Active Directory is a Microsoft technology primarily for managing multiple Windows servers and workstations in a single environment. It was first released in 2000.
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One-Way Forest Trust Issue
I have a unique problem. We have inherited a domain that doesn't have a top level domain.
The domain name is renob. I am trying to create a forest level trust between our production domain ...
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Dynamics CRM 2011 - change active directory
We have a Dynamics CRM 2011 installation and we want to change its active directory.
Where is the correct place to do that without re-installing the CRM.
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Dynamic auxiliary classes in ADLDS
Forgive me if this seems to be a stupid question but I'm having a bit of a hard time setting up an ADLDS system to develop against.
The background: powers that be have decided that it would be nice ...
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Accessing a Windows domain file share while logged in as a local user [closed]
At work, I have a Windows computer on a domain, but it's generally logged in with a shared local user account, since the administrators don't want to make shared domain accounts. The problem is I seem ...
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Personal Data on Work Computer [closed]
I have a question. When using a computer at work one saves personal data as well. For example gmail accounts in the browser. Other credentials again in the browser or elsewhere. Also files from places ...
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I want to boot my computere through nic card like a novell netware [closed]
I have one client computer. In that PC no hdd and I want to boot from server thorugh NIC card like use Older version (Novell Netware).
In the server MS2003 server OS. Is there any option to boot ...
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Error creating Exchange mailbox, initials field to long
I used adsiedit to enlarge the rangeUpper of the "Initials" attribute in AD from 6 to 12 chars. My DC is running 2008R2.
Now I want to create a Exchange 2010 mailbox for this user, but it seems that ...
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How to apply Active Directory Auditing with some native tool of Windows server [closed]
How we can set some auditing standard in our active directory like if there is any change occur it will give a alert on our mail.
Any creation,deletion, modification in group,computer and OUs
I don't ...
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Enlarging initials field in AD
I have two 2008R2 domain controllers in one domain.
The user attribute "initials" can only contain 6 chars. I need it to be 12.
What is the impact of using adsiedit to enlarge this attribute to more ...
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HyperV Host time issues - PeerPoll Interval out of valid range
I noticed a large time difference on my Hyper-V host so i set the time to sync from the PDC as follows:
w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update
net stop w32time
net start w32time
From the ...
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SPNs and Kerberos Delegation
I would like to check my understanding. This is a fully hypothetical scenario below as I am currently studying for a certification.
I have an IIS App Pool with a basic website, which accesses data ...
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installing a specific update and change timezone for all domain users through active directory
In my country Jordan the government decided to cancel the daylight saving time, so the timezone was (UTC +2) and now it is (UTC +3), however microsoft released a hotfix update for this issue.
now I ...
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Windows SBS 2011 Essentials User Documents Stored on Server (Folder re-direction?)
On Windows SBS 2011 Essentials, how do you store user documents in a centralized location on the server?
For example a 'User' folder has sub-folders for Mr A, B and C. Each of these folders has all ...
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Remote manage a Hyper-V 2012 server that is hosting the Domain Controller, while the domain controller is down
Ok, i seem to have gotten myself into a bit of a catch 22.
I have a hyper-v 2012 server which is running the Domain Controller.
However, the Domain Controller isn't loading due to some sort of ...
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What are the side effects of disabling an Exchange mailbox?
When working with Exchange Server 2007 or newer, disabling a mailbox is a fairly common operation. However, the Technet documentation has no details about the side effects of disabling a mailbox. This ...
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Exchange SP3 patch error in Recipient Update Service?
Can anyone please assist me with the issue in patching the SP3 on the Exchange Server 2007 CCR mailbox server role, I have executed the setup.com /m:upgrade command line from the admin rights ...
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Netdom Join — What is wrong with this syntax?
I receive 'The syntax of this command is:...Try "Netdom Help" for more information, when I enter the following:
netdom join melbourne /D:contoso.internal /UD:administrator /PD:*
I have both ...
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Cross Forest Authentication - RDP - Have to Manually Specify Domain
We are having an issue when a user in forestB is RDP'ing to an XP system in forestA. We are in a transitional state where some users have migrated to our new forest (forestB) but still need access to ...
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GPO Enforced Precedence
What is the precedence for Enforeced GPOs, I can't really find any MS articles which give a refined answer.
My current understanding is as follows:
Lets say we have 5 GPO's - GPO1 through GP05. I ...
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Remove child domain - domain still showing in Active Directory Users and Computers
I had followed the instructions here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230306 to remove a child domain that wasn't needed and whose DC had crashed.
I removed the child domain called ae, and kept the ...
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Once AD Administrative tools are deployed, how do they receive updates? How do I tell what version they are at?
I have some admins who are complaining of certain properties such as "User must change password at next logon" not taking effect. (when they re-open the properties dialog box, the checkbox is missing)
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How can I assign active directory permission to the default app pool identity
How can I assign active directory permission to the default app pool identity [IIS APPPOOL{application pool name}]?
I am trying to do this to enable a web application query active directory groups, ...
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Powershell show users who are members of a group twice - once directly once indirectly
I have started setting up groups like:
Department-staff
Department-supervisors
Department-director
Where Department-supervisors is a member of Department-staff, and Department-director is a ...
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How can i verify the trust between 2 domains in Windows Server 2008R2 Active Directory?
How can i verify the trust between 2 domains in Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory? Is there a tool for it? Maby a snap-in or something.
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How does AD decided when to enable SyncOnStartup for inbound replication partners
I have been playing with the MSAD_ReplNeighbor wmi class for monitoring AD replication.
I have a hub and spoke, single domain topology where three DCs are in the spoke site.
One holds all the master ...
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For how long can a client be shutdown in AD?
We are setting up a training environment to be used after summer holiday. Management wants us to set up clients now before the vacation. Since the clients are to be shipped away, they will be off line ...
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Hyper-V Missing Virtual Server From Hyper-V Manager List
We are running Hyper-V on a Window 2008 server that doesn't have a desktop (only console login is provided).
We access Hyper-V using Hyper-V Manager which connects to this host-server and it provides ...
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Active Directory Access logging
We are running Active Directory on windows server 2012 and are looking to create a report of users daily usage by logging the login time and log out time of each user.
The aim is to database these ...
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How to flush and verify an active directory group change?
Is there a DOS command I can run on my client PC to fetch a new group assignment? I'm logged in as the user. I just added a security group to "Member Of" on the primary AD server.
Can I pull this ...
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How can I search multiple users in a domain with their names? [closed]
I want to search multiple users with their names on a domain. say 30 names are stored in a text / excel file, the script should import and search each name and give some indicaion if user with that ...
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Promote Active Directory Replica DC With No Access to FSMOs
Windows 2008 R2 domain controllers and functional levels. Network connectivity is as follows:
DC03 ------ DC02 ------ DC01(FSMOs)
DC01 holds all the FSMOs. DC03, which has not been promoted yet, ...
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CentOS 6.4 SSSD + GDM problems
I'm having an issue where using SSSD it will not bring up a full desktop when using GDM. It seems to get to where it appears to be loading the desktop, then X crashes/stops then reloads GDM.
If i ...
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Active Directory and WORKGROUP [closed]
Is is possible to run an Active Directory on a network and still have WORKGROUP computers on the network and have them still able to access each other?
Would I have to use IPs over NetBIOS names or ...
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Keeping Track of Enterprise Desktops
Part of my job is to make sure that for computers in a specific OU, whats Actually in use = whats listed in AD = whats listed in SCCM. This is for an environment with 250k PCs, but i specifically ...
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Can I completely remove the Windows DNS in favour of BIND9 in an AD network?
I would like to remove the DNS feature of Windows Domain Controllers and point the DNS servers to our BIND9 servers.
I know it's possible to setup coexistence but this requires a number of extra ...
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Simulate two domains on one machine to support work/home isolation [closed]
Problem statement: How can I support isolation of identities on a signle in-home network that supports both personal and business resources? I know the Windows NT servers have plenty of methods of ...
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What happens if unlink a GPO?
If I have a GPO that contains a handful of settings - let' say, configured to implement WSUS configuration, some random registry entries, some other Control Panel settings etc.
If I unlink the ...
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How to setup SSL for Active Directory?
I have a Windows 2008 Server (Base2) machine.
In Server Manager > Roles, i can see:
1. Active Directory Domain Services
2. DNS Server
3. Active Directory Certificate Services.
Under Active Directory ...
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Win2008 server replication fails between DC and ADC
Directory Server Diagnosis
Performing initial setup:
Trying to find home server...
Home Server = guis02
Identified AD Forest.
Done gathering initial info.
Doing initial required tests
Testing ...
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AD Replication Errors / KCC - Between two Domain Controllers
I'm having quite an issue that began a few days ago. Let me just lay out exactly what happened - also I've inherited this environment, please keep that in mind.
1st Domain Controller - Windows ...
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Windows Server DNS DHCP and AD [closed]
Sorry I dont know where to ask this. This is not a fault.
I'm planning for test for MCSA and I need to ask some question as i'm unsure about these things.
Can you name 3 different types of DNS ...
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Software deployment via Group Policy to multiple sites
I'm currently upgrading an AD serving a few hundred computers over a couple of dozen sites and decided that it would be a good time to rethink the way that software deployment is organised. Some of ...
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Authenticate ubuntu Nfs server access using windows active directory
I have an Ubuntu NFS server installed. Would like all my team members to have their own username under /home dir on the server. Need to authenticate the access to the NFS server using Windows Active ...
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Active Directory RealmFlags trust for delegation
I have a setup with a Samba4 AD server.
I want to mark my AD as trusted for delegation. So when logging in via putty to my linux server I want the kerberos ticket to be delegated. What I have now is ...
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How to find out why a user account has been locked? [duplicate]
This morning a user was unable to login on his windows account. After unlocking it in the active directory every thing was working again.
Is there a way to see in event viewer or some other place why ...
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wso2 Governance Registry Active Directory integration unable to find valid certification path to requested target
I am attempting to set up a WSO2 Governance Registry server on RHEL5 that will integrate with our Active Directory using ldaps, but normal methods of setting up trust of the domain controllers ssl ...
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OpenLDAP proxy Active Directory : force -b <base> with rwm rules?
We have changed your directory OpenLdap by Active Directory. Many process used OpenLdap.
I create a openldap proxy to access to Active Directory. It works very well... :)
Unfortunately, many ...
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Windows Server Alternative Sign In
In the organization I work for, some users are often in a position where they cannot access their workstations when an administrator needs to do something on their user account or when they need to ...
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Jenkins Active Directory More Secure Authentication Method Required
While trying to activate security on a Windows 2008 R2 hosted Jenkins Version 1.514 with the Active Directory plugin version 1.33 I get the following error while trying to logon:
INFO: Login attempt ...
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How to create and add a self signed certificate in Windows 7 [closed]
I am using Apache Directory Studio to test a application on Windows 7.
I am using ldaps (on port 10636) support and followed the instructions to create a keystore and was able to successfully connect ...