The Core of Active Directory
The data that is stored in Active Directory is physically stored in just a few files. The information is mainly stored in a file called ntds.dit, but there are also …
Installing Windows Server 2012
In this tutorial, we are going to go through the steps to install Windows Server 2012. Microsoft continues to improve the installation process. If you have installed Windows Server 2008/2008 …
DNS May Fail to Resolve Top-Level Domain
If your Windows 2008 Server is running DNS Server Services and uses root hints to resolve Internet host name, it may fail to resolve queries for host names in certain …
Locating Inactive Computer Accounts in AD
When it comes to computer accounts, unfortunately, they seem to linger around even when computers are removed from the domain and retired. Over time, the number of computer accounts in …
Preventing Users from Joining the Domain
By default, when a Windows domain is created, authenticated users are granted the ability to join up to ten computers to the domain. While this may be very convenient from …
How to Install RSAT on Windows Server 2008 R2
When managing your domain networking services, it is very common to install administrative tools on your domain member computers rather than interactively logging into the target system. For example, this …
Active Directory Trust Relationships
A trust relationship is a logical link established between two domains. Between the two domains, one domain is called the trusting domain while the other is called the trusted domain. …
Windows Server 2008 R2 System Requirements
Thinking about installing Windows 2008 R2 on your server? To use Windows Server 2008 R2, you will need to make sure your system meets the following minimum requirements: Processor Minimum: 1.4 …
Copying Attributes From a Template User Object
The Active Directory Users and Computers console has a nice feature that allows you to copy a user account. This is especially helpful in situations where you want to create …
Upgrading Paths for Windows Server 2012
If you have been supporting operating systems for quite a while, you will quickly realize that every few years or so, Microsoft releases a new server operating system. As new …
The RID Master
The RID Master is one of the five Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) roles found in an Active Directory (AD) forest. There is only one Domain Controller (DC) in each …
Windows Server 2008 R2 DNS Issues (EDNS0)
Several DNS Applications, in this case, Microsoft DNS support EDNS0 which extends query and response datagrams. When upgrading your DNS infrastructure to Windows 2008 R2 from earlier versions or other …