Eymployee ID column
Hi,I am using AD on win server 2012 and want to add a new column of employee id in user's properties.Please help.Thanks in advance.Regards,Rahul Ranjan
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The issue: Changes made to a user object location in the forest take a long time to replicate to domain controllers. Specifically, if a user object is moved from OU=test,dc=zone1,dc=domain,dc=com to...
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Dear All,when i run the replication tool i get the below error ,how do i resolve this error ,seems its not replication properly with the primary DcTechGUy,System Administrator.
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View ArticleRecent Java Updates not applying over group policy
We currently use a Windows server 2008 R2 domain controller over our local network. We've been updating Java packages through the Group Policy or over a year now with no issues. However, the most...
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I am currently in the process of designing a new Active Directory (2012 R2), where the client has a specific requirement to restrict login to only the devices in the site in which they allocated to.A...
View ArticleADFS working when one Domain Controllers is down
Hi folks,ADFS with SharePoint/O365 use, two Domain Controllers, when one domain controller is down SharePoint or O365 does not work anymore. What is the process how ADFS uses Domain Controller and what...
View ArticleActive Directory 2008 R2 , New Attribute and Bulk Import
Hi,I am running AD 2008 R2 , I have new requirement to add a Code # for each Employee in AD directory. What I am planning to add a new attribute and then Bulk Import codes for all employees through CSV...
View ArticleNot able to fetch programatically Active Directory Federation Service events...
I am trying to fetch AD federation service related events programmatically from Registry location through a key name "EventMessageFile" which stores the path of application dll/exe. I have searched for...
View ArticleUpgrading Domain Controllers with KMS and WINS Services Running
HiWe are in a situation where we have to in-place upgrade our Windows 2008 R2 based domain controllers. Some of these have either KMS or WINS services running on them.Has someone ever attempted to...
View ArticleWindows Security Logs
Hi,I have a question about local security logs.I'm told that a PC has had its logs deleted and logging turned off on a certain date.It occurred to me that this might be because the machine was joined...
View ArticlePowershell script for getting the Active Directory membership
Hi Team,can you help me with a power shell script for querying membership of AD groups.
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I've got a general question about SRV records under _msdcs. Specifically, in _tcp.<GUID>.domains._msdcs.We have 21 Domain Controllers (All Server 2012 R2) in our Domain and all of them are...
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