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Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identit...

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IT guy with something like 40 years in the industry.  I'm a generalist, and so have had my hands in just about everything to some extent.

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Windows 2016 and how to use device-certificate with NPS to secure our clients.

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Windows 2016 and how to use device-certificate with NPS to secure our clients. 


How can I make it

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netlogon folder access AD

3

Hi, I have a DC in my lab with several pieces of equipment connected to it.


I have not made any

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Spinning up onprem AD AFTER Azure and setting up hybrid environ

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I have a client, a new customer, and when we built them out, we started in Azure (now Entra AD) so

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Net reset Win2019 DC, DCDIAG errors, Net Reset, Dyn IP temp assigned

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A Win2019 DC was showing the yellow triangle and indicating "no internet access", but it appeared to

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PowerShell Script Install-ADDSDomainController Error

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I'm having an issue with a PowerShell script I am writing to automate Domain Controller promotions

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Uninstalling the Antivirus client through Group policy.

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Hi 


We have the OnPrem Antivirus version installed on all Windows 10 PCs through Group Policy.

Now I

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Active Directory Certificate Services did not start: Could not load or verify the current CA certificate

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I recently took over as the admin for a small shop.  I have a 2016 Certificate Authority Server that

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error when applying GPOs in AD

3

Hello I have a computer that does not apply well the group policies, when a gpupdate is done this

Research Question

On Premise Active Directory Forest Migration

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Hello,

I need an article or a procédure on Active Directory Forest Migration 

guide lines  and how to

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cannot enable user mailbox in exchange 2016 cu23 through exchange ECP or PowerShell, Active Directory operation failed on DC. Local. This error is not retriable.

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We're encountering below error when attempting to enable  user mailboxes or do the modifications  in

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Switch the DNS to secondary.

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I encountered a strange issue with my primary and secondary DNS servers. The primary DNS server was

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How do I hide an application icon from the system tray in using GPO

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Hi 


I have installed client filtering software on Windows 10 laptops. 

On the student's login, when

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export AD users All attributes from specific OU

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hello


i am on Windows 2019 AD, i need to export all users attributes on csv file from specific OU,

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RDS user access denied in domain 2022

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Hy All

(Troubleshooting brainstorming post, feeling like I'm missing something)

Domain 2022 with 2 RDS

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Working with domain Trusts and Exchange Server

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I have put in place a 1 way trust from Domain A to Domain B. I can assign permissions to resources

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logoff event 4634 while even the user didn't logoff

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Hello,


An event id 4634 for log off is generated after a user log in, while the user still working on

Research Question

DC machine account password reset during AD forest recovery

byAaron
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Why is DC computer account password reset needed during AD forest recovery?

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Windows 11 - "When should Windows require you to sign in again"

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Good Afternoon,


We have a system running Windows 11 Pro on our domain that seems to have picked up a

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AD setup with external DNS server only

byAaron
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Trying to learn about DNS and AD.

Have you ever seen an Active Directory setup where none of the

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PDC emulator time source is wrong, how to fix it

byDan
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I have changed my Group Policy and made a regsitry change to make the NTP time server time.nist.gov

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