ADFS Without Proxy
Hi ThereI'm new to ADFS. If I only need internal users on my network accessing an app on a 3rd party's Federation site do I need the Account Federation Server Proxy role by necessity or can I just let...
View ArticleActive Directory
Hi,I have Active directory installed on windows server 2008 R2 I want to transfer the Active directory to another server with different server name,what are the ways to do it?thanks
View ArticleAD Account Password Security - LanMan HASH
Greetings,How do I find all accounts in AD that are still using the old LANMAN HASH? I enabled the GPO to clear lanman hash on next password change for entire domain, but it looks like we still have...
View Articleldifde of other domain(no trust) is usable if there is one user account and...
ldifde of other domain(which has no trust) is usable if there is one user account/passowrd of that domain and ldap port(389) is open ?
View ArticleAuto logon question
Hi Everyone,I would like to have a series of computers auto login when they are booted.Each machine will need to have a different username that is logged on with.I do not have the passwords for the...
View Articleupgradationof Domain Controller from Windows Server 2003 Standard 32 Bit...
Hi Experts,I want to upgrade Domain Controller from Windows Server 2003 Standard 32 Bit Edition to Windows Server R2 Standard Edition.I have some query . pls help me out on these.Task to be done before...
View ArticleCan Metadata be cleaned on an DC that has already been force demoted?
We had a 2003sp2 DC (no master roles, just a "secondary" DNS) go tombstone. The dcpromo /forceremoval was done with the idea of doing metadata cleanup afterward. However now of course it is in a...
View ArticleSingle domain controller, 2 locations
Hello,Looking for some help on how to best join a remote location to my existing 2008 domain controller (HQ). This remote location currently has a server 2003 domain controller but I would like to...
View ArticlePwdLastSet - possible to change ?
Hi Folks,I have a wee problem; my client has 400 users who all have "Password Never Expires" checked. Now they want to implement a password policy of 30 days. The AD is functional level 2003 running on...
View ArticleAD 2003 + DNS to 2008 R2 migration
I have One PC Runing windows server 2003 enterprise running AD, DNS, DHCP and WINS. I just got a new server running server 2008 enterprise and would like to Upgrade or migrate everything do that...
View ArticleLdap server 2008 ,not able to connnect via ssl
ld = ldap_sslinit("Testserver", 22223, 1); Error 0 = ldap_set_option(hLdap, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, 3); Error 81 = ldap_connect(hLdap, NULL); Server error: <empty> Error <0x51>: Fail to...
View Articlewindows 2003 Active directory backup and disaster recovery plan
Hi,I need to make a backup plan for our windows 2003R2 SP2 x64 active directory in order to recover these :1. Active Directory Forest 2. DNS 3. Lost or Deleted Users and Objects 4. SYSVOLwhat kind of...
View ArticleAD design and consideration
Hi all,One company want to redesign its AD architecture based on locations(us/cn), subcompany(sub1,sub2,sub3,sub4). The subcompany domains(ussub1/cnsub1, ussub2/cnsub2) need trust in US/CN locations....
View ArticleReplication Failures and NETDOM Reset of PWD Didn't work
I have a small directory where the AD is now failing to replicate. I have checked on KSD1 the dcdiags and things seem fine there. This is the PDC. On the 2 DC KSD2 things aren't repliacating and...
View ArticleError preparing schema for Lync2010 installation
I am logged in with and Enterprise admin account who is also a member of Schema admins. I have a Windows Server 2012 DC that passed all the DCdiag tests.I have a Windows 2008 server that I am trying to...
View ArticleTrying to locate the last Logged on User of a computer within a domain...
Hello All, So far this is what I've come up with dsquery * "OU=Workstations,OU=XXX,OU=XXX,OU=XXX,OU=XXX,DC=XXX,DC=XXX,DC=XXX,DC=XXX" -filter...
View ArticleActive Directory tool
Dear Expt,Where i can i find ActiveDirectory support tool for windows 2008 32 bitSupport@Mytechnet.me
View ArticleA Global Catalog Server could not be located - All GC's are down.
Im all out of ideas. I have two DC's that both fail DCDIAG with the following adn my exchange services wont come online due to this. please help!Starting test: FsmoCheck Warning:...
View ArticleNaming ifnormation cannot be located because access is denied
according to my previous question regarding domain admin have full access to its own domain. However, when I open ADUC as domain administrator, I got error:Active directory domain services:Naming...
View ArticleDemoting 2003 Domain controllers and DNS Servers
Hi all,I have introduced three new 2008 r2 domain controllers which currently live with three 2003 sp2 domain controllers. All DNS servers.It has been like this for about 3 weeks. During this time I...
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