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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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Windows: 2 sites, 2 dc's. How setup roles?

I have 2 sites (HO + Branch), both with Win Servers 2003, connected by a tunnel. I want to have a DC in each location to allow for local login/authentication. Can someone tell me what roles I should assign to the DC's in the remote branches? I am…
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How do I migrate a Windows 2008 Domain Controller to another computer?

I have single server acting as a domain controller. It is running Windows 2008 Standard edition. What steps are required to migrate this domain to another computer running Windows 2008? I'd like a detailed list of all the steps required and any…
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Cannot Add Windows Server 2012 as Member Server to Existing Domain

We have an existing Windows Server 2003 domain and several other computers are on that network (i.e., we have Windows Server 2008 member servers, other Windows Server 2003 member servers, Windows 7 and XP workstations, and even a Windows 2000 Server…
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DHCP in Windows 2003/2008 DC or in Router?

For a small Active Directory managed network (say 30-50 DHCP clients) should I have a domain controller (and then somehow another one as a failover) hand out IPs via DHCP or should I just let my router do it? Just an update, fyi: We have two…
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Windows Server 2008, rejoining domain fails

I have two windows 2008 servers, which have been unjoined from the domain for a long time. I tried to rejoin them to previous domain and one of the servers could rejoin successfully, but the other one failed with the error: The following error…
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Replace 2000 domain controller

I have a pair of Windows 2000 domain controllers. The machine that currently hosts GC is getting tired and is pretty old as far as hardware. I want to replace it with a newer machine I have lying around. Ideally I want to keep the same name and…
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Can I create a DC without a DNS Server?

So as the title says, I need to promote a standalone Win2008R2 server to a Domain Controller, and I don't a DNS Server (I think), as there will be no clients connected to the domain, it will be only used for Remote Desktop Services. Yes, I know,…
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Domain Controller DCdiag error - A Global Catalog Server could not be located

I've set up a replica DC in a remote location. It's connected to the main site through a VPN connection. DCdiag passes on the primary DC, but I get the following error on the replica DC: Running enterprise tests on : mydomain.co.uk Starting…
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Should I join the domain with my new server before I run dcpromo?

Brand new server, 2008 r2. I want it to eventually be my forest root. Should I go ahead and join it to the domain as just a member server and then do all the ? Should I run adprep before I join the domain? I'm only asking about member server at…
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Directory Service is unable to allocate a relative identifier

At work, we currently have one domain controller, POLLY. This DC is the RID master. However, there used to be two other DCs, PAULA and PETTY. These are both offline (and long gone), yet they appear in POLLYs configuration. Strangely, POLLY has the…
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Syncing Domain Controller Clocks

It appears some computers in our computer lab have clocks running about 3-4 minutes fast. As of right now, when we join a computer to the domain, it sets the clock based on our server's Domain Controller clock (Windows Server 2008 R2). How can we…
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Dell PowerEdge t710 virtualization suggestions

My company just bought a dell PowerEdge t710 server with 48 gig ram 4tb disk 4x4 gb ethernet ports. My job is to configure virtual (hyperV) system infrastructure on this server. The requirements are: 1) Domain controller 2) file server 3) microsoft…
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Why after I seize a FSMO role I can't transfer it back to its original DC?

Everywhere I read about the FSMO roles it is written that after it is seized the FSMO role can not be transferred back to its original server. Did someone knows why? Lets say that I seize the Schema Master and then I try to transfer it back? What…
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What's the risk of running a Domain Controller so that it is accessible from the internet?

I have three remote dedicated web servers at different webhosts. Adding them to a common domain would make a lot of administration tasks much easier. Since two of the servers are running Windows 2008 R2 Standard, I thought about promoting them to…
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Domain computers with no specific user?

We have a Windows Server 2008R2 server which is running our domain. We have around 40 users and around 30 computers. Most of the users have their own dedicated workstation, however around 5 of the computers get logged in by one person every morning…
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