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Lost a disk on a domain controller with FSMo roles

Hi, A disk on one of our domain controller failed where there are sysvol folder? what we should do to remediate the situation ?

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
asked 2020-12-22T12:37:06.88+00:00
SF-6505 411 Reputation points
accepted 2020-12-22T17:00:52.2+00:00
SF-6505 411 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

repadmin/showrepl command returen "codonot find the the domain controller"

i have two domain controller one primary named "PDC101" and secondary "additional" one called "SDC101" they were of for long time when i checked the replication between them from both sides i have the following…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,484 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
asked 2020-12-22T12:58:27.817+00:00
Mohamed khairy 146 Reputation points
commented 2020-12-22T13:50:30.67+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Services restarting by itself in a domain controller

Hi, I am stop and disabling the Netlogon and KDC services in one of my domain controller to stop client communications to this DC but after few minutes the services starting automatically by itself. Also after stopping these two services I am getting…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
asked 2020-12-22T05:25:09.77+00:00
Biswajeet Kumar 46 Reputation points
commented 2020-12-22T09:06:31.037+00:00
Hannah Xiong 6,276 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Change Country, Country Code via Powershell for a specific OU

Hello everyone, I have been trying to get a working command via Powershell on AD server which will change C, Country, CountryCode for a specific OU Get-ADUser -SearchBase 'OU=Test OU,OU=Users and Computers,OU=Company HQ,DC=DOMAIN,DC=com' -filter * |…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.PowerShell: A family of Microsoft task automation and configuration management frameworks consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
5,510 questions
asked 2020-12-17T12:56:29.173+00:00
Stefanos Constantinou 61 Reputation points
commented 2020-12-21T20:04:18.207+00:00
Rich Matheisen 46,556 Reputation points
3 answers

Change Attributes for users in OU but restrict only to parent OU

I'm using the following command to replace the attributes of all AD users in the specified OU Get-ADUser -SearchBase 'OU=Test OU,OU=Users and Computers,OU=Company HQ,DC=DOMAIN,DC=com' -filter * | Set-ADUser -Replace…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.PowerShell: A family of Microsoft task automation and configuration management frameworks consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
5,510 questions
asked 2020-12-20T19:18:52.99+00:00
Stefanos Constantinou 61 Reputation points
commented 2020-12-21T19:55:29.963+00:00
Rich Matheisen 46,556 Reputation points
3 answers

Best method for reporting local admin accounts throughout domain

Hi! We're wanting to track down all the user accounts in our domain that currently have local administrative rights on any of our Windows 10 computers. Searching online I came across many convoluted methods that might work to get a list like this put…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,488 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,889 questions
asked 2020-12-10T15:15:22.533+00:00
armandothegreat 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-12-21T13:48:02.217+00:00
Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 12,546 Reputation points MVP
2 answers

Remove original domain admin from Domain Admins group

We have an odd issue that certain software across our environment has to be managed by the user account that installed it. This was always installed under the original domain\Administrator account (was renamed something else a long time ago but is still…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
Windows Server Security
Windows Server Security
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
1,809 questions
asked 2020-12-15T16:14:02.977+00:00
James Jensen 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-12-21T10:29:15.893+00:00
Thameur-BOURBITA 32,831 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Delegation doesn't work on some Admin accounts

Hi, I created a unit organisation and set delegation to give to some users the permission to edit all users in this OU. We have a problem with some admin accounts. the delegation doesn't work.

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
asked 2020-12-20T21:58:52.903+00:00
MamadouCoulibali-4946 486 Reputation points
commented 2020-12-21T10:13:11.13+00:00
MamadouCoulibali-4946 486 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Domain controller avantage

HI all, I was wondering if someone tell me what is pros and cons of having a domain controller in a company? Thnx

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
asked 2020-12-16T16:38:16.497+00:00
deng 21 Reputation points
accepted 2020-12-21T09:51:22.157+00:00
deng 21 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

DNS requirement for Cross Forest Migration AD,Exchange and Trust Relationship

Hello Folks, Our Scenario: 1 forest and 1 domain and we are dividing it in two companies so we are preparing new forest and new domain. I have a question we are creating forest trust and the prerequisites is conditional DNS forwarder. As we are…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,942 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
Windows DHCP
Windows DHCP
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). A communications protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization's network.
1,039 questions
asked 2020-12-20T08:47:43.597+00:00
Anonymous
commented 2020-12-21T08:42:53.157+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

add add universal group to StrongAccountsPasswordPolicy

I want to add a group type "universal" into a group "StrongAccountsPasswordPolicy" Is there a workaround ? I do not want to change the group type to "global"

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
asked 2020-12-17T06:54:14.51+00:00
אלעזר ארביב 81 Reputation points
accepted 2020-12-21T08:23:29.327+00:00
אלעזר ארביב 81 Reputation points
5 answers

Why does ADMT v3.2 require administrator credentials in the source domain?

The ADMT v 3.2 migration guide states that a domain administrator credential is required in the SOURCE domain when migrating user accounts. Although it specifies this requirement regardless of whether sidHistory is desired, we have found that…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Migration: The process of making existing applications and data work on a different computer or operating system.
425 questions
asked 2020-12-16T00:24:28.053+00:00
DaveC 186 Reputation points
answered 2020-12-21T07:14:19.34+00:00
Hannah Xiong 6,276 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Server 2019 AD - Problem to add additional Active Directory

Hi I have a problem adding my Windows Server 2019 to the additional AD server, I try to promote my server, got that error message... The operation failed because: Active Directory Domain Services could not create the NTDS Settings object for this…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,707 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
asked 2020-12-20T12:11:25.79+00:00
Sokoban 1,036 Reputation points
commented 2020-12-21T06:19:55.58+00:00
Sokoban 1,036 Reputation points
3 answers

Active Directory-based activation. How it works with subdomains/child domains?

Hello everyone! I am planning to deploy ADBA in a forest with multiple domains. There is a root domain and a subdomain. The forest is geographically dispersed. Each location has a root domain controller. Schema Version 2012R2. How to properly deploy…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,580 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
asked 2020-12-14T08:46:42.087+00:00
Бурбышнев Виталий 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-12-21T05:44:42.193+00:00
Fan Fan 15,326 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

Server Core and GPMC

We're planning on implimenting a network with only Server 2019 Core and Redhat. I've warned the PM that from a support point of view we wont have the ability to edit GPO's since we can't run GPMC. It's still not possible to fully edit GPO's either…

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
5,323 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,942 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
asked 2020-12-15T12:41:02.76+00:00
DynamiteDan 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-12-21T05:43:55.487+00:00
Fan Fan 15,326 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Active Directory Forest Trust Permissions to create

Hello Folks, Our Scenario: 1 forest and 1 domain and we are dividing it in two companies so we are preparing new forest and new domain. I have a question we are creating active directory forest trust between two companies and i would like to know…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
435 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Migration: The process of making existing applications and data work on a different computer or operating system.
425 questions
asked 2020-12-17T12:02:17.203+00:00
Anonymous
accepted 2020-12-19T09:00:39.983+00:00
Anonymous
8 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

SYSVOL file got Encrypted via Ransomeware attack

Dear Experts , We have faced ransomware attack recently , it encrypted files of Domain Controller 2012 SysVol Windows Server 2012 Standard working as Primary Domain Controller while two more additional domain controllers are there with GC enabled,…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
asked 2020-12-15T15:11:44.797+00:00
Rashid Kamal 21 Reputation points
answered 2020-12-18T18:47:22.66+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Admin account unable to delete/edit disabled user accounts in AD

We have a help desk admin that’s unable to delete/edit any user accounts that have been disabled. It’s all greyed out for them; removing security groups of the user doesn’t work. What setting do we need to enable for them to do so. Our high level…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
asked 2020-12-17T21:34:57.863+00:00
BraxJay 21 Reputation points
commented 2020-12-18T15:47:03.093+00:00
BraxJay 21 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Compatibility Windows 2000 member and 2019 domain controller

Hello, I did an audit in one client Active directory and find he has some W2000/2003 servers. Actually he uses 2012domain controller and I need to give pro and cons to migrates to 2019 domain controller. I don't find any documentation about…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
asked 2020-12-18T14:01:26.907+00:00
matteu31 467 Reputation points
accepted 2020-12-18T14:20:55.877+00:00
matteu31 467 Reputation points
7 answers

Urgent Advice --- Active Directory Replication Issues across Sites

We apparently appear to be having some replication issues across several sites in our network. We have 5 total sites with the Site-1 being the main site and where the FSMO holder is housed. Changes appear to be moving across the other sites in AD since I…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,580 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,443 questions
Windows Server Infrastructure
Windows Server Infrastructure
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Infrastructure: A Microsoft solution area focused on providing organizations with a cloud solution that supports their real-world needs and meets evolving regulatory requirements.
535 questions
asked 2020-12-13T21:20:42.75+00:00
Scott D 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-12-18T07:37:09.28+00:00
Fan Fan 15,326 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor