How to purge from AD
I have AD where the PDC is trying to communicate to another DC that is no longer online so i am looking at runningrepadmin /removelingeringobjects ServerName ServerGUID...
View ArticleI need to be able to Cut and past across volumes and drives. Not copy/paste....
OK, I have looked all over the internet, all up and down your forums. There is no one giving anyone the answer we really need. The question is simple:How do you set the Drag and drop features on your...
View Articleadfs 2.0 Hardware Load Balancer configuration
Hello All,Does anyboy know the HLB configuration for ADFS 2.0 Server (WIndows 2008 R2)?Affinity: Source IP AddressAlgorithm:Least ConnectionsSticky COnnectionTime OutRegardsJOse Osorio
View ArticleOne Forest or Forest Trusts
Hi, hoping for some answers from some Microsoft guru's.scenario; 8 sites dispersed across the country, currently no AD/Domain/Forest. Phase 1 - will be to build an AD environment for each site, phase...
View ArticleCreate Account for Select Users to Install Programs
We are outsourcing some of our IT to a local company and I'd like to allow a few select users to have the ability to install plug-ins or software on end-users machines without having to contact an...
View ArticleAD/DNS Server authentication issue
Hi everyone,I apologize if it seems like I am replicating a question that may have been answered, but the threads I've seen don't appear to include my particular situation.I have inherited a system...
View ArticleMigration of critical infrastructure applications to a new domain
We just recently stood up a new domain for our company. We consolidated from 7 domains to 1, but prior to that we had just stood up some recent core infrastructure apps. My question is which of the...
View ArticleForest wide Replication Partners - Best Practise
I have recently started with a new employer and have been tasked with looknig through their AD and making any suggestions for changes / improvements.Briefly there is a main head office with 3 DC's and...
View ArticleReanimation of Deleted Objects, Manual restore or Authoritive Subtree Restore
Hi All,Hopeing someone can help. feel like a real plank.was clearing out old exchange servers from our enviroment and deleted the wrong servers and Administrative group.I need to restore the...
View ArticleTesting LDS functionality
Dear Colleagues,I have installed an LDS server to support multiforest authentication for Cisco UC Manager. I have extended the schema, imported the affected users and finally I gave the new LDS server...
View ArticleSecure LDAP - Domain Controller FQDN (.local vs .com)
According to this article microsoft requires that the name of the certfiicate match the FQDN of the server for LDAP over SSL with a third party.The FQDN of my Domain Controller is...
View ArticleAD with FSMO down for days?
Our agency is moving over the holidays and my DC with FSMO roles might be down for a day or two. I have some backup DC/GC servers in remote offices. Should I transfer FSMO rolls to one of those servers...
View ArticleAD still showing Transitive Replication partners
Hi there,We have a largely distributed AD topolgy comprising of over 120 remote sites. The network is not fully routed and is a hub-spoke design.To try to simplify things I've decided to disabled the...
View ArticleCan't validate trust against RODC
Hi,We have a customer that we have setup a one way external selective trust to. We have a VPN tunnel setup between us and them. We have 2 RODCs setup on our side for them that are in their domain....
View ArticleHave to remove and readd multiple PCs to domain every morning, no error messages
For the past 2 weeks, every morning we have a few computers that will not allow any domain user to login (tested with 3 known good accounts)The only error message is the standard (Username or password...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Active Directory upgrade
Hi,I was just going through below article for planning AD upgrade to WIndows 2012 based environment, i got few ideas but not able to to find clear articulation about Windows 2003...
View ArticleGPUPDATE /force warning even folder redirection has not configured
Hi All,When try the GPUPDATE /Force on any of the domain machine we are getting the warning thatWe are having 2008 r2 domain and forest function levels and Windows 2008r2/Win 7 client machines." The...
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Custom Attributes - Which permission option?
HiI need to enable a service account to write to the Custom Attributes.Which options is this set from the AD Delegate access wizard?These attributes are visible in Exchange Management ConsoleThanks,...
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Installing a DC in Windows Server 2012
Hello!Can't type in the DSRM password while installing the first Win2012 DC:???Thank you in advance,Michael
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Rename a Custom Attribute
HiW2K8 domain + Exch2010.I need to start using Custom Attributes is it possible to rename to whatever I want or is this a locked field in Schema?Thanks, MMaelito
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