Domain Controller computer objects, adminCount and AdminSDHolder
According to every article I've read, the "Domain Controllers" group is protected by AD. The group does in fact have adminCount set to 1. The same applies to the "Read-only Domain Controllers" group....
View ArticleDCPROMO fails because of FSMO roles...normal solutions not working
I am trying to remove a 2008 R2 DC from our domain but receive this error:"Directory Service is missing mandatory configuration information...unable to determine ownership of floating single-master...
View ArticleDomain Controller Event IDs to the Collector Server
Hi all, I am working with the following link:...
View ArticleLync/Skype 2016 GPO to disable chat logging
Support,<o:p></o:p>We are deploying Office 2016 to our end users and would like to make sure that conversation/chat logging is disabled through Lync/Skype. We have already installed the...
View ArticleJoin Computer to Domain (VPN) No Domain Found
Working an issue with joining a client (2008 R2) to our domain. The site is connected via VPN. The main issue seems to be cannot find the domain name.The VPN is open with all ports to one specific...
View ArticleDCDIAG errors -failing advertising and more tests - appear to be due to...
I'm running "DCDIAG /Q /E " between my two domain controllers, and one of them is getting errors. I'm running as admin of course!The first DC is sitting on subnet1, and is called ACMEDC1.The second DC...
View ArticleTrust between NT4 and 2003 domain not working properly
I have a problem with a customer who still has an NT4 domain!! Well they decided to migrate to a new domain and created a windows 2003 domain as a new forest. User migration was done but not computer...
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Error Promoting server as Additional Domain Controller
Hi,I am getting error While promoting sever as additional Domain Controller. This is a test environment where I have one Domain and 1 DC too. I was trying to add additional DC in this test domain. I...
View ArticleTwo Separate Domains and IP Addresses on one physical network
I think this question has been asked with different variables, but in my specific situation we want to host two independent companies on the same physical network without any interconnection. A.com...
View ArticleAD Healthcheck Tools
Are there any free tools youd run yourselves to identify risks or misconfigurations in your AD - above and beyond AD best practices analyzer. Can you list what it is and what it does?Also if you were...
View ArticleAD Integrated DNS Question
I'm cleaning up my DNS Zones.I'm noticing old entries in the Name Servers tab. I'm going to clean those out via powershell.My question is. Do I need to actually populate the Name Servers tab if they...
View ArticleADFS backup policy
Dear all,We are using Office 365 with DirSync and Active DIrectory Federation Services and we have a a daily backup of ADFS servers. We use ADFS 2.0 in Windows Server 2008 R2 and I was wondering if...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 Active Directory server malfunction suddenly
I've a virtual guest of Windows 2012 R2 Active Directory server (with 2GB memory assigned) running in ESXi 5.5 (with update 2). In one night, it did not working properly suddenly. Checked that before...
View Articleinstal new forest by windows server 2012 r2
Greetings I want an answer file for Forest I install on windows server 2012 r2, how can this be done in PowerShell With special thanks
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Domain Controller Patching
Hi, When I patch domain controller with below patches, DC get hungs at Applying Computer Settings.Does anyone know which is the problematic patch from below which need to be removed from installing in...
View ArticleGetting Error while Exporting Data from AD
I am getting while exporting AD Users or Computers information from AD below is the script and error message. Can anyone help me on this. I have user count near about 15000.Get-ADUser -Filter *...
View ArticleGroup Policy Management Console problem
Hi, I found out that a problem when I open gpmc in my server (Windows Server 2008 SP2)(Domain Controller). I got an error message saying The specified domain controller could not be contacted. This...
View ArticleActive Directory health profiler
Guys,Did anyone use Active Directory health profiler? I am planning to buy a copy, but can't find too many references over the Internet.Did anyone try it before?Thanks for your inputs!Nick
View ArticleNTDS Internal Processing error
Question: How do you go about tracking down the source of an error like this:Event Type: Error Event Source: NTDS General Event Category: Internal Processing Event ID: 1481 User: NT...
View Articlehow to remove a client from a deleted domain - 2012 server essential
Anybody can help.we installed 2012 server essential on a Dell server, join a client/laptop to that domain. abc.local.then we delete that on server and reinstall again with a new domain. on...
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