matching, mapping and populating cells in AD
Hi all, I hope you can helpI am looking to populate to the "city" field depending on the content of the office fieldIE if the 'office' field is set to "Kings Cross", the'city' field gets populated with...
View ArticleDO_NOT_REMOVE_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directory
I know that this is hidden and in the sysvol, I have no idea what this folder does, its purpose, etc.Any information on this will help greatly.I do know it is hidden by default and that the system...
View ArticleFRS Replication: JRNL_WRAP_ERROR
One of our domain controllers experienced an unexpected shut down.Since then it has been unable to replicate SYSVOL information.This issue has been ongoing for several months, and we don't have a...
View ArticleThe security database on the server does not have a computer account for this...
Good Morning. I`ve joined a computer to a domain and when I try loggin on it gives me the message: "The security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation trust...
View ArticleQuery Based Distribution Group option missing
Hey Folks,I was trying to create a "Query Based Distribution Group" for mailing purposes just now, and came to find that I have no such option in my Active Directory.I'm using Exchange 2007 SP3 in a...
View ArticleForce password to expire for testing
Is there a way to forcibly have a password expire in AD so I can test the OWA password expiration form?
View Articlehow can i discover service accounts in a domain !
Hello ,I'am working on a new project where i have to discover all service accounts in a domain ?!any help ! thank you
View ArticleMoving an Object
Hi -I am working in a Windows 2008 R2 environment. I have an OU that has the "protect this object from accidental deletion" box checked, which puts an explicit DENY on the "Delete All Child Object"...
View ArticleDcdiag issues
HelloI run dcdiag on my DC and i found the belowhow can i fix the below issues? Directory Server Diagnosis Performing initial setup: Trying to find home server... Home...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 Domain Controller NIC replacement
HiWe are changing the 1 Gb NIC of Domain controllers, will do the change with FSMO owner first and once it's up we will proceed with second DC. Is there any special procedure with changing NIC for a...
View ArticleWildcard certificate with two diferent domains
Hi people i need generate wildcard certificate for *.domain1.com and *.sub.domain2.comone second level wildcard and one third level wildcard. It is posibble to include this two domains in one wildcard...
View ArticleQuestion about using group policy to restrict who can log on to a workstation
I'm aware that this can be done in ADDS, and I'm already using it to do exactly that. I have a further question. Suppose I want to set up a situation in which the only person allowed to logon to a...
View ArticleEvent ID 4740 (Account locked out) not replicating to PDC
HiWe have a couple of Domain Controllers (Windows Server 2012) in the company and we monitor only the PDC for Event ID 4740 for user account locked out so we can proactively notify the user. From what...
View ArticleMaxTokenSize value implemented but not working
Hi, we've had some intermittent issues with maxtokensize errors on Windows 7 and Server 2008 computers in our environment. We implemented a group policy to push out the key...
View ArticleResolve child domain for Stub zone with external DNS server
Hi guys,Stub zone = abc.com Child domain = test.abc.com / dev.abc.comI have a Win Server 2012 R2 DNS server, it has a stub zone (abc.com) with external DNS server that is located at partner...
View ArticleAAD Connect Question about Syncing Object Types
Let's say we had 1,000 contacts in AD. We are now on 365. We currently have all contacts synchronizing with AAD Connect. We want to stop synchronizing contacts so we can edit them in 365. What's...
View Article"Microsoft network server: Server SPN target name validation level" Making it...
My company's Min Sec Baseline requires this setting at '1' ". . . The SMB server will accept and validate the SPN provided by the SMB client and allow a session to be established if it matches the SMB...
View ArticleSingle Domain but multiple domain names, is it possible
I currently have a domain, test.local, but I require a server that needs adding to the domain as test.com in order to apply a security cert etc. I have alternative UPN suffix so users can logon...
View ArticleDNS Zone Transfer
Hi All,We have some issue in DNS zones transfer, we have one DC and five ADC's. in DNS management zone transfer tab, zone transfer to "only to servers listed on name server tab" we have selected. Also...
View ArticleMicrosoft Active Directory Migration From 2008 to 2012 Plan
Dears,We have plan to migrate our Microsoft active directory 2008 to AD 2012, in our current environment. We have three domain controller one primary two secondary one of them is VM, my plan is to...
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