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An Domain Controller (DC) is a Windows server which responds to security authentication requests (logging in, checking permissions, etc.) within the Windows Server Active Directory domain.

For a complete description, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_controller

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Can I check if AD user is Domain Admin when Domain Controller is turned off?

I can check if user is Domain Administrator by the following lines of code: using (DirectoryEntry domainEntry = new DirectoryEntry(string.Format("LDAP://{0}", domain))) { byte[] domainSIdArray =…
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When using Active Directory, can a user's entry be split across several controllers?

When I lookup a user in AD, can the user have 2 entries across 2 controllers which are different? If lookup #1 returns an entry and a reference, do I need to follow the reference in order to gain additional information regarding the user? Or will…
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C# get fsmo roles from ad

Is there a way to get FSMO roles using C# from active directory? Even if possible with LDAP query will work. There is lot of VB Script code given on lots of blogs. But not C#. And how to find a DC is PDC or not? Thanks
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lost password of stand alone system, domain controller crashed, cannot reset password

During a network failure, our domain controller crashed and is no longer available. One of the users lost his password, and cannot remember it. How can I go ahead to help him as I dont have domain controller to reset his password? Initial setup: all…
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i have a problem when i try to join an additional domain controller to a domain of DC , cant find the domain

I can't make the ADC join the domain. I have set the DNS entries for DC and ADC to the same IP address.
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Bridge machine between two AD Domain Controllers

I have two Active Directory domains, A and B. I have a Windows Server ws1 and a windows server ws2, both of which act as domain controllers of their respective domains (A and B). I have a third Windows server ws3 on which a Powershell script must be…
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Domain controller with HyperV

just a question, is a good idea to host machines with HyperV on a DC? This is my Idea. if the answer is no, can you explain why? Thanks Have a nice day
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How are the domain accounts existing even after the deletion of the domain controller?

When I promote the windows server to a domain controller, the local accounts were inaccessible in the server, but when i De-promote the domain controller to the normal server the local accounts were accessible. So where the local accounts of the…
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Find out what load balanced Domain Controller LDAP is attempting to connect to?

I'm programming something that interfaces with AD using C# and I'm using LDAP to connect to a random DC with my LB... but, occasionally the code's LDAP connection is unsuccessful. I've tested LDAP connections to each individual DC and can't…
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Lastlogon from All Domain Controllers CSV output

I came across the following script that almost meets my requirement. It queries all the domain controllers and gets the recent logged in time and date. What i am trying to do is run it against AD i.e. using "-Searchbase" parameter get i want to be…
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What does adding a PC to Domain Controller actually do?

I am wondering what adding a PC to a windows domain actually does? For example, if after issuing, sudo net ADS JOIN -U 'unixJOINer%JOINpwd' .... How does the Domain controller from then on know which PC is tied to which account (on the domain…
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Can local workstations connect to a Azure-hosted domain controller over the internet?

Can I migrate my domain into Azure and still allow local workstations to join that domain? I currently have a setup of 7 workstations and 1 server. I'd like to move the server into Azure. It's the domain controller, DNS, AD, and file server. Is my…
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Get Clients Current Domain Controller

I'm trying to get the domain controller that the client machine of an ASP.NET application is connected to using C#. The application is an Intranet application that will never be exposed to the Internet and every user using the application must be…
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Backup domain controller with exchange remove it?

So in my network I have the main domain controller and a backup domain controller. The backup domain controller has exchange on it. The exchange services have been shut down as I have moved email hosting off site. So I now have no need of that…
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How to found where DNS name is expected to resolve?

Does it possible to check which DNS server used for resolving domain name (in intraned network)? We have many steps: proxy, BigIP, domain controllers, etc. I have a complicated networks with many DNS server. Sometimes when in browser I…
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