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My GPO(Group Policy Object) is being blocked by my ACL

Hi all, I can't seem to find a way to allow my GPO to pass through my core router(which has ACL running). I was able to determine that the cause of this was the packets were being blocked by the ACL because if I remove the ACL on the VLAN, the GPO takes…

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.
5,002 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 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.
1,775 questions
asked 2020-09-02T09:30:18.587+00:00
Amiel 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-09-09T08:22:15.687+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,791 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Unable to remove Child Domain Name from AD domain and Trust 2016 snap-in

Hi Experts Need help! We are already Removed and Cleanup our Active Directory Domain After Decommission of old AD version. Some of them are child domain and we successfully decommission all of them . Currently we have the Ad 2016 version , we…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 questions
asked 2020-09-07T11:38:24.483+00:00
Homer Sibayan 126 Reputation points
accepted 2020-09-09T06:10:10.393+00:00
Homer Sibayan 126 Reputation points
1 answer

Anonymous Logon being logged when changing passwords

So I have a Windows Server 2016 domain and whenever changing a password in Active Directory, even when creating a new account, anonymous logon is being written to the logs (event 4738) even though I'm logged in with a domain administrator account. It…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 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.
1,775 questions
asked 2020-09-03T09:55:00.783+00:00
Tony Hodge 96 Reputation points
commented 2020-09-09T06:06:37.987+00:00
Hannah Xiong 6,256 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to set up a Windows Server as a domain controller

I am a scientist in a biology lab and we have a computer running Windows Server 2019 Standard which we use for our computational work. We had been using the default Windows Remote Desktop setup which allowed up to 2 simultaneous connections, but this was…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 questions
Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop
A Microsoft app that connects remotely to computers and to virtual apps and desktops.
4,369 questions
asked 2020-09-08T17:22:21.023+00:00
Colin Kern 41 Reputation points
answered 2020-09-08T18:36:41.063+00:00
Dave Patrick 426.4K Reputation points MVP
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Gruup membership and trust relationships

Let me ask a theoretical question about domains and trusts. Imagine 2 domains member of different forests. domain1.local trusts domain2.local pc1.domain1.local is member of DOMAIN1. user1@domain1.local can logon on pc1.domain1.local because…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 questions
asked 2020-09-03T15:08:08.897+00:00
Marius - Roma 371 Reputation points
accepted 2020-09-08T14:14:59.48+00:00
Marius - Roma 371 Reputation points
6 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Upgrade forest/domain when child domain/ tree domain

Hi, What to do if you want to upgrade forest/domain 2008r2 to 2012r2 when child domain/tree domain are/is present? What would be the steps. What is the difference if you have child domain or tree domain and you want to upgrade…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,524 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 questions
asked 2020-08-16T13:14:13.98+00:00
InfoTechdude 156 Reputation points
answered 2020-09-08T12:39:44.057+00:00
InfoTechdude 156 Reputation points
7 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Upgrade from LDAP to LDAPs

Hi Guys, just saw this article: https://www.aeb.com/support/en/news/ldap-change.php Do we have to upgrade from LDAP to LDAPs now? What impact will it have? Thanks ML

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 questions
asked 2020-09-01T05:43:40.017+00:00
Namless Shelter 231 Reputation points
commented 2020-09-08T06:28:59.26+00:00
Hannah Xiong 6,256 Reputation points
4 answers

How to find all possible DNS records for a server

Hi, I have decommissioned a Windows 2012 domain controller naming USDC-01. I want to find out each and every possible records (any records) for USDC-01 from all the forward, reverse lookup zones or conditional forwarder so that I can delete them.…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 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.
1,034 questions
asked 2020-08-12T09:11:46.447+00:00
Nilabh Verma 6 Reputation points
commented 2020-09-06T11:37:14.477+00:00
Nilabh Verma 6 Reputation points
3 answers

Active Directory 2008 R2 Decommissioning (Shutdown as observation period)

Hi Experts! We are planning to decommission an Active Directory 2008 Domain controller, we have already promoted a new Domain controller 2016 within same domain. As part of our pre requisites or preparation before decommission, we decided to…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 questions
asked 2020-08-24T02:12:19.36+00:00
Anonymous
commented 2020-09-04T03:40:40.03+00:00
Stephanie Yu 396 Reputation points
4 answers

4732 - "A member was added to a security-enabled local group" - system account as subject?

Hello, Windows security event log 4732: I see log entry's where it's clear 'user A' added 'user B' to 'group C'.... however I also see entries where instead of it being a user that is doing the adding to the group, it is 'nt authority\system', the…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 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.
1,775 questions
asked 2020-08-27T19:29:27.52+00:00
djc 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-09-04T03:16:45.98+00:00
Hannah Xiong 6,256 Reputation points
2 answers

Hide users from displaying in 3rd party application

Hi there - We host several voice servers in our domain - each server hosts a 3rd party voice solution for external customers. Although this application is configured to see users in the customer's domain perfectly fine, AD users from our domain show…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 questions
asked 2020-09-01T08:31:26.197+00:00
azureWeirdo 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-09-04T02:33:25.61+00:00
Hannah Xiong 6,256 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Disable Recycle Bin in AD 2016

Hi, "Recyle Bin" in Active Directory 2016 is enabled in our infrastructure. We want to promote domain and forest functional level step to step to from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 > Windows Server 2012 R2 > Windows…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 questions
asked 2020-09-01T06:14:50.313+00:00
Birdal 116 Reputation points
commented 2020-09-03T09:11:15.737+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,791 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers

Azure AD Domain Services Resource Forest Trust Error

Im trying to establish a trust between my on-premise domain and Azure AD Domain services managed domain. The on premise side has added forwarders for both machine IPs and added the trust to the DC. On the AADDS side after adding the trust information…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 questions
Microsoft Entra
asked 2020-08-18T19:18:07.693+00:00
Slickrc23 81 Reputation points
commented 2020-09-03T08:37:32.767+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,791 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

Branch Office: How to print on a shared printer when there is no connection to domain controller

Hello, i have a case with a company having 20 retail shops connected through vpn to their central offices using ADSL / VDSL lines. On the central offices, they have a Windows 2012 R2 A.D. Domain. On the retail shops, they have 5 to 15 pc's per shop with…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,524 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 questions
Windows Server Printing
Windows Server Printing
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Printing: Printer centralized deployment and management, scan and fax resources management, and document services
653 questions
asked 2020-08-27T10:18:57.257+00:00
George m 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-09-03T07:30:16.237+00:00
Karlie Weng 16,076 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Site Design and Certificate Authority

Hi all, We have three sites in different Geo-locations. We have plan to create three active directory sites and there is a confusion. Can we deploy subordinate Enterprise CA for each site? BR

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 questions
asked 2020-08-30T18:50:47.967+00:00
Davoud Teimouri 146 Reputation points
accepted 2020-09-03T04:30:58.627+00:00
Davoud Teimouri 146 Reputation points
3 answers

GPO StartUp Script for KMS Run as Admin and Stop User Prompts

We have 2 Data Centers which are connected to the same AD's Structure through a VPN tunnel. We have two KMS Servers due to using a VDI solution, if they is a fail-over we need to be able to License the newly created machines. KMS DNS setup only works…

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.
5,002 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,524 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 questions
asked 2020-08-25T19:04:31.927+00:00
Soren-IT 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-09-03T01:35:25.347+00:00
Vicky Wang 2,646 Reputation points
6 answers

Windows Server 2019 Domain Controller & SBS 2011

Hello, We have a Windows Server SBS 2011 Domain Controller which we are in the process of decommissioning. We have upgraded the Forest and Domain Functional Levels to Windows Server 2008 R2. We have also migrated the File Replication Service to DFS-R,…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,569 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,524 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 questions
asked 2020-08-27T14:26:30.517+00:00
Anonymous
answered 2020-09-03T01:34:14.18+00:00
Vicky Wang 2,646 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to secure Blazor WebAssembly application and WebApi using Windows Authentication

I am working on implementing security to Blazor WebAssembly .Net core hosted application. I need to secure client as well as WebAPI (to be hosted on IIS). As a policy decision, the team has decided to use Windows authentication instead of Azure AD for…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 questions
asked 2020-09-02T01:52:00.353+00:00
Ajit S 21 Reputation points
accepted 2020-09-02T05:04:52.8+00:00
Ajit S 21 Reputation points
2 answers

Migrating Active Directory Domain Controller from Windows 2016 to Windows 2019

Hello there, We had Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller with DNS and Active Directory Certificate Services in the past, and we migrated to Windows Server 2016. And, now we have planned to migrate the Windows Server 2016 domain controller to…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 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.
413 questions
asked 2020-08-27T07:23:17.777+00:00
Anand Franklin 21 Reputation points
commented 2020-09-02T02:14:13.333+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,791 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

User account security inheritance being disabled automatically

Hi everyone. Hope I am asking in the right place. I have Exchange 2019 on a 2012R2 domain. I was experiencing issues connecting remotely to Exchange. According to multiple articles, the solution was to enable permissions inheritance on the AD user…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,154 questions
Exchange Server Management
Exchange Server Management
Exchange Server: A family of Microsoft client/server messaging and collaboration software.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
7,468 questions
asked 2020-08-31T18:42:23.277+00:00
John Palmer 31 Reputation points
answered 2020-09-01T14:44:50.057+00:00
John Palmer 31 Reputation points