How to convert secondary DNS zone into AD-integrated zone If you are looking for a guide showing how to convert DNS zone (secondary one), into AD-Integrated zone, here’s a step-by-step guide showing how to do that in an easy way. Table of Content Steps how to convert DNS zone 1 – Export the zone information […]
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How to perform a non-authoritative SYSVOL restoration If you are facing issues with some Group Policies or scripts not available on DC(s) in the SYSVOL domain folder to a specific Domain Controller or if you have realized that the GPOs are not up to date, this post shows how to fix that by doing the
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Guide: How to find domain controller cmd (DCLocator) and how to change AD subnets This guide demonstrate how clients find domain controller cmd and how to change Active Directory subnets Table of Content How does my computer locate the best (read closest) Domain Controller? The answers is something called DC Locator Process, to find domain
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The request to add or remove features failed If you have found yourself trying to add or remove a feature on Windows Server 2012 R2 and an error, The request to add or remove features failed. The operation cannot be completed, because the server that you specified requires a restart, but you know it doesn’t
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DCDIAG Tests Ports and Protocols for Firewall For those who are looking for knowing what protocol each DCDIAG tests ports command uses, this post shows all ports and protocols. This is useful when you need to make sure the firewall rules are allowing communication between Domain Controllers when you execute the command dcdiag /e for
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How to change the default computer container in AD This article demonstrates how to change the default computer container in AD (Active Directory) to a customized OU. The Default Computers container in Active Directory is a built-in container where newly joined computer accounts are automatically placed when added to a domain. Key points about this
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How to fix dcdiag warning for machineaccount test If you ran the Domain Controller test check using DCDIAG and faced an issue with the MachineAccount test, this post shows the root cause of the problem and how to fix dcdiag warning. DCDIAG MachineAccount test warning attribute is 0x82020: The default value for computers objects in Active Directory
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How to apply GPO without reboot Windows If you want to apply GPO without reboot Windows Server, this post shows how to do that in a very easy way. The Challenge In the WSUS project, I was in charge of last months in my work, I had to create and apply several policies to Servers
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Best Practices for Assigning FSMO Roles If you are looking for assigning FSMO roles to your Domain Controllers, this post gathered some useful information related to that. Rule 1 The PDC Emulator and RID Master roles should be on the same machine because the PDC Emulator is a large consumer of RIDs. Rule 2 The
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How to find out the last time Windows rebooted and started up If you want to find out when was the last time Windows rebooted and started up, for what reason, this post shows how to find out it in an easy way using Event Logs and PowerShell. Using Event Logs 1 – Open the Event
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