Domain Controller

What do I need to do to send emails to External Email Addresses?

Hi I am new in this field, so don't have enough knowledge about it. I have setup a domain in my office using Windows 2003. We have even setup POP3 and SMTP for emails within the domain. This is working fine. We are planning to use our Internal SharePoint website externally (on Internet). Now, we...

New Domain Controller and DNS server problems

I'm trying to get rid of an old w2k server that is the DC and DNS server. I added DC and DNS to an existing w2k3 server and it looks like it replicated all the AD data ( I see users and machines listed ) but when I unplug the old server and login to the network at a workstation I don't get access...

Setting up a windows 2008 IT architecture

I need to settup a new windows 2008 architecture with the following problematics: I have two location: Office and the datacenter. I currently have two Windows 2008 Servers at the datacenter (WEB1 and DB1) And one Windows 2008 Server at the office (APP1). I want to have a private network with a...

How to Create Custom application directory partition to replicate zone data in selected domain controllers in forest

I am trying to create a custom application directory partition to replicate zone data to specified domain controllers in a forest. For that I create a first domain name domain.net in a new forest using dcpromo on standalone computer name Server2003. The default zone replication scope is To All Dns...

Create a child domain and then delegate the DNS namespace to a domain controller in child domain

am trying dns delegation, I have installed active directory domain name "parent.local" on windows server 2003 server name SERVER1. Ip address is 192.168.0.3. Preferred dns set it itself. The active directory integrated dns zone name is "parent.local". Then I create a child domain...

Impact on Exchange 2007 SP1 when you run ForestPrep and Domain Prep to install additional Windows 2008 DC

I work for an organization ,where active directory is windows 2003 with windows 2003 forest functional level and windows 2003 domain functional level . I have exchange 2007 sp1 running on windows 2003 R2 Enterprise edition with SP2. I'm in the process of introducing 2008 domain controller to...

Disadvantages of installing ISA 2004 on DC

hi all what is the disadvantege installing ISA2004 on DC ? and we have a router d-link for small office , we are thinking to install isa2004 , I know that isa must have 2 NIC 1 external 1 internal , the problem I thinkin that currently the public ip address is on the router , what ip address i...

Migrating from Win2003 DC to Win2008 DC

I am putting together a migration plan for moving data and users from Windows 2003 Domain Controller to the a new win2008 read only domain controller. DNS, DHCP, User data, shares needs to be migrated. What are the step I need to take to migrate DHCP, Users and Data? Please add other things if I...

Outlook is requesting data from Domain Controller instead of Exchange server

Dear Experts, We are running a Domain Controller/Global Catalog on Windows Server 2003 (SP2) and Exchange Server 2003 (SP2) on a Windows Server 2003 (SP2). We have two subnets in our Network, 192.168.0.X and 192.168.6.x. When the users (all running Windows XP SP2) from the subnet 192.168.6.x...

Primary Domain Controller damaged

Hi, I have a network with one domain controller and the controller is damaged (Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt. Windowss\system32\config\system. I try to a repair but when it gets to load windows it crash with a code 16 error message. I think my only...

How can I stop a domain controller being a domain controller

I have 2 domain controllers and I would like to stop on of them acting as a DC as I think there are some conflicts. Is it possible to do this?

Setup new 2003 Domain Controller seperate from current NT4 PDC

Small Company - 10 users at each Site. Site A and Site B have no active directory relationship. (Seperate forests) Site A has two NT4 Servers (PDC and BDC) and a 2003 Server connected to the domain. No internal DNS at Site A. Site B has two 2003 Servers as Domain Controller and DNS. Site A - I...

ISA 2004 server installation

Hi, I am planinig to install isa 2004 server in my DC.[win 2003 server ] But My DC is configured to single ehernet card. Should i install 2nd N/W card to boost ISA 2004 Performence or a Single Card will do. We are not planning for Hardware Firewall in near future. Thanks alot Badri

Active Directory problems

I am replacing two Windows 2003 Active Directory Domain Controllers that are also DNS servers, DHCP and WINS servers. They are two different sites and two different IP addresses - 10.10.10.xx and 10.10.30.xx. I have attempted to configure these two servers indentical to the two I have but I can...

Baseline Windows Server 2003 installation and configuration

I have just loaded Windows Server 2003 onto my Dell server. It's a pleasure to log onto it after struggling to load a RAID 5 driver for over a week. I haven't installed Active Directory, IIS or the RDP. I don't have any internet connectivity although I've plugged it into my home wireless router. ...

Login Failure on Disconnected Domain Controllers

I have a WAN with 6 domain controllers connected to a center domain server with all the roles on this server.When ever there is a break on the WAN the domain controllers administrators report of not been able to login to the branch domain controllers server with there account or the domain...

Domain Controller

We have a DC at each site. The problem I am having is I have a pc at site B authenticating to my DC at site A. Why is this happening

Domain Controller or Member Server for Exchange 2007

Does Exchange 2007 have to be installed on a domain controller can it just be a member server? Is there a preference? Thanks

Active Directory Migration

I am attempting to migrate a win 2000 AD Domain Controller to a 2003 DC. After trying to run adprep /forestprep I receive an error that The exchange 2000 schema needs to be updated. The exchange server was removed improperly about a year ago, but AD still has a record of the exchange...

Active directory issue

When we originally went to our 2000/2003 AD domain we had 1 DC that had all the FSMO roles. I have since then transferred all the roles to another server. I want to down the original server long enough to convert it to a virtual server but when I down it all of our user's outlook email clients lock...