AD LDS is Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services and was previously known as ADAM (Active Directory Application Mode).
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manage Windows users with AD LDS
I have a Windows 2008R2 server with about 30 users, which log in with remote desktop to use some application installed on the server itself
I would move the users from local users to AD LDS, so I can ...
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AppFabric vs AD LDS
I'm helping design a solution for a huge organization which relies on a SQL cluster. If this cluster is unavailable, the entire organization will not be able to authenticate to printers. there are ...
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Cannot create application directory partition in ADAM error
I am trying to install an ADAM instance on a standalone Windows 2003 sp2 server in a production installation.
During the creation of an ADAM instance when it provides me with an opportunity to create ...
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“The Directory Server detected that the database has been replaced” on vCenter Server
I'm seeing an error I don't understand in the event log on a vCenter 5 server running on Windows Server 2008 R2 and which has the VC database hosted on a local instance of SQL Server 10.50.1600. The ...
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Setting up ADLDS and managing it with internal ADLDS users
I configured ADLDS according to this blog post. I went further and followed this Microsoft article about allowing internal users to access ADLDS thru ADSI Edit but whatever I do i get access denied ...
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Active Directory LDS classes: what's the difference?
I'm creating some AD LDS objects. In AD I'm prompted with this window.
What's the difference between 'container' and 'group'? Is there a web resource that lists the difference? I haven't been able ...
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Replication of lockoutTime attribute is not urgent on AD-LDS
I have two LDS servers on the same subnet. They replicate well. If I change an attribute, it gets replicated after 15 seconds.
LDS is configured to honor password policies. When a user makes too ...
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Create a AD-LDS partition under a child of the primary partition
I have a AD-LDS instance running on a Server 2008 R2. I have this application partition, created at installation :
dc=enterprise,dc=example,dc=com
I have succesfully followed this procedure to ...
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Email address as rdn in Active Directory Application Mode - ADAM
Is it OK to use an email address as the CN attribute in ADAM (I don't mean the email/mail attribute)?
I have a requirement that calls for ADAM for authentication and the user's email address as the CN ...
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Dynamic group membership to work around no nested security group support for Active Directory
My problem is that I have a number of network administration applications like SAN switches that do not support nested groups from Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). These legacy administration ...
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ADSIEdit freezes gettings properties of a group with hundred of thousands members
Doing performance testing on an AD-LDS (Server 2008 R2 64 bits), we created a milion user in a single OU. We also created a single group object and made those milion users member of that group.
When ...
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Microsoft HPC cluster - AD or AD LDS?
The instructions for deploying an HPC Cluster (e.g. step 1.5 on this page in TechNet) are very clear that HPC cluster nodes "must be members of an Active Directory domain".
Does the Active Directory ...
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Solutions for making Active Directory Sites and Services with ADAM run faster
The MMC snapin from ADAM called Active Directory Sites and Services is running slow. It was installed on Windows 7 as part of an Active Directory project. We are doing some Active Directory ...
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How many users can be in a AD LDS group?
Microsoft published the recommended maximum limits for users in an Active Directory group. It basically says :
Starting with Windows Server 2003, the ability to replicate discrete changes to ...
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Active Directory LDS Structure Best Practices [closed]
I'm looking for guidance in structuring an LDS directory and finding only best practices targeted at Domain Services. Does anyone here have references for the hierarchical structure we set up in the ...
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ADLDS with SSL causes lsass.exe to look for non-existing file in MachineKeys
I've generated a new SSL certificate, marked it to have an exportable private key and imported it to the ADLDS instance's personal key store. I've also given "Network Service" access to the ...
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Get logon information through ldap from AD server
I want to know users logged into the domain and from which IP. I know it is possible to see by monitoring AD eventlogs. However, I want to do it without any software on AD server itself.
Is it ...
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AD LDS High availability
We are currently using CAS for multiple directory authentication. AD for internal users, AD LDS for external users. I've read that NLB is a possible solution, but wondering if this is possible with ...
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Can I link proxy users from a single LDS instance to multiple domains?
I have an Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services set up. I have objects that represent users in the Active Directory (Domain_A). I have set their objectSID attribute, and users can ...
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Does AD LDS support account lockout?
Does Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services support account lockout like how the full Active Directory domain services does?
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How to add a user in Active Directory with name longer than 20 characters?
I am using Windows 2008 R2 Server and trying to add a user in Active Directory.
I am able to save user ID of length less than 20 characters. But when I try to increase this value to 30 characters I ...
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Install lightweight Active Directory on Windows 7 for Development purposes without domain?
Is there a way to install lightweight Active Directory on Windows 7 for Development purposes without domain? I've downloaded the "AD LDS" for Windows 7 and installed it but it seems to require a ...
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Stand alone or free application to backup ADAM / AD LDS database files
Do you know any small standalone and free tool, that can be run in console, to backup / restore ADAM / AD LDS database files (like adamntds.dit, edbres00001.jrs etc.).
I tried to stop ADAM service ...
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ADLDS on Vista SP1
I know that Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (ADLDS) is easily installable on Vista SP2 by the Windows6.0-KB975540-x64.msu update.
However, I cant seem to get it working on a Vista ...
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Backing up an ADAM database - locking occurring
I'm having problems trying to backup an ADAM database on Windows. it keeps saying that the server is locked.
I know that the database is used by IIS, so I've stopped all the applications and it still ...
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Windows Server 2003 vs 2008 & ADAM vs AD LDS
Comparing Window Server 2003 to 2008, I know that ADAM (active directory application mode) has been replaced with AD LDS (active directory lightweight directory services). I am just wondering, if ...
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Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) best practice for clustering
We decide to use Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) for our application. But we cannot find the guide for clustering this service. Can anybody suggest or give a link to the ...
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Installing internet facing SharePoint 2010 with Active Directory Application Mode
Are there any known issues installing an internet-facing SharePoint 2010 with Active Directory Lightweight Services or is it a logical choice?
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Sharepoint and ADL-DS
Can I install SharePoint 2010 on Windows Server 2008 and using the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (formerly ADAM) for Authentication and autorization?
Do I loose something in ...
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Can an AD DS user be replicated/synched to AD LDS into a different container/organisational unit?
Have some data in the form of attributes to be shared on the directory attached to users and groups containers/OU or group policy.
The current AD DS has OU and container groupings of users which ...
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Entering new user data into AD LDS
I need some help configuring AD LDS (Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services). I'm not an administrator, have never configured domains and I don't have a clue how to add new users to existing ...
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AD DS or AD LDS
I need a suggestion about having AD DS or AD LDS for my infrastructure.
I have a website which as of now do not have any log in facility for the visitors, now we are developing a new application so ...
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Physical hardware required to enable AD LDS service, can it be placed as a stand alone server on the DMZ
If I want to implement AD LDS for a single application, does it require Physical hardware or it can be installed/enabled on web server or application server.
As usually the web and app servers are ...
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Can you authenticate into SSAS with AD LDS (ADAM) accounts?
I'm very new to AD LDS and experienced but not qualified with SSAS, so my apologies for my ignorances with these.
We have a couple implementations where we expose SSAS via an HTTPS proxy ...
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Does Windows Server 2008 clustering require ActiveDirectory?
I'm trying to find out if Server 2008 supports clustering in a DMZ environment where there is no ActiveDirectory installed. If it does require AD then can clustering be done using the AD Lightweight ...
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Active Directory - Lightweight Directory Services and Domain Password Policy
Greetings all,
We have an active directory domain which enforces a strict password policy. Hooray!
Now, for the project we are working on, we are going to be storing users of our website ...
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Can AD Lightweight Directory Service replicate from Active Directory? If so, how?
I am setting up an Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (ADLDS) server to give a partner limited access to our directory without giving them access to the entire Active Directory. Setting up ...
