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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 Name does not resolve to site's DC

I am facing a puzzle: My company has several branches, each branch's subnets have been defined in their own respective site, and each branch has its own RODC. However, when pinging to the domain name (let's say, "example.com"), instead of resolving…
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Can I re-use IP address of a failed Domain Controller for a new Domain Controller

One Domain Controller in my domain failed and can't be recovered. I've seized the FSMO roles onto the surviving DC, and performed metadata cleanup. Now, I'm in the process of installing a replacement DC. I plan on using a new name, but can I re-use…
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Permissions for Scheduled Tasks on a Domain Controller

I'm trying to run a Scheduled Task on a 2008 R2 Domain Controller and all was well until I set it into the production environment. I'm running the task as a Domain User that's defined in the "Log on as a batch job" setting. For giggles I also added…
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What are the requirements on a windows domain controller?

Is a single CPU-server ok? What about RAM and network-connection single 100MBit/S or better dual 10GBit/S? What are the parameters to decide? count of users or kind of servers in the domain like web-server or database-server like sql server 2008R2?
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Computer cannot obtain the domain controller name

We installed a few new computers to the network, and all of them appear to be having the same issue in Application Event Log: Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network. (The network path was not found. ). Group…
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Domain computer account trust relationship failed after connecting system with old hard drive to network

Our server is Windows 2016. I set up a new install of Windows 10 on a new hard drive. I named the computer on the new install the same as the old one. I kept the old hard drive as-is and didn't make any changes to it for back up purposes. Something…
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Raising Domain Functional Level

In my environment, I currently have three domain controllers. My main DC is running on 2012R2 and the other two are running on 2016. The current domain functional level is 2008R2 and the Functional level is 2003. I don't know why it's this way as I…
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Error enrolling "Kerberos Authentication" certificate in a sparse network

I'm currently working on implementing an Enterprise Certification Authority for a customer whose network is not fully connected; it spans several geographical sites, and some of them don't have routing to the site where the CA is located. In order…
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2012 SERVER DCDIAG STRUGGLE with error 1355 (DsGetDdName call failed)

EDIT: This problem was resolved by following the information found at this link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/947022/the-netlogon-share-is-not-present-after-you-install-active-directory-d Essentially, NETLOGON/SYSVOL were not being…
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Why did w32tm /resync cause it to correct itself, then overshoot?

Background: My LAN's Windows Server 2012 R2 Domain Controller had been running without any external time server for a few years and I finally synchronized it now. It had been running about 2 minutes behind what it should be. Here's the command-line…
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can I reset the clock on an expired password in AD?

I have a customer who's users all access the solution via RDP and whom are all set to 'password never expires' in AD. We're enforcing a password expiration policy and introducing a self-serve credential manager to allow the users to change their…
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Locked out of DC and domain admin accounts via GPO

I'm currently locked out of my domain controller and unable to log onto domain computers using accounts who are members of the domain admins group due to the incorrect application of a GPO at the top level. There are no other DCs in the domain. I…
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Difference between domain, domain controller and active directory?

I am very confused about this three terms. I know that : Active Directory is a set of service used to store information about a computer network Domain Controller is a server computer used to run the active directory. But what does domain mean???
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Access to multiple domains with RSAT?

Using RSAT for Windows 10 on a technician computer. I know that RSAT allows access to AD admin tools in the domain the computer is a member of. But is there a way to access multiple domains via this MMC? Thanks.
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No domain controller can be contacted when domain joining a server

I know there are several posts regarding the following issue but non of them have solved the issue for me. Let me explain the situation: We have a customer that want's to migrate from an old datacenter to ours. So we created a site to site…
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