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Testing of new MS servers/AD
Do you perform any testing of new windows servers/a new active directory before they go "live". If yes do Microsoft provide any recommended test cases that you can follow - please provide details?
What would user acceptance testing for a new server/AD actually involve, or what do you do?
Aside from user acceptance testing what other types of testing are requried before a new server or a new AD goes live.
What would user acceptance testing for a new server/AD actually involve, or what do you do?
Aside from user acceptance testing what other types of testing are requried before a new server or a new AD goes live.
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DCDIAG checks if there is no issue with DNS, FSMO roles, connection between Domain Controllers etc.
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Can you put in management freindly speak the actual risk to the business if you get errors from the dcdiag, netdiag and repadmin commands? I dont want a techie AD explanation just some managment speak what impact that can have to the network/business.
DCDIAG, NetDIAG and Repadmin errors tells you that there is something wrong. This is not telling you directly that there is no connection between your locations and AD database is not replicating or DNS is broken. You need to check that from administrative side by yourself when you see some information that something is not working
For management it means only: there is issue with business continuity, we cannot support our process(es) because our location(s) cannot communicate properly. People cannot access resources. If we do not fix that problem we would have more dangerous issue like business stop until we do not rebuild everything
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For management it means only: there is issue with business continuity, we cannot support our process(es) because our location(s) cannot communicate properly. People cannot access resources. If we do not fix that problem we would have more dangerous issue like business stop until we do not rebuild everything
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