Windows 8 metro apps do not work
I have a small remote office (they do not have an onsite IT) that received their first Windows 8 laptop but they can not access the metro apps with their domain account but can access them with a local...
View ArticleWindows Active Directory - Grapical Management
I was wondering if anyone knew of a program that would provide a feature of arranging computers on a network visually. What I mean by this, is having somthing that shows where each of the computers are...
View ArticleActive directory/Dns server quarrel
Configuration:2 windows server 2012 Domain controllers multiple synology rack storage stations42 work stations connected to domainIssue: The synology storage station can connect to an AD Server and...
View ArticleAttribute value
Hi,can you please guide me on how to find out attribute value for the following filter.need to create a filter wherein my site(account) of a user should be purged 1month after they no longer appear or...
View ArticleDynamic access control & S4USelf
When a non-claims-aware client computer hits a file server that is configured to use DAC, my understanding is that the file server issues a S4USelf kerb request to get claims from AD for the user...
View ArticleAccess to RDS even if the connection to a domain controller from a trust...
I have the following infrastructure:- Domain controller at our office and all users accessing this domain already;- We moved one of our servers to a collocation and basically the function of this...
View ArticleActive directory device active for certain days information
Hi,i am not AD expert but there are a requirement to check how many workstations or servers from each OU in AD are really active for the last certain days for example 90day.how can i generate that...
View ArticleErrors listed in DC Diag
I am running DCDiag on the domain controller (windows server 2012) "dcdiag /c /q" and getting some errors. At one time there were 2 DC's but I removed the secondary using remove features. Apparently it...
View ArticleActive Directory connectivity issue
This is the error shown by SQL Server managerA network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify...
View ArticleSwitching to AD Integrated Zones
Hi all,We have one AD domain that uses a mix of 2003 and 2008 servers. Currently the primary AD zone that all of our DCs update is on a non-DC server. We are going to be turning DNS on one of our DCs...
View ArticleDomain Admin and Enterprise privilege
Hi team,As part of enhancing security , we planned to remove all admins part of Domain Admin group.Is there a way to do that we can create a group in AD with limited Domain Admins access with which we...
View ArticleAdd a windows 2012 domain controller
I manage a Win2003 R2 SP1 active directory environment with 2 DCs, both global catalog (by the way, where can I find a paper that explain all possible DC installation modes?), both Windows Server 2003...
View ArticleProblems with Root CA, unable to process certificate requests
Hi there,We have been asked by a client to renew their Exchange server certificate, however when we tried to renew the cert we received the following error:Event ID 22 Certification AuthorityActive...
View ArticleSet main domain controller and check connection ???
Hi all, My English is not good, and I dont have much experience. So I ask by my real case: - First, I have 4 DCs (Same DC 2K8 SP2) with 3 sites (3 sites at difference cities): Site A has two DCs: A1...
View ArticleDon't want workstations to create a certain log file. Workstation is Windows...
An app creates a log file on our workstations. The workstations run Windows 7, on a 2008 AD environment.How do I create a GPO that will block an app from creating a log file on a Windows 7 workstation?
View Article2008R2 dcpromo ask domainprep /forestprep
I have 1 server 2003SBS DC/Exchange; 5 years ago I installed a MsWindows2003 Server Std, add to my domain SBS and i promote toadditional DC this server. I Install today a new server MsWindows2008R2 64...
View ArticleHow to manage "unix attributes" in Windows Server 2012?
I'm trying to set the UID, GID, etc. properties for users in Server 2012 but the "unix attributes" tab is missing under the user properties. Articles for managing Unix in 2003 & 2008 don't appear...
View ArticleADFS 2.0 Claim Transformation
I have a relying party trust setup and everything is working correctly with ADFS if I just use a rule template to pass an Active Directory attribute in my claim. What I want to pass in my claim is the...
View ArticleNTP server
hi All,is the NTP server by default configured on windows server 2008 standard edition when it is made as a Domain controller ?as i wanted to configure the NTP server on windows server 2008 standard...
View ArticleHow do I add all domain users to a single group?
Hi.This is probably a serious n00b-query, but I'll ask it anyway.I need to give all users in my domain full access rights to an Exchange 2010 mailbox. Thing is that this can only be done using a...
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