msds-generationid attribute is not set for windows server 2012 virtual domain controller on vmware, if you notice when querying msds-generationid attribute value and it return blank, why attribute valve not set and blank? Any reason for this behavior? Its new feature of Active Directory 2012, which is used to restoring AD database from snapshot image,… Read More »
Normally account expire will be configured for contract users for a specific dates, if they contract get extended then same needs to be updated on there Active Directory user accounts to avoid account get expired, to track this quite difficult and recently our first level team asked a script to give the list of users… Read More »
Once you have migrated all Domain Controllers from Windows Server 2008R2 to Windows Server 2016, if you want to raise the forest and domain functional levels from Server 2008R2 to higher version, you can only able see “Windows Server 2012/R2” and “Windows Server”? what would be “Windows Server” and why its not showing any windows version Also Check: All Supported Forest… Read More »
If you notice DFS share disk available free space across the DFSR target servers is not same, why replication partners showing different free space with same data and disk size, What does these numbers actually represent and some of the users get out of disk space message when copying data even there is no quota… Read More »
SYSVOL and NETLOGON not shared or missing and initial sync not finished on newly Built Windows 2016 Domain Controllers on 2012 R2 domain where Windows Server 2016 Domain Controllers been introduced in 2012 R2 Active Directory Environment, we can do non-authoritative restore of DFSR same like D2 SYSVOL restoration for FRS on legacy operating system Also… Read More »
DCDIAG output return out of sync error for a decommissioned DC or repadmin /replsum (repadmin /replsummary) shows high delta value which is not pointing to any source/destination DC, then it’s quit difficult to identify the affected connection objects Domain Controller detail, will discuss how to work on this issue Also Read: Force active directory replication How to… Read More »
Upgrade Active Directory Server 2016 from Windows Server 2012 R2/2008/2003: Is windows server 2016 can coexistence with windows server 2003? Can I do in-place upgrade from windows server 2003 or windows server 2008/2012 R2? Which is supported and which is not supported and how can I plan Active Directory upgrade path from my old legacy windows… Read More »
Active Directory 2016 features on Windows Server 2016: I have already discussed the Windows Server 2016 Features where new features and a major improvement on the operating system end been listed, now want to see more specifically on Active Directory 2016 and difference between Active Director 2012 and 2016 Also Read: Windows Server 2019 Features Also… Read More »
Best practice for decommissioning a Domain Controller Server: In general Decommission of Domain Controller is straightforward procedure and not required a much planning as we always have a redundant Domain Controller in a same site, so the client authentication will be handled by the other DC’s, if you want to find is any application hard-coded(“hard path”… Read More »
Simple Powershell command/script to add computers to SCCM 2012/2007 collections, we use to have many collections in our SCCM platform to control the patching, how we want to push the patches like daily collection or hourly collections with different maintenance windows configured, its easy to add servers manually if we want to add a single… Read More »
