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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 2003/2008 Domain Controller Audit Policy

On Windows 2003/2008 domain controller: Do you have to turn on audit policy in order to see user logon/logoff information (success or failure, time & account name) in the event logs? Are audit policies on by default on Windows 2003/2008 DC? By…
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No longer able to edit scripts in SYSVOL/domain/scripts on Server 2008

We recently upgraded our domain controllers to Windows Server 2008 R2 (Still at functional level 2003). I went to make a change to one of our login scripts in the SYSVOL\{domain}\scripts\ directory, despite the account I was logged in with having…
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DcDiag: "Warning: The Active Directory zone on this DC/DNS server was not found (probably a misconfiguration)" meaning?

Does this mean there is no Forward Lookup Zone by the name of the domain (say domain.local) in DNS? I only have the log of dcdiag, not the actual machine, so I cannot check. Later it says: Matching A record found at DNS server %own IP%: …
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Windows SBS 2008 as file server uniquely

I'm setting up an Active Directory domain. This domain must have two separate servers, one acting as primary domain controller and the second one acting as file server only. My wonder is if both servers, file server and primary domain controller,…
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Why is it recommended that SQL Server not be run on the domain contoller in an SBS 2008 system?

We are building up our SBS 2008 R2 server and had in mind to put an SQL Server on the same box, same system. First uses of the system are a local file server, VPN for the same purpose, and a central database location. So far we are only a file…
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What is a domain controller?

What is a domain controller in the context of Windows servers?
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DCPromo error when demoting a backup domain controller

One of our Windows 2003 servers has reached it's end of life and I am trying to demote it so that it can be removed from the network. The PDC is still online, of course. I am getting this error: --------------------------- Active Directory…
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What is the best way to repartition the system drive on a Windows domain controller?

I have a Windows 2003 server that is the primary domain controller for the network. It has a RAID 1 array that houses the 'C' and 'D' drives. And a RAID 5 array that houses the 'E' drive. The C:\ drive is 12GB in size and it is running out of…
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Question about Server 2008 global catalogs and preferred logon servers

We have multiple sites with a global catalog AD DC at each location with VPN tunnels VPN tunnels work as needed nothing wrong there .. When clients at site B attempt to login and then run the set command it states that the logon server is the…
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Cannot connect Windows 7 machine to windows 2003 domain

I have an issue with one of my machines. I have a windows 2003 server machine that is the DHCP, DNS, and AD DC. We have about 20 machines connected to this domain successfully but are having issues with one machine. The machine was once on the…
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Samba3 PDC with single user profile per OS

I would like to set up a Samba3 PDC on an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS box for Windows XP and Windows 7 Clients. For my application I do not really need the whole profile overhead a normal Windows domain network has. I would much rather like to control one…
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How to install Exchange 2010 so it is as independent as possible on our network

We are going through a company merger and people want to do things differently! Current situation: 2 DCs. 1 Exchange Server on 1 of the DCs (not SBS).The other half of the email is handled on a hosted Exchange server. Half the PCs are joined to one…
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There are no logon servers available to service the login request

On my home network I setup a laptop running windows server 2003 as a dns server and domain controller. I was able to join the domain on my PC, however if I try to login to windows with a domain account on my PC it says: There are no logon servers…
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Can't connect to domain controller

I setup a dns server/domain controller on a windows server 2003 box on my local network, giving it a fixed ip address of 192.168.2.9. I called the domain "toth.domain". I then changed the preferred dns server on my Windows 7 box to 192.168.2.9 and…
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What steps need to be taken to create the GPO and edit the appropriate settings in the GPO?

A new domain with a new domain controller for the engineering department was recently installed in the workplace. A GPO needs to be created to include various password policies, account lockout policies, audit policies, local user rights, and…
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