Tag Archives: Microsoft Active Directory

Windows Server 2012 Step by Step Book


This is my first book published on December 2 2012. The following is the chapters available in detailed in the book titled “Windows Server 2012 Step by Step” Chapter 1: Introduction to windows server 2012 Chapter 2: Installing and navigating … Continue reading

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Fix Powershell Warning and Enhance Active Directory by installing Active Directory Web Service


Microsoft AD Management Gateway Service provides a Web service interface to Active Directory domains and instances of Active Directory LDS or Active Directory Application Mode that are running on a Domain controller as the Active Directory Management Gateway Service. You can install the Active Directory Management … Continue reading

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An Overview of Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)


Certificate services provide public key infrastructure (PKI) for organization. There are lot of benefits to have a PKI infrastructure in Active Directory infrastructure. One of the biggest advantage of deploying certificate is to identify requestor requesting information a server. This … Continue reading

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How to create an external trust between two separate domains/forests


A trust is a relationship established between domains that enables users in one domain to be authenticated by a domain controller in the other domain. There are different type of trust like External, Realm, Forest and shortcut. This can be … Continue reading

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Optimizing Microsoft Active Directory FSMO roles


There are five Active Directory Flexible Single-Master (FSMO) roles in the domain and forest. The Active Directory Installation Wizard defines five FSMO roles: schema master, domain master, RID master, PDC emulator, and infrastructure. The schema master and domain naming master … Continue reading

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Install and configure Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) using Windows Server 2008 R2


Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) in the Windows Server 2008 provides customizable services for creating and managing public key (PKI) certificates. You can use AD CS to enhance and implement security by binding the identity of a person, … Continue reading

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Active Directory health check


Events View Check event log in all DCs to find everything ok specifically DNS, system and Application events. Dcdiag.exe This is a must and will always tell you if there is trouble with DCs and/or services associated with it Netdiag.exe … Continue reading

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How to migrate Windows 2003 Active Directory to Windows 2008 Active Directory—–Step by Step guide


Microsoft’s new baby in their server family is Windows Server 2008. The Windows Server® 2008 operating system ease operation of IT administrator and enterprise IT planner and designer. Windows 2008 Active Directory got improved roles, AD domain services, federation services, … Continue reading

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Script to add bulk users from .csv file to Active Directory


If you are assigned to add hundreds of new users and you want to add them to specific group in active directory with their home drive and profile. Here is a little solutions for you. I used firstname, surename, userID, … Continue reading

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Understanding FSMO roles in windows 2003 AD


Good preparation and correct planning are essential for Active Directory AD installation. Although it’s impossible to predict installation glitches precisely, you can at least minimize the possibility of AD installation problems if you carefully plan the procedure. Here’s what you … Continue reading

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