can I recover my Forest/Domain if...
View ArticleImpact on change in SAMAccountName on TFS and ClearCase
Hello,What would be the impact on TFS and ClearCase if just the "SAMAccountName" is changed? Has anybody tested this? If there was an impact, how serious was it?Thanks in advance.Ramesh Chandra
View Articledomain joing problem for client pc
sir I have old domain server windows 2003 . My server AD user near about 1500. Now i am ready another new server windows 2012 R2 installation & configure same domain name, server IP, &...
View ArticleList groups having a user as a member
(&(objectClass=group)(objectCategory=group)(member=so and so dn)) returns the search result well in all domains except one. Changed the filter format to (&(member=so and so...
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Manually Edit LastLogonTimeStamp Attribute
As I'm sure most of us are aware, the LastLogonTimeStamp attribute is meant to store the last time a user/computer logged on. When the user gets authenticated by a DC, this attribute on their account...
View Articledelegate add rights but not remove for a group?
I have a security group to which i want to delegate rights to add users but not remove users. I do see the modify permission but is there a way to get more granular and allow only add but not removal...
View Article2003 R2 to 2012 Issue
I'm trying to finish virtualizing my environment, and I've hit a snag that I can't seem to get through. My old server is a Windows 2003 R2 box that runs Active Directory and also has Exchange 2007 on...
View ArticleAD User Profiles
Hey GuysI have the most strangest question?If we migrated users from 2003 Domain functional level to 2008 domain functional level then would this force the user profiles for Terminal Servers (Not local...
View ArticleForcing my DC/DHCP Server to pass out a time using NTP?
Evenin' Ladies and Germs,I'm running a 2012R2 DC, that's also a DHCP server. I know that normally my time for each node would come from the DC but, I need to force DHCP to push out a time from NTP to...
View ArticleLdap string to query multiple domain controllers
Hi, Is it possible to query two different domains in C# using one ldap string? If so, how would this string be structured? For example, here are the two domains: 1) adext.local 2) ad.com Currently for...
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