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Rollback plan for DFL & FFL upgrade from Windows server 2003

I need to upgrade my AD DFL and FFL from Windows server 2003 to 2008R2. As the functional level downgrade is available to server 2008 only. Hence, I would like to know is there any way that I could downgrade it back to 2003 or any recovery plan if…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,200 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
asked 2022-03-07T18:24:59.703+00:00
Marcus Wong Theen Nam 1,111 Reputation points
accepted 2022-03-09T08:19:09.72+00:00
Marcus Wong Theen Nam 1,111 Reputation points
1 answer

0x12 KDC_ERR_CLIENT_REVOKED ERROR

Kerberos Error Message received: Login session: DOMAIN.LOCAL\USERNAME$ Client Time: server time: 1:52:25.0000 3/4/2022 Z Error Code: 0x12 KDC_ERR_CLIENT_REVOKED Extended Error: 0xc0000234 KLIN(0) Server Zone: DOMAIN Server…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,200 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
asked 2022-03-04T05:57:46.793+00:00
HEEJI 1 Reputation point
commented 2022-03-09T06:41:20.793+00:00
HEEJI 1 Reputation point
2 answers

Adding new domain with different suffix.

I have been searching for solutions but couldn't find. If anyone could help with my current scenario? Example, I have an existing domain forest name contoso.com. Due to organisation requirement, I would like to add a domain with different suffix…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,388 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,200 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
asked 2022-03-07T07:32:17.467+00:00
Alvin Thng 1 Reputation point
commented 2022-03-09T04:34:35.877+00:00
Manu Philip 16,986 Reputation points MVP
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can you assign AD groups to a Azure Resource Group?

I am trying to explore the possibility of using Azure Resource groups for RBAC. So my question is can AD groups be applied to an Azure Resource Group? Example we have JobTitle1. JobTitle1 needs access to AD Groups x, y, and z. Could I create a Resource…

Azure Functions
Azure Functions
An Azure service that provides an event-driven serverless compute platform.
4,323 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
19,641 questions
asked 2022-03-04T13:11:46.497+00:00
Nathan Gilstrap 21 Reputation points
accepted 2022-03-08T15:26:24.703+00:00
Nathan Gilstrap 21 Reputation points
2 answers

Curl fails to connect to proxy server with NTLM auth when called from a protected process

Hi folks, We have a protected service which needs to connect to our backend servers through a proxy server which supports only one method of authentication - NTLM. We use CURL to make the connection but inside CURL, the API…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,200 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
asked 2022-03-01T14:04:41.18+00:00
pkk077 1 Reputation point
commented 2022-03-08T13:23:22.713+00:00
pkk077 1 Reputation point
8 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Create a local user admin account on each computer in domain based on the name of domain user account

Hi, I want to create a local user admin account on each computer in domain client Computers based on the name of domain user account as per requirements given below 1) Set password for “localuser” as “password” 2) Make “user” the member of local…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,200 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.PowerShell: A family of Microsoft task automation and configuration management frameworks consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
5,387 questions
Microsoft Configuration Manager Application
Microsoft Configuration Manager Application
Microsoft Configuration Manager: An integrated solution for for managing large groups of personal computers and servers.Application: A computer program designed to carry out a specific task other than one relating to the operation of the computer itself, typically to be used by end users.
459 questions
asked 2022-02-08T09:26:47.31+00:00
PerserPolis-1732 1,376 Reputation points
commented 2022-03-08T08:12:45.087+00:00
PerserPolis-1732 1,376 Reputation points
5 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Migrating Acitve Directory, DNS and DHCP from Windows 2012 to Windows 219 while keeping the same hostaname and IP addresses

Hi, Currently I have 3 DCs, (DC1 and DC2 with DNS and Domain controller roles installed, DC3 with DNS, Domain Controller and DHCP) running on windows server 2012, and I want to migrate them to Windows Server 2019, the requirements are keeping the…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
Windows DHCP
Windows DHCP
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). A communications protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization's network.
1,023 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Migration: The process of making existing applications and data work on a different computer or operating system.
409 questions
asked 2022-02-25T20:06:27.27+00:00
abraham flores 241 Reputation points
accepted 2022-03-07T20:05:11.813+00:00
abraham flores 241 Reputation points
1 answer

Unable to join domain. My Active Directory Domain Name is same as the company web domain.

When I try to join my local domain which has same name as Website the system responds as An Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain "domain name" could not be contacted. pinging domain name returns public IP address of the…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
asked 2022-03-04T13:47:16.287+00:00
MuhammadFaizQureshi-2805 1 Reputation point
commented 2022-03-07T13:16:31.44+00:00
Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
0 answers

Merge two accounts in AD with one account in azure AD

Hi, I would like to know how can you merge the attributes of 2 accounts on two different domains in AD onpremises with one account in azure AD. Actually there are few accounts in our enviroment that works like that, but we don't know how to do that…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
19,641 questions
asked 2022-02-22T01:34:43.627+00:00
Fabian Plata 1 Reputation point
commented 2022-03-07T10:17:09.557+00:00
Clément BETACORNE 2,031 Reputation points
1 answer

Restrict Outlook and Onedrive only to authorized devices

Hello I would like to ask something to know if it is possible to do or not. As an Office 365 security measure, we want to deploy a policy which restrict the use of onedrive and outlook only in the corporative computers. There are some externals…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
Outlook Management
Outlook Management
Outlook: A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
4,908 questions
Office Management
Office Management
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
2,011 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
19,641 questions
asked 2022-03-05T11:34:35.06+00:00
Anxo Alonso 1 Reputation point
commented 2022-03-07T06:03:21.177+00:00
Faery Fu-MSFT 17,111 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Best practices to protect account with high privilege

Hi, What's the best practice to secure domain account with high privilege ?

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
Windows Server Security
Windows Server Security
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
1,732 questions
asked 2021-01-31T22:49:07.847+00:00
LULU 221 Reputation points
accepted 2022-03-06T22:05:31.67+00:00
LULU 221 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Active Directory Replication Problems ERROR >60 days 4 / 10 40 (8606) Insufficient attributes were given to create an object.

I have 3 domain controllers, single site. dc1, dc2, dc3. dc1 and dc2 are in the same VLAN x.x.130.22, x.x.130.23 dc3 in a different VLAN x.x.140.20 dc1 is set to replicate with dc2 and dc3 automatticaly generated dc2 is set to replicate with dc1…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
Windows DHCP
Windows DHCP
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). A communications protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization's network.
1,023 questions
asked 2022-03-05T07:43:21.393+00:00
Benard Mwanza 996 Reputation points
commented 2022-03-05T18:44:12.66+00:00
Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
3 answers

How to establish a connection with domain controller virtual machine

Scenario: How to establish a connection with domain controller virtual machine (Customer On-premises tenant) for performing active directory operations such as add/modify/delete AD user from the web application (Management tenant). Pre-Conditions: …

Azure Virtual Network
Azure Virtual Network
An Azure networking service that is used to provision private networks and optionally to connect to on-premises datacenters.
2,177 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
asked 2022-03-01T22:01:22.577+00:00
peace 1 Reputation point
commented 2022-03-04T19:49:14.08+00:00
Carlos Solís Salazar 16,696 Reputation points MVP
2 answers

AD users were unable to login with the message password is incorrect

Environment: • Main site has 3 Domain Controllers (2 – Read-Write DC and 1 Read-Only DC) • 30+ remote locations, each have 1 read-only domain controller • DR site with one (1) Read-Write Domain Controller • All sites are connected via SD-WAN …

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
asked 2022-02-28T04:03:21.47+00:00
Leo_T 1 Reputation point
answered 2022-03-04T10:16:30.76+00:00
PMT 86 Reputation points
2 answers

Active Directory Domain Services Stops after 10-15 minutes.

A client is using 2012R2 DC, all the fsmo roles are installed in the same one. Everytime the customer start the DC the ADDS service stops working after 10-15 minutes. Customer has 5 DCs including one 2008R2. All the DCs having same issue. I have…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
asked 2022-03-03T00:14:04.96+00:00
EPSrookie 81 Reputation points
answered 2022-03-04T09:43:56.943+00:00
Abdul Hasan 1 Reputation point
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Server 2022 - Instal license CAL and RDS - Host or Virtual Machine with AD

Hello, Like in the topic, I would find out, what is best practice in Windows Server to install licenses RDS and CAL. For this moment I have a host (physical server) with Windows Server Core + Hyper-V on board. On hyper-V I have Virtual Machine with…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,200 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,555 questions
Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop
A Microsoft app that connects remotely to computers and to virtual apps and desktops.
4,258 questions
asked 2022-03-03T11:08:20.307+00:00
Artur Turkiewicz 21 Reputation points
commented 2022-03-03T22:11:59.607+00:00
Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
1 answer

What all ports required for AD replication between DCs

What are all ports required for AD replication between DCs.

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
asked 2022-03-03T12:12:08.937+00:00
DNS Bank 1 Reputation point
answered 2022-03-03T12:22:51.903+00:00
Clément BETACORNE 2,031 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Newbie questions about Azure AD and AADConect

Hi, Newbie here, forgive me if I screw up the terminology. We have a Windows 2008 R2 domain, slowly migrating to Windows 2016. We are going to migrate our email from on-premise Exchange 2010 to O365 in the cloud soon (I hope). As part of that,…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
19,641 questions
asked 2022-03-02T12:22:02.053+00:00
Larry Wescott 41 Reputation points
accepted 2022-03-03T12:07:01.557+00:00
Larry Wescott 41 Reputation points
1 answer

advice azure sync AD for future hybrid exchage implementation

Hi guys, i need an advice. I must configure a AD connector to use some local AD user with teams and later also with exchange online (but not now). i have an exchange 2016 installation So, the first question. When i configure the AD Connector is…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
Microsoft Exchange Hybrid Management
Microsoft Exchange Hybrid Management
Microsoft Exchange: Microsoft messaging and collaboration software.Hybrid Management: Organizing, handling, directing or controlling hybrid deployments.
1,899 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
19,641 questions
asked 2022-02-27T13:37:34.587+00:00
test edp 1 Reputation point
commented 2022-03-03T08:38:56.027+00:00
Joyce Shen - MSFT 16,646 Reputation points
2 answers

(User Config) Set action to take when logon hours expire - Troubleshooting - Do no work on prodution enviromment.

Hi, I can not do this policy work in production. The same policy in a lab environment work normally. We can see the policy applied in rsop and directed in regisctry HKCU. Is there another troubleshooting tool? Or even another variable that I…

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,787 questions
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,388 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
5,926 questions
asked 2022-03-01T14:48:21.843+00:00
Eduardo K Motta 1 Reputation point
commented 2022-03-03T02:00:14.71+00:00
Gary Reynolds 9,391 Reputation points