Softerra Adaxes - your opinion pls!

hello folks! I'm looking for some nice software that can help me in managing my AD environment, and i recently stumbled upon Softerra Adaxes. My main requirement to the software is a self service password reset function and a possibility to schedule some large operations. It looks like the new...

Active Directory in the Cloud

Is it possible to setup active directory in a cloud server and have users authenticate from there? I want to distribute ReadyNas devices to my office locations to have access to the Egnyte Local Cloud through AD authentication. I don't want to expose my corporate domain controller to the internet.

AD User name Change locks Macs user out.

What causes a user with an AD account to not be able to log into a Mac running 10.5-10.7 if their user name is changed on the AD server? (happens due to marrage) This only happens when a user has a mobile account on the computer in question. Software/Hardware used: Server 2008 r2, osx 10.4-10.7

change the administrator password of domain computers

hi everybody, I want reset/change the administrator accoun password of all my domain computers which are working under active directory. is ther any script for change the password of all computers at a time. pl advice . Naagesh Software/Hardware used: windows server2003

Are CAL's Needed for Lotus Domino Access?

I have a situation where I log onto an AD Server running Windows 2000, for which I have CAL's available. I then log onto a Domino Server which is on a Windows 2003 server in the same domain to access emails etc. Do I need 2003 CAL's to do this? Software/Hardware used: Windows XP OS

DHCP assigning IP - windows event

Hello, Is there a windows even generated by the DHCP each time an IP is assigned to a machine. I would like to trace which machine used which IP and when. Thanks Software/Hardware used: Windows 2008

How to restore Active Directory with NTBackup utility in Windows Server 2008

Hello everyone, I backup Active Directory with the NTbackup utility and install the server 2008 in the same equipment the one that had the server 2003. I did a clean install because it didn't let me upgrade. I did a backup of the Active Directory with the NTbackup in the server 2003, and...

Enabling a Smart card logon to AD using a value in subjectAltName that is not UPN

Hello, In the project I am working on, the client would like to authenticate Smart Cards that have a certificate with a value in subjectAltName that is not a UPN. The value will be an alphanumeric GUID@mydomain.com format. For example: 1891ADDA010@MYFIRM.ORG How can AD be configured to do a...

Unable to Join Domain from Client PC

I have configured AD in Windows server2000. Then Directly Created a User/Group in Loacladmin.in Consol. So far every think is fine. But when I was joined the Domain users from Client computer showing the Following message. “The Join Operation was not successfully. This could be because an...

Windows Server 2003 adding MAC and PC to same Domain

I'm setting up a new AD for my office Mix with PC's and MAC's my question is there anything I need to configure in Server 2003 so the Mac's would be able to join the Domain?

PowerShell to create an Active Directory script

Can we use PowerShell to create a AD script to alert managers to when their subordinates log on to the network?

Setting time restrictions on Active Directory user accounts

How can I set time restrictions on consultants AD user accounts?

Exporting Active Directory server security log

How can I export the data from a Windows Active Directory server's security log to create a graph of who logged in and out at what times?

Using Active Directory login to calculate time cards

Can we create a simple app that uses AD login and logoff time to calculate users' time cards? If so how can we do it?

Segmenting LAN into different groups

How can I segment my LAN into different groups with each group having different access to different resources?We have a Windows Server 2003 workgroup currently.Would Active Directory do what I need?

Global settings

I have an active directory named ctrl1 in head office & an additional domain named ctrlpfg in factory. Head office mail server name mail-ho & factory mail server name mailpfg. Both locations connected with a radio link device. All servers installed in windows server 2003. Problem: when link down...

DNS and Active Directory 2008

Does DNS need to be installed on the AD 2008 server or can it just be available on another Windows 2008 server in my domain? this is my source code Software/Hardware used: Windows

Active Directory LDAP, Set Custom Security Persmissions on 3 Attributes, not the whole class

Fellow experts, I signed up just a few minutes ago, and hope to become a valuable contributor on this forum, however I need your expertise now... so put on your AD Schema hat... I have an object class "organizationalPerson" and three optional attributes in the class. I went into adsiedit and...

Windows event logging

Can we enable verbose windows event logging for specific users and leave it normal for others in Windows Server 2008 Active Directory.

Changing passwords after network breach

How can we force all users to change their passwords following a network breach? Windows Server 2008 AD.