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Understanding Group Policy Loopback Processing

Arenar10/28/2009, 12:00 AM

A Little on Standard Group policy Processing Before we look at how loopback processing works it may be beneficial to have a quick refresh on how standard group policy processing works. Group Policy Objects (GPO) are a collection of configurable

Topic: Active DirectoryTags: AD, Active Directory, GPO, Group Policy, Loopback

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How to Remove a Failed Domain Controller

mkbean05/22/2009, 12:00 AM

One of the tasks that every Active Directory administrator has to learn is how to remove a failed or offline Domain Controller (DC) from the environment.  The easiest method is to use DCPROMO, however if the DC is already offline or had a catastro

Topic: Active DirectoryTags: Active Directory, DCPROMO, NTDSUTIL, Domain Controller

Views: 12557Comments: 6

Demystifying the Active Directory FSMO Roles

tigermatt04/02/2010, 12:00 AM

By Matt Huxtable (tigermatt) If you've spent any time administering Active Directory, you've probably come across the concept of Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) roles. Their introduction is arguably one of the most important but misunder

Topic: Active DirectoryTags: Microsoft, Windows Server System, Active Directory, Directory Services, FSMO Roles, Multi Master, Operations Roles

Views: 7159Comments: 49

Replacing Your Login Scripts with Group Policy Preferences

anoyes04/02/2011, 12:00 AM

I'm sure that every Windows systems administrator has written, or at least used, a batch or VBS login script at some point in their career, whether it is to map network drives, install printers, or set some user preferences.  No more! With Window

Topic: Active DirectoryTags: Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, Mapped Drive, Login Script

Views: 6229Comments: 5

Active Directory - Bulk updating user information using Excel.

xuserx200010/07/2009, 12:00 AM

It happens to all of us.  Once in a while Active Directory information gets a little "out of date".  People tend to change departments, get married and change their last names, change cell phone numbers or change addresses.  Maintaining this informa

Topic: Active DirectoryTags: dsmod, dsquery, excel

Views: 5955Comments: 7

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