Catalyst 3750E and DHCP Snooping
We are using 3750E’s and 4500R model switches on our perimeter with DHCP snooping enabled.  We have a central DHCP server and all of the switches write their databases off to a central TFTP server. example:  ip dhcp snooping database tftp://<path> This was working fine until the day we upgraded our domain and dchp server to 2008 [...]

Answer Question   |  June 14, 2011  6:19 PM
Catalyst 3750-E, Catalyst 4500, DHCP snooping, Windows Server 2008 Domain, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Couple of Windows Server 2008 questions…
1. When I join a Win XP/7 workstation to a domain, does the domain administrator account and domain admin group get automatically added in the local administrator group of that machine? 2. If I make a domain user a member of the local administrator group, can that user remote into a domain controller and log [...]

Answer Question   |  June 13, 2011  3:18 PM
Domain Controller, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server 2008 Domain, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008
Hello,   I have installed exchange 2007 and want to be able to un-embed .wav voicemails instead of having them embedded. Is this possible? I have tried removing the UM profile for the user however the eMail’s still comes through with the embedded  Media Player for the message. If you reqire anymore information please let [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2011  12:37 AM
Exchange 2007, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Joining new domain controller for Replication
Dear Experts; we have a DC running Win Server 2008 Standard X32, and we installed new Win Server 2008 R2 Enterprise X64 for redunduncy & Replication, when we want to promote the second server to a DC it give us error: shows that we have to prepare the AD for the new DC, and we [...]

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2011  2:55 AM
Active Directory, Active directory domain controller, AD, Domain Controller, Replication, Windows domain management, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Random “Access Denied” Error with Windows Server 2008
Hello, I have a user in the domain that had access to her network shares (mapped network drive and H:usersusershares*username*) and now she is getting “Access Denied” errors. I have checked to make sure that she has the correct permissions and she does. I know that she can connect to that server because she can [...]

Answer Question   |  December 4, 2010  7:21 PM
Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller, Windows Server Error Messages

Reassigning FSMO roles to another domain controller
How do you reassign fismo roles to another domain controller in Windows Server 2008. Does this still exist in 2008?

Answer Question   |  October 25, 2010  4:37 PM
Domain Controller, FSMO, FSMO Roles, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

About upgrade windows 2003 server domain controller to windows 2008 server
Hi i have domain controller on platform windows 2003 server enterprise edition. I want upgrade this domain controller to windows 2008 server enterprise edition. I have MOC server, Sharepoint server 2003 edition, Exchange serverr 20003 server ent ed. I want to know what may be problem on my upgrade? May be problem on exchange server [...]

Answer Question   |  July 28, 2010  11:34 AM
Domain Controller, Domain Controller Implementation, SharePoint 2003, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller, Windows Server Upgrades

Update schema for Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers into Windows Server 2003 forest?
We are going to put Windows server 2008 R2 64 domain controllers into an existing windows server 2003 forest. All 2003 domain controllers are 32 bit. Will i need to update the schema for this?

Answer Question   |  June 22, 2010  3:09 PM
Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003 Forest, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller, Windows Server 2008 R2

Domain Controller on a Virtual Machine?
I am looking to add a second domain controller to our network. Is it wise to do this on a virtual machine? Are there any “side effects” that I should ponder.

Answer Question   |  May 19, 2010  1:38 PM
DC, Domain Controller, Virtual Machines, VM, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Is it possible to promote a windows storage server 2008 os to a domain controller as well?
I was wondering if it was possible to run dcpromo on a windows 2008 storage server to make it also a domain controller or is the storage server version OS unable to be promoted?

Answer Question   |  May 19, 2010  9:43 PM
Domain Controllers, Windows 2008 Domain Controller, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller, Windows Storage Server 2008

Windows server 2008 R2 and windows server 2003 domain controller co existence
Has anyone experienced any issues when windows server 2008 r2 domain controllers and windows server 2003 domain controller exist together?

Answer Question   |  April 7, 2010  3:11 PM
Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller

Copying user files from Windows Server 2003 DC to Windows Server 2008 DC
I am copying user files from a windows server 2003 DC to a Windows Server 2008 DC.When using robocopy it messes up the permissions when it copies the folders. The user rights are correct but the name is wrong. Any odeas?

Answer Question   |  March 6, 2010  3:48 PM
Domain Controller, Robocopy, Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 Upgrade, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Windows Server 2008 Member server DCPromote to domain controller
We have a windows serer 2003 domain with 2 DC, I am trying to dcpromote my windows 2008 member server to become a domain controller, it says to run adprep /forestprep but it comes up saying I can’t do this on windows server 2008, but that I need to do it on a DC controller. [...]

Answer Question   |  January 27, 2010  5:40 PM
Adprep, DCpromote, Domain Controller, ForestPrep, Windows Server 2003 Domain, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Issues with Group Policies and/or Exchange 2003 SP2
We are planning our Migration from a Windows 2003 Domain to Windows 2008 Domain and want to know if there will be any issues with our Group Policies currently in place and any issues with our current Exchange 2003 ENT SP 2 environment after the migration is completed. We do not plan to do anything [...]

Answer Question   |  November 19, 2009  5:59 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition, Group Policy, Windows 2008 Domain Controller and Exchange 2003, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Windows Server 2008 Domain controller adprep error message
I am running Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller. I am trying to run a “adprep /rodcprep” command, but get the following error message. “Adprep could not contact a replica for partition DC=DomainDnsZones”

Answer Question   |  November 5, 2009  4:27 PM
Adprep, DCPROMO, Domain Controller, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller, Windows Server 2008 error messages

Renaming domain in Exchange 2007? Is it possible?
We are adding some windows server 2008 domain controllers and i would like to rename the domain while doing this but i have read that exchange 2007 does not support renaming. Is there a work around to do this? Has anyone accomplished this before?

Answer Question   |  November 2, 2009  2:42 PM
Domain Renaming, Exchange 2007, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Windows Server 2008 with VMware Domain Controller migration
I am currently upgrading our network with a windows server 2008 and VMware. I have 2 Domin Controllers. Server09 and Server11. Server09 is also the DHCP server. I want to move the Domain Control off Server11 and Server09 to the new Server 2008 My Question is if the new server 2008 is attached too the [...]

Answer Question   |  October 14, 2009  2:21 PM
Domain Controller, VMware, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Will oracle 9i with Windows Server 2008 domain controller 64bit
i want to know if oracle 9i it will work with Windows Server 2008 domain controller 64bit?

Answer Question   |  September 8, 2009  1:23 PM
Oracle 9i, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Domain Controller migration from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008
I am putting together a migration plan for moving data and users from Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller to the a new Windows Server 2008 read only domain controller. DNS, DHCP, User data, shares – all need to be migrated. What are the steps that I need to take to migrate DHCP, Users and Data? [...]

Answer Question   |  April 7, 2009  6:49 PM
Domain Controller Migration, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

ISA Server 2006 cant authenticate Windows Server 2008 Doman controller
My domain level is windows server 2003 full edition, I have 2 DC, one with fsmo is a windows server 2003 the other is a windows server 2008. The windows server 2008 has been upgraded from windows server 2003 a few month ago and has been working fine.. Recently isa server 2006 was restarted and [...]

Answer Question   |  January 26, 2009  2:10 PM
Domain Controller, Event Viewer, ISA Server, ISA Server 2006, ISA Server Authentication, ISA server error, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller