Masters of Disaster – Data Recovery in Active Directory

by Lautza on Tue 16 Mar 2010

After replacing a failed domain controller, the most common recovery task in Active Directory involves restoring deleted or a... continue reading "Masters of Disaster – Data Recovery in Active Directory"

Masters of Disaster – Service Recovery in Active Directory

by Lautza on Tue 16 Mar 2010

Active Directory is the most critical piece of Windows infrastructure in your environment, and is by design highly reliable a... continue reading "Masters of Disaster – Service Recovery in Active Directory"

AD Replication Troubleshooting

by Lautza on Tue 16 Mar 2010

Problems involving replication of objects and attributes between domain controllers can be a tricky and time-consuming effort... continue reading "AD Replication Troubleshooting"

Deploying Read Only Domain Controls using Hyper-V and Powershell

by Lautza on Tue 16 Mar 2010

In this session we will discuss how to use Windows 2008/2008 R2 to deploy Read only Domain controllers using Powershell. This... continue reading "Deploying Read Only Domain Controls using Hyper-V and Powershell"

Get AD User Password Expiration

by JeffHicks on Wed 10 Mar 2010

Last week I came across a post on the Microsoft Active Directory team blog about finding when a user password expires. ... continue reading "Get AD User Password Expiration"

Cricket Liu

by JeffHicks on Mon 01 Mar 2010

Cricket Liu is an authority on the Domain Name System and the co-author of all of O’Reilly & Associates’ Nut... continue reading "Cricket Liu"

Brad Turner

by JeffHicks on Mon 01 Mar 2010

Now in is his fourth year as an ILM MVP, Brad Turner is a project-oriented veteran of the Information Technology industry. H... continue reading "Brad Turner"

Two domains, related, but not.

by Anonymous on Mon 22 Feb 2010 · 1 reply

We have a domain I'll call company.com. We're looking to create a brand-new domain which will not be connected to it in any w... continue reading "Two domains, related, but not."

AD Snapshots in Windows Server 2008

by Kamran on Wed 17 Feb 2010 · 2 replies

Windows 2003 introduced the feature of snapshots for backing up critical information from the Active Directory Domain Serv... continue reading "AD Snapshots in Windows Server 2008"

Merging domains?

by Anonymous on Mon 15 Feb 2010 · 2 replies

Short story: Our company bought another one. We both have a single AD domain. We want to merge them into one domain, not two.... continue reading "Merging domains?"

Do you NEED an empty root?

by Anonymous on Wed 13 Jan 2010 · 2 replies

We are consolidating and rearranging several domains. Originally, our forest was set up by a consulting service, and they cre... continue reading "Do you NEED an empty root?"

How is your typical domain controller configured?

by barkershawn on Wed 06 Jan 2010 · 2 replies

I'm conducting a little informal, anecdotal research for an upcoming capability in Quest Recovery Recovery Manager for... continue reading "How is your typical domain controller configured?"

Year End Report

by JeffHicks on Thu 31 Dec 2009

The end of the year is always a time for reflection and review. One thought I have that you or your boss might be interested... continue reading "Year End Report"

Find Obsolete User Accounts

by Anonymous on Wed 23 Dec 2009 · 3 replies

What is the best way to find obsolete user accounts, or accounts that aren't being used anymore?... continue reading "Find Obsolete User Accounts"

Active Directory PowerShell Team

by JeffHicks on Mon 21 Dec 2009

If you are at all interested in managing Active Directory with the PowerShell module that ships with Windows Server 2008 R2... continue reading "Active Directory PowerShell Team"

Digging up the RootDSE with Windows PowerShell

by JeffHicks on Thu 10 Dec 2009

If you do any sort of ADSI scripting, you hopefully realize how shortsighted it is to hardcode domain names and the lik... continue reading "Digging up the RootDSE with Windows PowerShell"

Can you help me with Active Directory under Windows Server 2008?

by Anonymous on Tue 29 Sep 2009 · Liked by 2 people · 5 replies

Hi everyone. I have the following sceneraio: a LAN with a normal ADSL router and 6 PC’s with Windows XP. I̵... continue reading "Can you help me with Active Directory under Windows Server 2008?"

Active Directory Browsing in Windows Server 2008 R2

by JeffHicks on Thu 24 Sep 2009 · Liked by 1 person · 1 reply

Active Directory support with PowerShell in Window Server 2008 R2, is pretty cool stuff. One feature I especially like t... continue reading "Active Directory Browsing in Windows Server 2008 R2"

Heads up on an upcoming codeplex project.

by tshell on Tue 22 Sep 2009

Active Directory Replication Module Purpose: Provide administrators with simple task-based set of cmdlets to manage and... continue reading "Heads up on an upcoming codeplex project."

Are you lonely? I'm here to help.

by JeffHicks on Thu 02 Jul 2009 · 2 replies

Welcome to my new blog series, The Lonely Active Directory Administrator. My aim is to share scripts, tips, tricks, tech... continue reading "Are you lonely? I'm here to help."