Category Archives: Active Directory 2016

Microsoft August 2020 Patch issues and unanswered questions: No Netlogon events in Domain Controller logs after August 2020 Patches

August 2020 Patch (CVE-2020-1472) is fixing Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, we have to patch all the Domain Controllers to secure our environment from this Vulnerability and its two-part rollout stars on August 2020 and Feb 2021, we have many unanswered questions like, is the August 2020 patch will affect the non-secure clients? is there… Read More »

Verification of replica failed while adding new Domain Controller

If you are upgrading Domain Controller to Windows Server 2016/2019 then you will receive below error as File Replications Services (FRS) is not supported from Windows Server 2016 onwards, how to fix this? Also Read: Windows Server 2019 Features Also Read: Force DFS Replication/Force DFSR Members to Replicate on windows server 2008 and 2012 Verification of replica… Read More »

GPO Update failed with LDAP Bind function call failed error on Windows Server 2016/2019/2012 and Windows 10

If you are forcing GPO Update then you will get LDAP Bind function call failed error on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2012/2016/2019 and also can’t access Sysvol/Netlogon share and also getting other authentication failure errors Also Read: Group policy is not applying/working after patching (GPO Permission issues) Getting below error on gpupdate /force Updating policy “Computer… Read More »

Windows Server 2019 Features

Will discuss a list of new features available on Microsoft Windows Server 2019 release, Do you believe Server Core and Nano Server containers are default installation and soon we all are going to use this minimum versions on major of our IT environment? Linux OS and containers on Windows server 2019? Server operating system migrations are… Read More »

Forest and domain functional levels only showing “Windows Server” not showing Windows Server 2016

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 »

SYSVOL and NETLOGON not shared on Windows server 2016/2012 R2

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 »

Windows server 2016 co-existence and migrate/upgrade scenarios with Windows server 2012 R2/2008/2003

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 New Features

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 »