Questions tagged [active-directory]

A Microsoft technology that constitutes an LDAP directory service with centralized management functionality for user accounts, computer accounts, groups, and configuration management across many Windows servers and desktops.

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slow login into active directory

I have setup users to log in through active directory setup on windows server 2008. When they try to login in to their machines it takes two minutes just to log on. What could be the problem? The ...
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Log into AD account through Command Line

Our SBS2003 server likes to lose connection every so often. This appears to 'kick' everyone out, so that no-one can access the server or its shared folders without a log off > log in. It usually ...
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DNS server refusing requests for _mcdcs lookups

DNS Conditional Forwarder refusing requests for _mcdcs.remote.domain I have a local AD server with DNS installed called (adserver.mydomain.local) To allow trust relationships with other domains we ...
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Is there any way to Customize Active Directories exception/error message?

I am using Active Directory as a data store for the users of my website. I have Active Directory throwing the following exception in case password does not meet any password policy constraint. The ...
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IIS App Pool Identity Internet Settings

How does an IIS App Pool determine its Internet Settings? I'm specifying a custom identity under which to host a .NET web application, a service account that is part of our Active Directory domain. ...
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Can screen resolution be set in Active Directory Domain Group Policy?

Is there anywhere that screen resolution can be set for the users at the domain group policy level?
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NTP Pulling UTC from Time Source but not applying offset

I am seeing some weird behavior that started after the last round of windows patches. My forest root PDC emulator no longer applies the EDT offset from UTC and instead just uses UTC. This of ...
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How to add folder in share in Active directory domian user in vmware

I have window 2008 server as host OS. Then in VirtualMachine i have server 2008 with AD installed with one domain Now i have one laptop with XP and i have joined with that AD Domain. NOw in MY ...
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The Active Directory integrated DNS zone _msdcs.COMPANY.LOCAL was not found

Recently we renamed our domain from single domain name COMPANY to COMPANY.LOCAL due to multiple problems. However now I get this information from BPA. Issue: The Active Directory integrated DNS ...
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Active Directory profile storage on ZFS

I'm considering storing Active Directory profiles on a ZFS file server. I ran across these instructions for using ZFS and the native Solaris CIFS protocol to integrate with Active Directory. It ...
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Hidden OU and hidden users in active directory [closed]

How to find The Hidden OU and hidden users in business active directory . i tried to use gpresult in CMD but i didnt find what iam looking for please any help
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VBScript: Linking existing GPO to new OU

I am trying to link an existing to a new OU (that was just created), using the resources found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/248392 and here: http://www.thescriptlibrary.com/default.asp?Action=...
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Application Compatibility Clients do not show in MSSQL database, but do show in \AppCompat\

Application Compatibility Clients are denied access to the central MSSQL database, but are able to leave their own files in the \AppCompat\ share. The only computer that shows up in the "Microsoft ...
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Meeting invite sent to users also getting sent to group user is in

When someone sends a meeting invite addressed only to me it also gets sent to a group I am in and everyone in that group gets the meeting invite also. I get 2 invites in my inbox, The first one is to ...
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Any way to improve AD performance over a VPN?

I have a distributed Network, with a SharePoint server located in a remote office that is part of company domain via VPN. When the Sharepoint server queries anything AD related performance isn't ...
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Can't "run as" domain user, but can logint interactively

I'm building virtual network of Windows Server 2008 r2 servers. I have installed domain controller in windows server 2008 r2 mode, joined another server to domain, created domain account. I can't "...
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Deny Cisco VPN Access to Active Directory Users?

I run Windows 2008 Server, I have Cisco ASAs setup for site-to-site vpns and remote-access vpn. After researching, i read that you could change dial-in options to allow or disable VPN access for ...
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Active Directory Users & Group Policy

I have a small domain which contains several domain users. How can I set users to have administrator permissions ( for installing software) but limit them to accessing mass storage devices and dvd-rom?...
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VPN between domain and office with no server

IS this even possible? The main office is running server 2008 r2 and is on a domain. The sub office we want to create a vpn connection to does not have a server and just has a regular modem like they ...
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Best way of integrating Mac OS X clients with Active Directory

I have more than 50 Macs on the network and I think it's time to put some controls in place so I'm scouting for ways to integrate the Mac OS X clients into Active Directory. The primary objective is ...
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Add machine name to Active Directory group

How do you add a machine name, the name with the trailing dollar sign that is automatically added to the machine, e.g. DOMAIN\SERVERNAME$, to an AD group?
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Can't login to domain

I have a group of machines that are all plugged into the same switch and all but one machine is able to log in to the domain. I get the following message: there are currently no logon servers ...
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Is there a significant performance gain in reducing the number of GPOs in active directory?

I have just started work on an existing 2003/AD domain where users are complaining about the amount of time it takes for an XP client to reach the logon prompt after boot (around 4 minutes). I haven'...
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Joining domain in depolying image with Unattend file

I am deploying windows 7 images to our classroom PC's via WDS. Am trying to get the machine to auto join the domain through the unattend file but am running into an issue. The unattendfile is created ...
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Is there a way of consolidating multiple GPOs into one GPO

I have about 100 GPOs that I would like to merge down to 15-20. Is there a way of merging them together. I found this article: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ashleymcglone/archive/2011/01/19/finally-copy-...
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SharePoint 2010 User Profile Synchronization

I'm completely new to working with SharePoint and Windows Server, but last week I was given a small brief to play with SharePoint 2010 to see how I got along with it. Anyway I've set up a SharePoint ...
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Connecting a server to a network that has DNS and Active Directory on it

I've got a rather weird situation. I recently virtualized one of our main servers in the company that had our DNS and Active Directory on it. We've recently found out that an old program on the newly ...
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Cross-forest GPO between 2003 and 2008 Denied Beacuse it's "Inaccessible"

I have a two-way, non-transitive trust between two forests and domains, "W2003" and "W2008". In W2008 I have a GPO with user settings linked to a machine OU containing machine "Server". The GPO ...
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In a 2 DC environment, should both DCs host AD integrated primary zones to ensure DNS redundancy?

I'm trying to clarify the relationship between SOA records and AD based DNS since we are switching towards an all AD integrated DNS scenario in our environment. We have 2 DCs running Win 2008. The ...
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jenkins 1.417 versus Active Directory

I have a brand new installation of Jenkins 1.417 on Ubuntu 11.6, trying to talk to an active directory. I have the Active Directory plugin installed. If I leave off the base DN and password, the '...
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Active Directory Claims based Authentication error in SharePoint

I am trying to log into a new SharePoint application, which has it's authentication method set to Claims based authentication (CBA). The user I am logging in with is Site collection admin. When trying ...
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Authenticate logons with Active Directy for EC2 Sharepoint server?

Sharepoint is installed and running swimmingly on "the cloud." I was able to have the server join our domain by installing a mobile VPN client and connecting it to our network. I don't want to leave ...
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Swapping an OLD AD Server with a NEW (Blank) AD Server - Same FQDN

I have a Win2k3 domain right now and I would like to upgrade it into a SBS 2008 Domain. This is simply on a VM and not a real world thing. I would like to know what happens. I don't really have the ...
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Will the global catalogs in two forests with transitive trust replicate data?

Suppose I have two Active Directory forests, each with one global catalog. There is a transitive trust between these forests. Does this imply that data is replicated between the two forests? Can I ...
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Moved servers running Windows Server 2003

Our company has two locations and each location has a Windows Server 2003 machine as the DC and several servers, running on two different sub-nets. We are consolidating the locations. I changed the ...
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Password recovery

An employee has just recently quit. I have access to our domain control of which active directory sits upon. Unfortunately the employee did not leave us with his password to log into his local machine....
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database server on domain?

Are there any significant drawbacks to joining a SQL Server machine to the domain (i.e. security, performance, etc)? Our box is currently off the domain so we just manage users locally, but we were ...
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Force logoff when logon hour expires

I want to know how i can force to log off my ADDS user when their logon hour expires restricted by group policy. They are still able to log on their client PCs although their logon restricted time ...
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How to install Microsoft Exchange 2007 as a member server

I am trying to install Microsoft Exchange 2007 to a Windows Server 2003 as a member server. I already have a Windows Server 2008 as my domain controller. I'm having a hard time figuring out what is ...
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How do I set permissions on network shares to allow SYSTEM account access in server cluster?

I want to share common data within a cluster of servers via network shares. There will be one share folder on each server, which all the other servers can access. The server processes that will be ...
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Desktop machine tries to map network drive with the wrong credentials

I'm on a Windows domain. And I have a user that is trying to access the C$ admin share on one of our servers. He has all the proper permissions, and usually tries to access the share via run ...
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What is the minimal steps to setup a client-server network using Windows Server 2008 R2 standard?

Background I have One computer server with Win Server 2008 R2 standard installed but it has not been configured. This server has 2 LAN adapters. One adapter is connected to ISP and the other one ...
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force use of specific passwords

We are migrating Active Directory from from Windows Server 2003 to 2008 shortly. With 2008 we would like to be able to use a separate password policy for a particular group of PCs. One suggested ...
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Active Directory problems while trying to perfom compare operation

I have CentOs 5.5 with Apache 2.2 and SVN installed. Also I have Windows 2003 R2 with Active Directory. I'm trying to authorize users via AD so each user have access to repo if he is a member of ...
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Active Directory Authenication and Sites

We have an AD Domain with two sites and 6 domain controllers. Four of the DCs are in our primary site and 2 are in our secondary site and they are a mixture of 2003 and 2008 machines. As far as I ...
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What's the risk of running a Domain Controller so that it is accessible from the internet?

I have three remote dedicated web servers at different webhosts. Adding them to a common domain would make a lot of administration tasks much easier. Since two of the servers are running Windows 2008 ...
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Waiting on User Profile Service - Forever

I have two AD servers separated by a T1. Location A, which hosts the primary AD / DNS / Roaming Profiles server is subnet 192.168.0 Location B, which is the secondary AD server (I'm trying to ...
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Can't enable share on clients in my network

I installed on my subnet a win 2003 server as the domain controller, with DHCP and DNS options too. the clients, win xp pro and and win 2003 server. In my clients when i log in via the domain, i don'...
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How can give group in active directory folder access by group policy

I have windows server 2003 64bit and my clients running on windows xp 32bit. My clients have user rights so they can't install any program. I have some programs needs admin rights for example I have ...
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Forefront Identity Manager 2010 copy/update an OU from one domain to another

Basically the idea is to copy and update 1 OU in the master Domain into slave Domain. The OU will have users and groups in it. If a new user is created in the master domain they will be created in the ...

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