Test Environment for AD Using Production AD server.
Hi All,this question gets asked a lot... but not definitive answer. MS articles advise not to export DC VMs, another article will mention you can export the live environment (but don't import the...
View ArticleSlow performance to Web Enrollment page
I have setup a certificate web enrollment site for my AD CS. I have two servers that have setup web enrollment for certificate. But for some reason on only the newly created server when I click on the...
View ArticleCertSrv customize page
I have installed the Certificate Web Enrollment part for AD CS and installed the certs from the CA. I not as familiar with IIS, we already have a one web enrollment server and we want a second one...
View ArticleIn which site(s) should the Licensing Site Settings and...
Hi there,Lately I had to replace our licensing server in our environment. This Licensing server handlesKMS activation (VA) and Terminal Services licenses.Everything works well, but now I'm a bit...
View ArticleSAMBA 4.8.3 as Active Directory and Hyper-V
Hello everybody,I have installed SAMBA 4.8.3 as Active Directory. Everything is fine but i have problem with Hyper-V servers. There is few servers with Hyper-V Core. Servers of course are member of...
View ArticleAzure AD Connect – Excluding Organizational Units (Syncing)
Hello,I’d like to exclude an Organizational Unit from ‘Azure AD Connect’ when syncing Active Directory with Office 365.I’ve found a couple of good articles that describe how to do this using the...
View ArticleGPO to Exclude Location from Indexing
Hey,I am working on a GPO implementation to fix an issue that randomly started occurring with an aging application,the application is a Java App that hooks into a file repository on the intranet, when...
View ArticleReplication issue
Hi All, I am getting replication issue in my environment. When I run repadmin /replsum command, it shows only source DSA, I can't see Destination DSA. Kindly advise how to fix it. I tried to trouble...
View ArticleWINS Migration from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2
We are upgrading our domain from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2. We have WINS configured on 2008 R2 DC's. I've 2 queries:-1. Is there a way to figure out if WINS server is in use. Any tool I can use to find2. How...
View ArticleADCS Question After Server Migration
Hopefully someone can help me with this ADCS question.Some years ago we needed a certificate server to implement a Wireless Network using WPA2 Enterprise Security.This was implemented with an...
View Article3 Forests with trusts, unable to cross-forest group memberships
After the usual mergers, acquisitions and divestments the AD environment of my client is as follows:- 3 AD Forests with a single domain in each (Domain1, Domain2, Domain3)- Trusts between all domains...
View ArticleAdFind: report all groups (explicit and implicit) a user is a member of (in...
I've tried many different commands and I get inconsistent results. So far, the most complete lists come from the following commands: whoami /groupForEach($group in...
View ArticleThe FSMO role ownership could not be verified because its directory partition...
HiI am unable to create a child domain in an existing domain tree in windows 2003 server.Error msg : " The FSMO role ownership could not be verified because its directory partition has not replicated...
View ArticleAccount & Resource Domain Setup.
Hi All, DomainA Users/Computers are migrate to DomainB. Keep all the servers in DomainA. Users are login to DomainB DC01 but Computers are getting the DHCP form DomainA -DC01. DomainA DC01 -...
View ArticleUnable to connect to LDAPS
I installed LDAPS certificate on my domain controller, however, when I use LDP to make a connection on port 636, I get the error:Error <0x51>: Fail to connect <g class="gr_ gr_29 gr-alert...
View ArticlePassword SYNC from ADDS to LDS!!
Hi ,Any Suggestions or links how can I Sync password from ADDS to ADLDS?
View ArticleComputer Hangs - Screen Saver Group Policy
Hi All, We have deployed the new screen saver GPO to all the users,Computer freezes as soon as it reaches the desktop home screen. Clicking anywhere one the screen or pressing any button on the...
View ArticleActive Directory
Hi All,If we mention the computer object language in computer properties attribute, does it change the regional and language settings in particular server.Please share your inputs asapThanks in...
View Articlesend a message to all domain users over GP
i know this is an old thing, users deleting any email sent from IT, so i want to send a system message, is that still available. the pop up that appears to all users
View ArticleDomain controllers in Azure with 2016 DC whilst forest functional level is 2003
We have AD forest functional and domain functional level of 2003. We have 1 2003 DC and multiple 2012 R2 DCs. We're looking at implementing DCs in Azure, preferably using Windows 2016.Are there any...
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