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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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Setting up a Windows Domain in a O365-only company

My company is quite young and small, but since we're growing, we want to rollout some software deployment solution. We haven’t decided which one yet, but they usually need a Windows Domain, and we don't have one. We use Office 365 for everything…
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Can't access some clients using w32tm /stripchart - error: 0x800705B4

I'm trying to track down a time synchronisation problem. I've got a DC in a remote branch. w32tm /dumpreg /subkey:Parameters reveals Type = NT5DS and the Type means its sync'ing with the domain, I understand. I've checked using: w32tm /stripchart…
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Active Directory Country capitals (letters)

Does someone know how to solve the problem of changing all country fields at once and probably why the country field is multiplied each time I select + apply a country change until the Object is being closed and reopened ? Background Information,…
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When should you create additional domain in forest?

My company is opening a new site in a different country. We will be installing new servers there and I have a question I can't decide on. Should we create a new domain in the forest or should we just use the same domain and implement a new domain…
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hyper-v server time sync source - PDC / external NTP?

The environement: 10 Hyper-V hosts, all AD joined a lot of VMs AD joined and some not some AD DCs including PDC as Guests What You think is the best approach to time sync a hyper-v farm with AD controllers as guests ? I got 2 plans :) what would…
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Adding a Win 2008 R2 DC to a Win 2000 Server domain

I am in the process of moving our active directory environment off of Windows 2000 server to a new Windows 2008 R2 server. I have prepped our Windows 2000 domain and upgraded the schema so that I could add the DC role to the Windows 2008 server. …
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Migrating Server 2003 -> Server 2008 r2. Global Catalog location. DNS problems

I've got a dying server with a WinServer 2003 installed. It's a Domain Controller. I've made a virtual machine with a Server 2008 r2 and migrated all roles on it. But there is a problem. Global Catalog is still located on the old server despite the…
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How can I save a domain controller after a USN rollback without rebuilding the whole server?

Today I had (again...) to lobotomize a domain controller which had suffered the dreaded USN rollback; the standard solution to this issue is to demote it and then promote it back again, but the main problem is, the demote isn't going to work,…
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Number of Domain Controllers needed?

In the process of migrating 7 school site network from Server 2003/XP to Server 2012/7 and wanted to get some feedback on how many domain controllers would be optimal. Currently we have 4 DCs. All 7 sites are connected by a 10 GB fibre link, so we…
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repetitive errors on user machines - DC migration from a windows XP based to a windows 7 based network

I'm replacing all the old windows XP machines in my network to new machines running windows 7. I hoped it would be an easy task, but apparently it isn't: all the machines I've installed (using WDS) are repetitively showing peculiar errors and going…
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Linux Client Active Directory Authentication stops working when failover

I have an issue with Linux clients trying to AD authentication by targeting a DNS name (corp.example.com). I have 2 Domain Controller servers DC1(10.0.0.3/24), DC2(10.1.0.3/24) both domain controllers for corp.example.com. Before starting this each…
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Is it possible to preload a user profile from a domain on a workstation that will be disconnected from the DC?

I have a few laptops here that need to have some users profiles preloaded onto them before sending them out in the field so that they can log into them without needing to be connected to the domain controller. I have done some research on Spiceworks…
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Two trusted domains with same username in both - can we merge?

We have 2 domains (A,B) in our environment. Whenever someone joins the company, his account will be created in domain A. If someone has to work in a particular department, an account will be created for him in domain B. Both accounts have same…
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How can I check if my time sync is correct?

I have updated a W2K3 settings according to the steps shown here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042#LetMeFixItMyselfAlways2 The peers list I use is: 0.asia.pool.ntp.org,0x1 1.asia.pool.ntp.org,0x1 2.asia.pool.ntp.org,0x1…
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Renaming a windows 2003 domain?

we currently have an office server running on Windows 2003. The server hosts e-mail (exchange) and active directory. Also we have two client pc's which get their internet connection and their profiles through the server. The server is currently…
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