What are the implications of virtualizing a domain controller?
What are the implications of virtualizing a domain controller? This question is from the 5/14 Microsoft Virtualization Chat on ITKnowledgeExchange.com

Answer Question   |  July 29, 2009  4:05 PM
Domain Controller, Domain Controller Virtualization, Microsoft virtualization, Microsoft Virtualization Chat 5/14

what is athe differrence between domain security policy and domain controller security policy?
what is athe differrence between domain security policy and domain controller security policy?

Answer Question   |  June 22, 2009  6:46 AM
Domain Controller, Network Security Management, Security policies

How to allow file sharing for child domain?
I am adding a child domain to an existing domain. How do I allow file sharing between the two domains?

Answer Question   |  June 15, 2009  12:10 AM
Child Domain, Domain Controller, Domain management, Network administration, Parent Domain

Redisgn Best Practices
I work in a Novell/Netware environment and we are workin to outsource our GW and change it to Outlook. I feel like our network is just a bunch of piece thrown around to do jobs but they don’t function as a cohesive unit. I’m working to find the best redesign ideally switching to Active Directory [...]

Answer Question   |  June 15, 2009  7:52 PM
Domain Controller, Linux, NAS, Novell, Unix, Windows Server 2008

Internet problem for the server 2008
O one the client site they have internet connection coming through ISA 2004 which is installed on Windows server 2003 and the domain controller is server 2008 and the domain controller is not getting internet. some give a solution for this

Answer Question   |  June 10, 2009  1:24 PM
Domain Controller, ISA 2004, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server troubleshooting

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  June 5, 2009  7:26 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, Domain Controller, Exchange 2007 administration, Exchange 2007 configuration, Exchange Server 2007, Windows Server 2008

Extract List of users from a Domain Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller
Hello, I need to extract the list of users from a particular domain. which will contain following fields. full Name, Login name, Location. Etc. I have Windows Server 2003 as domain controller. Please help.

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2013  8:34 PM
Domain, Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller

Domain Failover
How domain failover works suppose i have domain controller 1 & controller 2 both are on But if the dc 1 goes down for some reason how will the failover happen

Answer Question   |  June 4, 2009  4:35 AM
Domain Controller, Domain Failover, Failover

Black Screen after Windows Vista Login to Domain Controller
Currently experiencing problems when basic domain users login to their desktops. I have three desktops running Windows Vista Business experiencing the same problem. Here is the problem: - User will login to their account as they normally do — no problems occur before the login process. - Windows Vista will display the “Welcome” dialog along [...]

Answer Question   |  June 4, 2009  9:56 AM
Domain Controller, Login scripts, Vista, Vista Errors

What additional services might a domain controller provide other than those directly related to maintaining Active Directory?
What additional services might a domain controller provide other than those directly related to maintaining Active Directory, and what factors should be taken into consideration when assigning these additional services?

Answer Question   |  May 20, 2009  10:33 PM
Domain Controller

Future Events being logged in the Event veiwer
On the domain controller i have future DNS, File Replication Service, System log files,Application and Directory service events being logged.

Answer Question   |  May 14, 2009  6:40 PM
DNS errors, Domain Controller, Event Viewer

Active Directory restore problem
Dear All, I have a machine1 on which the Operating System is Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (Service Pack 2). This is the Domain Controller on which Microsoft Exchange 2003 is installed. I want to perform backup of this machine1 using VSS (application specific writers for AD and System State) and restore it on [...]

Answer Question   |  July 11, 2009  10:16 AM
Active Directory, Backup, Domain Controller, Exchange 2003, Volume Shadow Copy Service, VSS Backup, Windows Server 2003

Adding Clients to a Server 2003 Domain
I have been struggling with this issue for several weeks now. We have a school network that I am trying to support. I was not there when it was installed and there was no real documentation left behind. !) Comcast is out provider and we have an ethernet cable going from the cable modem to [...]

Answer Question   |  June 3, 2009  6:19 PM
Cisco Catalyst 1900, Domain Controller, HP ProLiant DL380, HP ProLiant DL380 G3, Network Topology, Network troubleshooting, Windows Server 2003

Exchange 2003 with multiple windows server 2003 domain controllers
We have a single domain with 3 sites each site has a Windows 2003 domain controller. Each DC is configured as a global catalog. On site 1 we are running Exchange 2003 on a separate server. When the domain controller on site 1 is shut down, It seems that Exchange does not use the two [...]

Answer Question   |  April 21, 2009  3:42 PM
Domain Controller, Exchange 2003, Windows Server 2003 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 [...]

Answer Question   |  April 15, 2009  3:35 AM
Domain Controller, Email, External email, MX record, POP3, SMTP, Windows Server 2003

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  April 10, 2009  4:01 AM
Active Directory, DHCP, DNS configuration, DNS server, Domain Controller, Domain Controller Migration, SonicWALL, Windows 2000 Server migration, Windows Server 2003

Setting up a Windows 2008 IT architecture
I need to setup 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 VPN connection between [...]

Answer Question   |  May 10, 2013  8:52 PM
Datacenter management, DNS server, Domain Controller, IT architecture, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Architecture

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 Servers in the Active [...]

Answer Question   |  March 26, 2009  9:07 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory Forest, Application Directory Partition, DCPROMO, DNS, Domain Controller, Domain management, Network administration, Networking, Windows Server 2003

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 child.parent.local on another windows server 2003 computer name SERVER2 using dcpromo. The [...]

Answer Question   |  March 26, 2009  8:50 AM
Active Directory, Child Domain, DCPROMO, DNS, Domain Controller, Networking hardware, Windows Server 2003, Zone delegation

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 windows 2003 domain as TRANSITION Method.I have [...]

Answer Question   |  March 23, 2009  10:27 AM
Active Directory, Domain Controller, Domain Functional Levels, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 SP1, Forest Functional Levels, ForestPrep, FSMO Roles, Windows Server 2003