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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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what to be carefull when rebuilding primary AD domain controller?

I just did some search such as this one and this to avoid asking a question which already has answer. However, I'm not sure whether the information fully match my question or not. The situation is, I'm currently maintaining a test environment under…
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Unable to Transfer FSMO Role to Specific Domain Controller

I currently have two Windows 2012 R2 domain controllers - serverA and serverB. I have two Windows 2019 instances that were promoted to domain controllers with DNS roles - serverC and serverD. I was able to transfer the RID, PDC and Infrastructure…
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Is it possible to remove NICs from a domain controller in DNS?

I have the following situation and I'm not sure what its implications are. On a barebone server with 4 network interfaces, I'm running one of two DCs to my domain. Now, in spite of 4 network interfaces being available on this server, I only wish…
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Not typical "To Sign in Remotely, You Need the Right to Sign in Through Remote Desktop Service" issue

I have the "To Sign in Remotely, You Need the Right to Sign in Through Remote Desktop Service" problem. But it is not that simple. When I added a new user as a domain user, automatically the use became a member of the “Remote Desktop Users” group…
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Creating DNS A Record for 3 domain controllers

I have setup a new domain on our network consisting of 2 domain controllers, dc1, dc2. I can see the A records for the 2 controllers. But I need to do load balancing so that I can refer to the 2 dcs in single entry. I have created two A records …
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Domain Controller Communication Timeout Limit

THE DOMAIN I have a domain setup with a parent/child schema. All servers are Microsoft Windows 2019 Standard. There are 2 top level DCs and the 2 child domains each have their own 2 DCs. The issue I am having happens maybe once a month when we do…
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How to properly and completely remove a Windows domain controller?

I have a single forest/domain with 2 DCs, SERVER2 and SERVER3. SERVER2 holds the FSMO roles. Both are healthy. I now wish to remove SERVER2 for a clean reinstall. Based on my research for the project, I propose to take these steps: Transfer the…
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Can't remove old DC from Sites and Services

I have introduced 2 new Win2019 DC's into my domain, and removed the old ones properly (demoted then removed from domain). I confirmed from the Users and Computers app that my old DC's are no longer present. For some reason one of my old DC still…
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How to add users and computers back to server 2012

I have windows 2012 server which I had to nuke due to virus issue, which has active directory setup with users and computers. Now I have installed fresh windows server and setup ad & dc with same name as it was and wanted to add all existing users…
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Two PDCs, two ADs, two domains - how to replicate one domain/AD to the other?

Here's the history: SERVER2 was a 2016 Essentials Edition server, standalone with no other DCs. The OS became corrupted in a few areas, and so a decision was made to replace it. A standalone clean install wasn't an option, as applications running on…
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How to check DNS in present in the Domain Controller or Not?

I want to check whether the DNS is present in the Domain Controller or not? or is there a way to filter out domain controllers without the DNS?
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Can't use domain credentials, but server is part of the domain

I have added a server to my domain, but the domain credentials don't work on the server even though it offers the domain at login. The server has an entry in the AD, DNS, and DCHP; any suggestions? All servers in the domain are running Win 2003 R2…
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Best way to deploy 2nd domain controller on cloud?

I'm looking for my best way to prevent single point of failure on my hybrid environment. I work for a small 100 users company and looking for a best way to deploy my second domain controller on cloud (the main is on-prem so I want to replicate 2nd…
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SAMBA server restore

Last week I ran into some hardware issues with my SAMBA DC server. I was able to recover the hard disk, but the other hardware seems to be nonfunctioning. I have a spare server and would like to restore the SAMBA configuration from the old hard…
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Switched BizTalk's database domain, but cannot remove DC

I've inherited an older system involving BizTalk (Server 2010) where the application and its database were on separate servers on separate domains. There has been efforts to modernize the systems and applications, and I had to roll with it when the…
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