script for adding new domain user to old domain groups
Hi there We are in the process of an interforest migration and have hit an issue wrt to sid history on groups. I am looking for a script or process to follow to enumerate group membership in old...
View Articletrust relationship between windows server 2003 and windows server 2008: 1311...
Hi,I'm trying to create a trust relationship between a windows 2003 and a windows server 2008, both in different domains of course.From the server 2003 impossbible because a I get an error saying that...
View ArticleHow many Active Directory OU's is too many
Question:I just created 40 new OU in our AD with in those 40 I created 600 Groups. Would this slow down proformace on the ADHow many is too many?Thanks
View ArticleCreating a Forest Trust after a Domain Trust is already in place?
I have a situation where a two-way domain trust is already in place between two different domains that are in there own forests. There is only one domain in each of these forests. Ideally this should...
View ArticleWindows time service doesn't synchronize properly
So, I've spent quite some time to fix it, but to no avail...Here is the problem: we synchronize time with swisstime.ethz.ch. We do it once a day (modified SpecialPollInterval to 8640 from the default...
View ArticleIs it bad practise for a DC to have 2 NICs?
Hi,My domain controllers have two NICs. One is for the internal NIC, the other for the external NIC. If I understand correctly, this is a multi-homed DC. Is it advisable to keep just one NIC? (which...
View Articlecsvde import users from UTF8 .csv
Hi,I am trying to import users using csvde from .csv file. All works fine except that the .csv file is saved as Unicode (utf8) and imported usernames have wrong characters for non ascii characters. I...
View ArticleNetlogon and SYSVOL shares are not created after DCPROMO in Windows 2012
Hi When i run a dcpromo on my windows 2012 server (all dc's are windows 2012)On the new domain controller i don't have sysvol or netlogon share.All the sugestions i found in social refer to FRS but in...
View ArticleHow could I know the frequency of intra-site replication and inter-site...
How could I know the frequency of intra-site replication and inter-site replication ? I saw Site and Service schedule and replication looks most of servers are 4times per hour in GUI but in replmon it...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 AD Domain Administrator Password Reset
Hi All,I want to change the Administrator password (Domain Admin, Schema Admin, Enterprise Admin) in my environment. Because, This password has been shared to team members unknowingly.Please Let me...
View ArticleDomain Controller clients listing
Hi, we have a primary Domain Controller and a secondary DC in our network. we had to do some maintenance on the primary DC so we stopped the services on DC1, so all the services were owned by the...
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 ArticleEvent ID 13568
we have 3 DC's and in that one dc is having the below error when rebooted in the frs event, in other two dc's getting error 13508.Please suggest.The File Replication Service has detected that the...
View ArticleHow to query Device claims information on client.
Hi,I'm testing out dynamic access control and am able to succesfully use devices claims on windows 8 client connecting to a 2k12 file server. What I'm not sure about is how to view the current claims...
View ArticleActive Directory Group folder is not created under domain services
Hi,I have installed Active directory service on my windows 2008 server. But after installation i check my active directory users & computer section so i found Group option was not there under...
View Articleoff permisses active directory
Dear All,If any one can share useful link or configuration guide how to setup active directory in on and off premisses. like i have one active directory on HQ and rest of active is on client premises....
View ArticleCan i changed Administrator password on Active directory domain server
Hello,I am using Server 2008 Standard edition, with Active directory and DNS service. Now i want to changed administrator password due to other reasons.my question is, Is any effect on AD or DNS...
View ArticleDomain administrator and a deny everyone rule
Hi guys! I'm working on a problem where we have delegation of control set up to enable a group (let's call it the DeleteComputerObjects group) of users to delete computer objects in a couple of...
View ArticleDFSR Replication
I am replicating a folder from Server A to Server B. Server A is "Primary". The folder in Server A has a size of 600GB. The initial replication is complete however the folder size in Server B is only...
View ArticleSetup Deny access for everyone on a user object without affecting email...
Hello there-We are running 2003 domain functional level. I got a request to secure an OU and the user objects within, to be used for terminated users... The idea is to 1. prevent anyone (except for one...
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