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Check your DNS settings. DNS Server must point to your AD controller ONLY and not to anywhere else. That is, the AD Controller running windows DNS
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Check your DNS settings. DNS Server must point to your AD controller ONLY and not to anywhere else. That is, the AD Controller running windows DNS

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Hello,<br />
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As per my knowledge when you can access domain controller with FQDN and NetBIOS name. NetBIOS name should be the one you have configured during DCPROMO.<br />
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You can get it by running Get-ADDomain –Identity domainname command on windows 2008. I am not sure how to check it out on windows 2003.<br />
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Regards,<br />
Sanjay Santoki
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Hello,

As per my knowledge when you can access domain controller with FQDN and NetBIOS name. NetBIOS name should be the one you have configured during DCPROMO.

You can get it by running Get-ADDomain –Identity domainname command on windows 2008. I am not sure how to check it out on windows 2003.

Regards,
Sanjay Santoki

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Ever since we removed our WINS server, we are no longer able to join computers to the domain without typing the fully qualified domain name. &nbsp;In the past we could just use the netbios name. &nbsp;Is this normal or this away to resolve it?<br />
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We are running both 2003 and 2008 domain controllers, but in 2003 mode.
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Ever since we removed our WINS server, we are no longer able to join computers to the domain without typing the fully qualified domain name.  In the past we could just use the netbios name.  Is this normal or this away to resolve it?

We are running both 2003 and 2008 domain controllers, but in 2003 mode.

Can't join domain with netbios, must use fully qualified domain name?

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.