In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...

One of the most helpful native tools for troubleshooting problems with domain controllers is DCDiag. In this article, I will show you the basics of using this helpful tool. DCDiag was introduced early ...

Although domain controllers can be configured to obtain an IP address from DHCP, it’s best practice to configure a static IP address so that it can be reliably discovered across the network. You may ...

Had a power cut today, which took out one of my ESXi hosts on which a Server 2019 domain controller VM was running. It started up on the second ESXi server but now it's not working properly. For ...

To try and make my question a little more clear here is an example of a Windows 2000 native-mode forest that I'm referring to.<BR><BR>View image: http://www.cowtech ...

Picking up the pieces after a failed domain controller demotion Your email has been sent DCPROMO is supposed to make the task of demoting a domain controller easy. So what do you do if DCPROMO fails?

An overview of the Active Directory Domains And Trusts Console Your email has been sent There are several tools included in Windows Server to manage Active Directory in all its aspects. In this ...