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A domain controller is a server in a Microsoft Active Directory or NT4 domain that is responsible for central authentication.

In Microsoft Active Directory and NT4 domains, a domain controller is the central repository for all of the user account authorization information. It allows a person to sign on once and be allowed access to many different resources.

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Domain controller failed on domain, how do I remove it?

We had a server called DC01 set as a domain controller. Then we got another server and added it to the domain as a backup domain controller DC02. Months after adding DC02 to the domain DC01 had a catastrophic failure and was unplugged/taken off the…
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robocopy to new server and new domain

First question here so I thank you in advance for any input. Simple situation but a little different from the usual ones, so I want to confirm before proceeding. Small office with less than 10 users. Partnership ending but both are keeping the D…
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Disable time sync from the PDC for one machine

I have a Windows Sserver 2012 PDC as virtual machine, I want to disable the time sync of its host with the PDC to avoid the loop. However I want to maintain the sync with all other machines. How to disable time sync for a single machine?
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Connect AD / DC to public domain

I've set up a DC / AC in my home network. Ich also own a domain. So I want to connect the local DC / AC to my Domain, to login from everywhere to my network. I tried anything, but still no login servers available, when I try to connect fom…
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Server DNS Resolve issue

So I'm currently using VMware Pro 12 for the purpose of a lab environment. The problem I have now is that on my domain controller I can't ping my client, although the client is configured properly. As a network adapter I use bridge mode. The IPs are…
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Domain users cannot change password if domain name is written before username

we have multiple sites every site has RODC and Headoffice has two RWDC 2008 r2 and 2012 std . clients are win 7 and win 10 . domain users cannot change their domain password error the security database on the server does not have computer account…
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How to prevent Users in Domain installing and removing software?

I am using ADDS in my Company, using Windows server 2012 r2. Like the tittle, how to prevent instaling, removing any software for my users in their computer? I want to protect company's computers. I dont want my users can installing , and removing…
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How to allow an user to modify any system settings in Domain with Windows Server 2012?

I created a domain with windows server 2012. I logged in with an user account. And with default, this account cant access to Remote Desktop setting, LAN setting, ... and any system settings. I don't know how to allow an specify setting, this case, I…
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Newly created users cannot log into Windows

The manager can't log onto their account any more. We aren't doing anything fancy. They just need to log into windows. When trying to log into windows, it gives the following error: "there are currently no logon servers available to service the…
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An active directory domain could not be contacted

I have this problem with joining client PCs to the domain. I think i did everything right, set up AD DS, DHCP, DNS on my server, turned off the DHCP server on my router. I ensured that the Preferred DNS server on the client computer is the IP of my…
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How should I manage my cloud-hosted virtual networks/machines?

I am currently hosting multiple production projects in Microsoft Azure. Each project is configured with a separate virtual network with two Windows VMs to act as web servers, and one server to act as domain controller. Security is essential in all…
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EventLog "Access Denied" after installing an additional DC in a 2012 environment

After promoting a new DC into an existing domain, Eventviewer shows the following: I might as well mention that the Installation itself did not experience any issues When looking at the C:\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs directory I do not see any…
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AD - transfer operation master

Our environment has two domains under the same forest, and two way trust been setup between these two domain (sorry, i'm not very savvy about AD, might be using wrong terminology. I try to be as accurate as possible) Coz one of the domain is still…
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active directory domain resolution - public DNS?

I am not sure how all these are being link up , but right now , my PC is joined to my company AD domain at "whatever.local" I am pretty sure that "whatever.local" is not resolvable in the public network. q1) so thinking back, when i bring my…
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Domain Controller as EC2 instance

We've successfully extended our on-premises active directory to AWS, creating domain controllers as EC2 micro instances, we loosely based our setup on the Amazon White Paper: Implementing Active Directory Domain Services in the AWS Cloud We are in…
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