When we installing active directory it gives an option to select the folder path to copy the active directory database files (NTDS Folder). My advice is always to use a separate partition in server to keep this instead default C:\Windows\NTDS\ folder path. But I know most of the time during the installation people used to pay less attention for this option. But what happen if you face a situation…
In my previous article I explain the use of AD sites, subnets. If you still not read it you can find it here.
In this article let’s look in to sites and subnet setup and configurations.
In demo I am using the following setup.
Server Name
Roles
Operating System
Site
Subnets
DC1.contoso.com
Primary Domain Controller
Windows server standard 2012 R2
Site A…
Even its been over decade after windows server 2003 release , It’s no wonder that still organizations using windows server 2003 / windows server 2003 R2 as their domain controllers. Microsoft has announced that windows server 2003 / windows server 2003 R2 supports ends on 2015, July 14th…
In last few posts i have explained different tools, techniques which can use to query about AD objects. in there mostly we used GUI tools. But there is a command line utility which can use to perform almost all tasks which you can do using Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-in. But some one may think why its needed to use complex commands to do such while you having GUI tools. But this…
