Global Address Book
In contacts in the GAB there is an entry for Assistant, where do I enter the information?

Answer Question   |  June 26, 2008  8:06 PM
Active Directory, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, Global address book

Migrate Power users to user
How can I Migrate all user accounts in Power users Group to the Restricted Users Group. This must be via VbScript or DOS Bath. Thanks.

Answer Question   |  November 25, 2008  4:12 AM
Active Directory, DOS Batch, Migrations and upgrades, Scripting, VBScript

Is Powershell alone enough for managing Active Directory?
I am a Senior Active Directory/ Messaging engineer working for IBM. In the past I never had to learn scripting, but with Exchange 2007 and new Windows 2008, it is becoming necessary for people like me to learn the scripting language. My question is, do I have to learn both Poweshell and VB script to [...]

Answer Question   |  June 23, 2008  7:25 PM
Active Directory, Exchange 2007, PowerShell, Scripting, Scripting languages, VB, Windows Server 2008

How to deny user the ability to send email via Outlook 2002
We have Exchange Server 2003 and our mapi client is Outlook. Out users must authenticate to an NT domian to gain access to their email. I have a request to setup multiple users to access one mailbox to review emails sent to them but not the ability to send. When I added there NT account [...]

Answer Question   |  June 20, 2008  2:21 PM
Active Directory, Exchange 2003, Outlook, Outlook 2002

I want to setup a conference room and have only one security group in Active Directory have the ability to book the room.
I want to setup a conference room and have only one security group in AD have the ability to book the room. We currently have 6 conference rooms but everyone has the ability to invite the conf room to a meeting (via a resource) and it will auto book on the resources calendar. Can I [...]

Answer Question   |  May 25, 2012  2:39 PM
Active Directory, Domain Users

Logon scripts for Linux & Windows Client on Windows2003 AD
Hi I need some help for my problem as I’m very new to this I doing this setup for a school environment with many students n teachers account in a w2k3 AD, Student accounts are placed into Students OU and Teachers accounts in Teachers OU. Each acount has its logon script either for student or [...]

Answer Question   |  June 20, 2008  3:04 AM
Active Directory, Exchange 2003, Linux, Windows

What is the time frame for the global address book to be updated and how is this accomplished when adding a new user to active directory?
what is the time frame for the global address book to be updated and how is this accomplished when adding a new user to active directory? I usually add a new user one day and it does not show up until sometime the next day

Answer Question   |  June 19, 2008  7:56 PM
Active Directory, Global Address Lists, Windows Server 2003

Trouble creating AD mailbox accounts after virtualizing Exchange
After virtualizing my Exchange server, I can no longer create mailbox and email accounts via Active Directory. The mailbox does not appear within the Exchange System Manager. Any ideas on what may be causing this problem?

Answer Question   |  June 21, 2008  7:00 PM
Active Directory, Exchange Server, Exchange System Manager, Virtualization

In Active Directory I have created a Contact Called “user1ext” I have given this contact an SMTP emai address. . .
In Active Directory I have created a Contact Called “user1ext” I have given this contact an SMTP emai address. I have set user1 to forward to user1ext (and deliver to own mailbox). If another user within the exchange organization sends an email with an attachment to user1, the external SMTP address receives two emails both [...]

Answer Question   |  June 16, 2008  1:24 PM
Active Directory, Exchange, MIME Settings, SMTP Email Address

3 sites, How to setup Active directory
Hey guys, I am deploying a network for a business, here is the plan There are 3 sites A,B,C site A: 43 clients, all the servers are in a rack in the basement site B: 20 clients site C: 20 clients i want AD fcourse but i’m wondering if it is possible to use site [...]

Answer Question   |  June 16, 2008  11:29 AM
Active Directory, Backup Domain Controller (BDC), BDC, Network design, PDC, Primary Domain Controller (PDC), VPN

Commercial software deployment tools?
We’ve been using Group Policy with Active Directory to deploy software to our desktops. This has worked pretty well, but we’ve wondered if there’d be a way to do the deployments without having to do a reboot (or two). (I realize that reboots are sometimes necessary even after certain “manual” installations.) Are there commercial software [...]

Answer Question   |  June 16, 2008  3:33 PM
Active Directory, Group Policy, Software, Software Deployment Tools

Information of Users in an Intranet
how can I check the disabled users in active directory of my Intranet.

Answer Question   |  June 10, 2008  7:34 AM
Active Directory, Intranet

Circumnavigate ISA server (Which acts as gateway).
Dear colleagues, I’ve a problematic workplace where an employee regularly disables internet access using either the ISA 2004 Server or the Win 2003 Active directory domain. Much as I do not log onto the domain (i.e. I log on locally to my machine as an administrator), I get my network settings from the DHCP, DNS, [...]

Answer Question   |  June 27, 2008  11:05 AM
Active Directory, ISA Server, ISA Server Gateway, Network connectivity

Active directory user profile issue.
I’m running active directory on 2003 servers with XP professional clients. When a user has any file open for editing and someone else tries to access that same file, they receive a notice that the file is locked by “profile” instead of the actual user that has it locked. What could cause this?

Answer Question   |  July 7, 2008  6:29 AM
Active Directory, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, XP Professional

Active Directory / password reset
How do I reset a password in active directory?

Answer Question   |  May 7, 2012  5:44 PM
Active Directory, Password

adprep /forestprep error
Hi i’m testing 2008 server in a 2003 domain and want to promote the 2008 server to a domain contoller. i run adprep /forestprep and get the following error any help appriciated. Regards Nick. C:adprep>adprep /forestprep ADPREP WARNING: Before running adprep, all Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain Controllers in t he forest should be upgraded [...]

Answer Question   |  June 5, 2008  7:40 AM
Active Directory, Adprep, Windows Server 2003

Active Directory
How to take backup of Active Directory users,security group & domain How to restore Active Directory users,security group & domain

Answer Question   |  April 18, 2011  6:53 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory backup

SharePoint Accessing through Internet
for a pet project i am setting up a windows 2003 web server. i want to be able to use sharepoint as a website that i can access over the internet. i did some research an discovered i should use ISA to secure sharepoint. if i dont however, my question is if i setup sharepoint [...]

Answer Question   |  November 25, 2008  9:02 PM
Active Directory, ISA, ISA Server, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007, Windows Server

Windows Server 2003
Does anyone know why my Active Directory Accounts are locked out on first log0n, after a user has been prompted to create a new password as part of Group Policy? If so, do you know how to resolve the problem? I have it set to lock out after 5 failed logons, but it’s doing in [...]

Answer Question   |  June 4, 2008  3:51 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory replication, Group Policy, Windows Server 2003

Hosted server windows 2003, DNS / Active Directory problem
Hi, I have purchased 2 hosted server both with public IP address and currently the network card IP address is the assigned public address and the 2 dns address are that of the hosting company. What im trying to do on the servers are as follows; Server 1 will have AD as the main forest [...]

Answer Question   |  May 31, 2008  12:03 PM
Active Directory, DNS, Hosted services, IP addressing, Windows Server 2003