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Wiki Page: Active Directory: Best Practices for Internal Domain and Network Names

Peter Geelen

Table of Contents Introduction Considerations AD Domain vs DNS name Dummy DNS name vs official DNS name Using a single namespace (for internal and external hosts) Using different DNS names and zones DNS sub-domains of master Recommendation References Credits Introduction When planning for a new...

on30 Oct 2018
Wiki Page: Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Overview

Somdip Dey - MSP Alumnus

In Windows Server 2008 and later, the directory service is called Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). In earlier versions of Windows Server, the directory service is called Active Directory. Table of Contents Active Directory Domain Services Overview What is a Directory? Lightweight...

on29 Oct 2018
Wiki Page: How to Copy Attribute Values whilst Duplicating an Object in Active Directory

Somdip Dey - MSP Alumnus

New Active Directory users will often (usually) require the same attribute values as existing users. EG a new HR Department user will be much the same as existing HR Department users. We can copy Active Directory objects ( often users ) as below: Using this feature we can copy some of the attributes...

on29 Oct 2018
Wiki Page: Active Directory: A practical way to clean up dead SPNs in Active Directory

Peter Geelen

Table of Contents Introduction What are ‘Service Principal Names’ or SPN? SPNs creation process SPNs Removal How to clean dead SPNs Running the script Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Analyzing the report Conclusion Download script Introduction It’s been much more than a decade that Active Directory...

on28 Oct 2018
Wiki Page: SCCM 2012 OSD - Интегрирование модуля Active Directory в WinPE

Ilya Ershov

Интегрирование модуля Active Directory в WinPE для работы с доменом на этапе PXE . Добавить скрипты возможно следующими способами: Интегрировать модуль непосредственно в загрузочный wim -образ, например, через dism . В интернете...

on11 Oct 2018
Wiki Page: Active Directory: Limit concurrent user logins

George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos

Table of Contents Introduction How does it work? Requirements Required Scripts File Server Implementation Creating a GPO for logon script Create user folders Cleanup process Testing the result Conclusion See Also Introduction User authentication is one of the key principals of Active Directory...

on10 Oct 2018
Wiki Page: Active Directory: How to Export Group Policy Settings using PowerShell

George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos

IT administrators are frequently asked by either their managers or auditors to produce a report that proves all Group Policy settings are correct. To satisfy these requests, IT pros need to quickly export Group Policy settings into an insightful report in an easy-to-read format. They can create acceptable...

on10 Oct 2018
Wiki Page: Exchange 2013 Troubleshooting: Event ID 2937 Public Folder database is pointing to the Deleted Objects container in Active Directory

Dave Rendón

Table of Contents Symptom: Cause: Resolution: More Information: Symptom: Event ID 2937 is logged on the legacy server after migrating public folder from legacy exchange server to Exchange 2013 server Log Name: Application Source: MSExchange ADAccess Date: 2/5/2017 10:01:59 PM Event...

on8 Oct 2018
Wiki Page: Active Directory: How to add custom attribute to Schema

RajeeshMenoth

Table of Contents Introduction X.500 and OID Namespace Planning for Schema Update Step by Step : Add Custom Attribute Step 1: Login to Schema Master Domain Controller, with Schema Admin privilege. Step 2: Allow Schema Modification by changing registry. Step 3: Register Schema Management Snap-in. Step...

on29 Sep 2018
Wiki Page: Active Directory Infrastructure Security

Dave Rendón

Security is always a HOT topic. Recently we had lots of global attacks. Daily we have to deal with those as an IT Professional. There are lots of components involved with security and all are maintained by not a single person but here our concern is Active Directory Infrastructure security. We...

on29 Sep 2018
Wiki Page: Exchange troubleshooting: The Exchange Active Directory Provider couldn't find an available domain controller in the domain

Richard Mueller

Table of Contents Issue Symptom Cause Resolution Issue The Exchange Active Directory Provider couldn't find an available domain controller in the domain Symptom Unable to remove the arbitration Mailbox from exchange database. Below error shows up while trying to remove arbitration...

on5 Sep 2018
Wiki Page: How to Automatically Delete User Profiles Older Than a Certain Number of Days Using Group Policy

Dave Rendón

Deleting User Profiles from a Windows system could be done through its system properties. This is an easy task when you only have a few computers to manage but you certainly do not want to do it manually when you manage hundreds or thousands of Windows systems. This Wiki shares how you can easily configure...

on26 Aug 2018
Wiki Page: Active Directory: How to generate a health report of DFS and SYSVOL structure?

Dave Rendón

Table of Contents Introduction Why SYSVOL & DFS is important? Monitoring SYSVOL and DFS Requirements Generating the results Analyzing the report Conclusion Other Link Introduction There are quite a number of tasks in which an Active Directory administrator should always perform regularly...

on11 Aug 2018

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Wiki Page: Active Directory: Best Practices for Internal Domain and Network Names

Wiki Page: Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Overview

Wiki Page: How to Copy Attribute Values whilst Duplicating an Object in Active Directory

Wiki Page: Active Directory: A practical way to clean up dead SPNs in Active Directory

Wiki Page: SCCM 2012 OSD - Интегрирование модуля Active Directory в WinPE

Wiki Page: Active Directory: Limit concurrent user logins

Wiki Page: Active Directory: How to Export Group Policy Settings using PowerShell

Wiki Page: Exchange 2013 Troubleshooting: Event ID 2937 Public Folder database is pointing to the Deleted Objects container in Active Directory

Wiki Page: Active Directory: How to add custom attribute to Schema

Wiki Page: Active Directory Infrastructure Security

Wiki Page: Exchange troubleshooting: The Exchange Active Directory Provider couldn't find an available domain controller in the domain

Wiki Page: How to Automatically Delete User Profiles Older Than a Certain Number of Days Using Group Policy

Wiki Page: Active Directory: How to generate a health report of DFS and SYSVOL structure?