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Get all the domains controllers in the AD forest along with their current FSMO roles
In a large enterprise an admin would need to keep track of all the domains in a AD forest, the domain names,…
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Force synchronization for DFSR-replicated SYSVOL
One of my clients had a problem with processing GPO on client computers. Different computers applied different settings from the same GPO…
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Get Primary, Secondary, Tertiary DNS values and more from Multiple Servers
Came across a unique request to get primary, secondary, and tertiary DNS values for multiple computers/servers across the domain. I started writing…
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Fix Active Directory broken security inheritance problem
Ran into a situation at a client location where in Active Directory, the security permissions applied to an OU were not getting…
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Force Replication of all Domain Controllers on all Sites
If you want to replicate all Domain Controllers, then you have to start replication on each of them separately. This may take…
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NSLookup still showing IP of demoted Domain Controller
So had an interesting issue today where a Domain Controller (DC) was demoted yet the IP of the demoted DC was still…
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Speed up Active Directory & DNS replication between Sites
Using the standard GUI Microsoft Management Consoles to make the change to speed up Active Directory replication is not possible. The best result of using administrator consoles will be…
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The Lazy Way To Do Active Directory Inventory
From time to time admins have to run an inventory of what is running in the AD environment. This is a good…
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Adding a security group to the Local Administrator Group in AD
[su_tooltip position=”north” content=”Note: I normally disable the built-in Administrator account., and make another account an admin. This is a good security precaution and…
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Connecting to a remote domain controller using PowerShell
Covering one of the basic day to day task if you are a Windows Administrator; connecting to the domain controller. Â I try…