Active Directory

Deploying Sites with AD

I have done some research on sites within AD and it seems to be the way to go. My only concern is deploying a site configuration into an existing network. There would be two subnets which would be affected which are in two different geographical locations. Can anyone share an experience deploying...

Windows 2008 in Win 2003 SBS Domain - AD Issues.

Hi, I'm trying to help sort out some teething issues with a Win2008 Std Svr incorporated into an existing Win2k3 SBS Domain. The 2008 Svr was preped to join the existing SBS Domain as a seconday member server. But they have recently being having access issues & the Sys Log is displaying Event ID...

Domain Controllers within two Sites

I am currently investigating sites within AD. The configuration which I am looking at doing is having two DC within the main site (top of the tree) and one DC in the new site created. If for some reason with the new site the DC server goes down will the clients still be able to login using the DC...

Single login account for CAD lab

How do I set up ADS to let uses login to a single account on a CAD workstation where all the licenses and project profiles are setup ? ADS logins want to create separate user accounts on the workstation, and that requires a license setup for each user, which is impossible to manage.

Create a AD distribution list which is able to receive external email

Using Windows Server 2003 and Exchange 2003, I would like to know if it is possible to set up a Distribution List (containing internal users) to be able to send and receive external emails ?

Migration: Move a user from one domain (Child Domain) to another domain (Parent Domain).

Hi, Please tell me the step that how to move a user from a child domain to the parent domain. Since if we move a user from child domain to parent domain The SID will change The UPN Prefix will be changed and Etc.. In this case how can we migrate. Note: i know that the SID can be maintained via...

AD Domain Admin permissions to SQL

Can a Domain Admin grant himself permissions to a SQL database? Or, put another way, can a Domain Admin make himself equivalent to the SA account?

Active Directory Properties

How under active directory individual properties or else where to be able to Globally remove the default, under Remote Control for Require user's permission.

OWA access when AD account expired.

In our Exchange environment users whose AD account is expired , they are able to log in to OWA . If i not wrong they should get "HTTP : 403 forbidden access " error . Please suggest ....

Free Chapter - Manage fine-grained password and account lockout policies

Another free chapter download is available on the IT Bookworm Blog. Written by: John Policelli Book: Active Directory Domain Services 2008 How-To Overview: "Real Solutions for Active Directory 2008 Administrators. Need fast, reliable, easy-to-implement solutions for Microsoft Active Directory...

How many servers needed for this Exchange 2007 setup?

Hello, Does it possible to host and deploy Exchange server 2007 on the server host domain controller, active directory and DNS ? I would like to open up the Exchange server to the Internet so it can host the public E-Mail ! My question is: How many servers do I need to deploy Exchange 2007 and...

creating user accounts in server 2008

in the new server 2008 is there something specific that needs to be running or activated to let scripts run? my scripts from server 2003 fail on server 2008. i am writing them in VB.

Setup Prepareschema Active Directory on Exchange server

where do you run setup /prepareschema from AD or the exchanger server?

Active Directory seeing new computer as pre 2000?

We are using windows server 2003 and computers that are only a year or two old are showing up in AD as windows pre-2000 computers. Is there any way to correct the issue? These computers are running XP pro, vista and the beta windows 7rc operating systems.

Disappearing of documents in AD user profiles

documents mapped to user profiles in AD disappeared and i dont know how it happened how do i retrieve them. There is folder redirection on the My documenys folder to a specific location on the server.

Active Directory

Dear Sir, I've domain controller and all office data is also in it so all officers are using this system also as a data/file server. One officer is doing wrong this such as he is continuously hiding folders so now i want to search it who is doing this in domain. waiting...

System hangs with Windows 2000 Server and Active Directory

we havea system with windows 2000 server and active directory. Sometimes it hangs or starts some malfunctioning. Suggest some soltuion listing possible causes.

What are the steps for creating a user in Active Directory?

In active directory

Hide disabled user accounts in AD folder permissions

I want to hide disabled users from the Advanced search option when adding security permissions. I have several disabled user accounts that I don’t want to delete, but don’t particularly want to see every time I change permissions on something. Also I don’t want to hide them in the “Active...

AD problem

When I Connect a new computer to the network I get this error in the event viewer (lsasrv event ID 40961)( The security System could not establish a secured connection with the server IDAP/@#$#1675.domain.org/domain.org@Domain.org No Authentication protocol was available