This guide is written to show you how to add a new domain in an existing forest in Windows Active Directory. You can add a new domain by using the server manager or PowerShell. In this guide, I'll show you how to use the server manger. Before you add a new domain, your system must meet ... Read more
In one of earlier articles, we removed active directory domain services using PowerShell. In this guide, I'll focus on removing active directory domain services using server manager. Remove Active Directory Domain Services Using Server Manager Step 1. Open server manager dashboard. Click: Manage -> Remove roles and features. Step 2. Verify the tasks and then click Next. ... Read more
When you have multiple domains in a forest, migrating Active Directory objects between two domains is a day to day task of system engineers. Reasons can be that companies are sold or merged or employees are transferred. Type of AD Migration There are two types of AD migrations: Inter forest migration - In inter forest migration, AD objects ... Read more
Extra AD domains are not recommended because they are hard to administer. However, you may need an extra domain (child domain for this tutorial) in the following scenarios: The two companies have different hardware resources. Some prefer high quality and reliable hardware and some prefer to save money, it is preferable to have two separate domains ... Read more
Just like we added AD users in a group with the help of Ad-ADGroupMember PowerShell cmdlet, we can also remove AD users from a group using PowerShell. Remove AD Members from Group Using PowerShell 1. Open PowerShell with elevated privileges. 2. Execute the following cmdlet if you would like to remove a single or multiple users ... Read more
When AD users change office, their postal addresses become incorrect and you need to change them. As you know this can be inefficient and hectic if you change postal address of each user one by one using active directory users and computer ADUC MMC snap-in. In such scenarios, PowerShell is the preferred choice. So Let's get started ... Read more
An RODC holds a read-only copy of the Active Directory database and doesn't allow any changes in AD data. It is mostly deployed in branch offices due to poor physical security. If some one gets access to the RODC, he won't be able to change the global data. If an intruder somehow manages to change the data on ... Read more
I list below the simple method to get siDHistory attribute of migrated AD users. List AD Migrated User sIDHistory Attribute Step 1. Open PowerShell with elevated privileges on the computer with the target domain. Step 2. Execute the following command. dsquery * -Filter "(samaccountname=<username>)" -Attr sIDHistory
CBS stands for component based servicing. CBS.log is a file which include logs about components when they get installed or uninstalled during updates. If you want to check these files, they are located at %windir%\Logs\CBS\ You will see two files in CBS folder, one is CBS.log and the other is CBS.persist.log. CBS.persist.log is the older ... Read more
If you want to remove an existing DHCP failover in Windows Server 2016, you can do it either by using server manager (Most suitable in scenarios where you are using Windows server desktop) or PowerShell (Most suitable in scenarios where you are using Windows server core). This article shows both procedures. Deconfigure DHCP Failover Using Server Manager Step 1. ... Read more