AD assessment tools
Are there any recommended reporting tools that you can use to scan your Active Directory setup and configuration and get a report of problems/risks/non recommended settings to address?
How to Upgrade Active Directory FFL from 2003 to 2016 ??
Hello We have an Active Directory environment with 2003 FFL and 2008 DFL. We plan to upgrade FFL to Windows Server 2016. What are the key considerations and the process we need to follow to upgrade both FFL and DFL to the latest version? Thanks
Modify Office's settings via Registry/GPO
Good afternoon! In your company, you’re using Office 2016 Professional Plus. Recently, you’ve collected all the user configurations to create group policies. While some settings could be changed using Administrative Templates, there are still some that…
gpresult /r report shows user as a domain admin when he is not
I was troubleshooting a GPO for a windows user when i stubble into something weird. The gpresults /r show he is a member of Domain Admins, Enterprise Admins and Schema Admins. I have check AD for those groups and he is not a member of any listed above.…
How to edit replication time between local AD and O365
How to edit replication time between local AD to O365. What is the default replication time.
Can you virtualize all domain controllers in your organization?
Can you have all of your domain controllers in your environment virtualized. Once upon a time I recall it was recommended at least 1 DC be physical, is that still the case or has Azure changed how that works?
Powershell Script to export permissions on entire Domain or OU
Hello, I'm seeking assistance with a PowerShell script to export permissions within Active Directory, either for the entire domain or for a specific Organizational Unit (OU), and save the output in CSV format. Could someone kindly provide such a…
Como activar mi windows 11 home single lenguage si aparece inactivo
Intento configurar mi Windows 11 Home Single Language pero aparece inactivo y el código de error aparece como 0xC004F074 ,ya intente cambiar la clave del producto pero aparece que el código del producto también esta mal y me marca otro error 0x80041023.
Moving a domain user profile from one domain to a different one
Hi. I have users with domain user profiles that need to be moved from one domain to another, without losing anything. They also have office 365 in which their sign in shouldnt change, but the move seems to cause issues, same with their one drive. …
Windows 2012 R2 DC to Windows 2022 DC Migration
Dears We're planning Domain Controller migration from 2012 R2 to 2022. We have 2 DCs 2012 R2 that must be migrated on 2 others DC 2022. We'll keep the same IP of old DCs because of dns dhcp settings on all of our devices We do not have this patch…
Unable to join Windows Server 2022 to domain using Microsoft Entra domain services
I am trying to join my Windows Server 2022 to my domain using Microsoft Entra domain services. However, I am unable to find the correct DNS server addresses to join my device to the domain. I have searched online extensively but have not found any useful…
RSAT Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership is missing on Windows 11
RSAT Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership is missing on Windows 11 Since upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11 I cannot use the RSAT Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership is command. I get the following error message: PS C:\Users\USER1>…
Password Policy Not Working
We have a hybrid setup with EntraAD and local Active Directory. I have setup a password policy locally that sets our passwords to expire every 365 days (along with other settings). When I run queries locally it does report back correct data on my…
On Premise Server Using Azure AD?
Hi, I've recently purchased a server running 2022. My plan with this is to run VM's for RDS users. We currently run an Azure only estate where we have Azure AD running all our computers & email logins etc. I need help understanding how I can use…
Win10 Sync center, offline files and VPN
In short : Why, when I activate the offline files save for a given subdirectory located in a network directory accessible over VPN, it is not possible anymore to access the rest of the main network directory over VPN? In more details : I start…
AD default domain password policy advice
I am trying clarify some of specific settings within a domain password policy (settings report was produced based on Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy). For info - there are no additional fine grained password policies in operation which may supersede…
AD B2C Custom Policy Passwordless redirect to authorized page
Is there a custom policy sample that will automatically redirect the user to authorized page after clicking verify (email received code and was verified) button? I mean no need to add/display Continue button How can I achieve this using custom policy?
Icone raccourci par GPO blanche windows 11
Bonjour, Dans notre infrastructure, nous avons des postes sous Windows 11 et Windows 10. Nous avons un serveur 2016 qui héberge le DC et donc les GPO. Nous avons différents raccourcis vers des pages web avec l'icône de l'application, l'icône est hébergée…
How to sync my AD and setup mailboxes for migration
Hello, Our company has Business Standard license but an on prem exchange server. We want to migrate to exchange online and eliminate our on prem server. We were using the old AD sync tool but that no longer works. What is the best way for me to sync my…
"Enabled" AD attributes is missing
Enabled AD attributes is missing. Tried running AD powershell to get all properties but no help.