I find myself quite often trying to keep straight all the different replication activities that can occur within an Active Directory (AD) domain.
There is:
Intrasite Replication
Urgent Replication
Intersite Replication
Intersite Change Notification Replication
Reciprocal Replication
Immediate Replication
Manual Replication
Ace here again. I thought to touch base on DNS zones, and more so, focus on what AD integrated zones are and how they work. This blog almost mimics my class lecture on this topic. Check back for updates periodically, which I will notate with a timestamp above with whatever I’ve added or modified.
This topic was also briefly discussed in the following Microsoft Technet forum thread:
Technet thread: “Secondary Zones?”
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverNIS/thread/c1b0f3ac-c8af-4f4e-a5bc-23d034c85400
Continue reading “Understanding Lingering Objects in Active Directory and How To’s?”
last week , i try to work with Windows 2008 R2 server but my system restart frequently . after research i find Reboot problem. If these servers are using File Share or SMB v.2, srv2.sys may cause this problem.
Srv2.sys driver is root cause of this problem.
This is SMB 2.0 server driver. You can download hotfix KB2552033 for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with your own risk until Microsoft officially release it.
I am sure you must have experienced VPN reconnect – a new IKEv2 based VPN tunnel that is added in Windows 7 that allows automatic and seamless switchover of an active VPN connection when the underlying Internet interface (connection) changes thus maintaining application persistence.
Isn’t that COOL – like VPN user moving from Wifi to WWAN and back – giving a true mobile connectivity to corpnet ! Yes it is…
This means, Windows7 in-built VPN client and Windows 2008 R2 in-built VPN server (aka RRAS) supports following VPN tunnels:
About each folder under the SYSVOL share in Domain Controller
SYSVOL folder used to store a copy of the domain’s public files like system policies, Group Policy settings and logon/logoff scripts, which are replicated to all other domain controllers in the Active Directory domain through File Replication Services (FRS), You can find many folders inside the SYSVOL share, I would like to explore and explain each folder by how it’s used in the process of SYSVOL replication.
Here is the list of all articles about Direct Access Technologies. i need to configure Direct access for students , so they must reading articles.
this article is useful for helping
http://www.227volts.com/?p=1216
http://techontip.wordpress.com/direct-access-series/
http://www.labo-microsoft.org/articles/Direct_Access/1/
When you are facing slow logons into domain and you also get events 1030 and 1006 you need to look into your network. By default Kerberos uses UDP packets to communicate. You need to force Kerberos to use TCP instead of UDP by changing registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\ Kerberos\Parameters
If it doesn’t exists just create it 
Create DWORD key called MaxPacketSize and set it to value 1.
For more infor there is official KB http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244474/en-us
Just a quick image about differences between “old” Software Restricion Policy and “new” AppLocker:
Now it’s easy to describe and remember.
In this article you can see how to enable audit logging for Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security can log firewall activity such as dropped packets or successful connections. By default the firewall log is: %windir%\system32\logfiles\firewall\pfirewall.log
You can configure firewall logging by using Group Policy if desired. But what if you want to collect more detailed logging of firewall activity such as kernel mode connections/drops and other filtering activity? You can do this by enabling Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) audit logging as follows:
Auditpol /set /category:”System” /SubCategory:”Filtering Platform Packet Drop” /success:enable /failure:enable
Auditpol /set /category:”System” /SubCategory:”Filtering Platform Connection” /success:enable /failure:enable
Note that this form of logging may be very verbose, so be careful when enabling this on a computer in your production environment.
We want a user to be able to change your password. However, there is operation is possible with delegation. but in the following article we will look at The process of transferring power to the network users for change password
This is a two part operation, firstly you need to give the user(s) the rights to change passwords, then give them the tools to do so.
—FOR USERS—
User Well known SID
Creator Owner S-1-3-0
Administrator S-1-5-21domain-500
Guest S-1-5-21domain-501
KRBTGT S-1-5-21domain-502
Interactive S-1-5-4
Anonymous S-1-5-7
A Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) is a new type of domain controller in Windows Server 2008. Its main purpose is to improve security in office branches. In this post, I summarize the functionality of RODC.
In office branches, it is often not easy to provide sufficient physical security for servers. It is not a big deal to manipulate a Windows system if you can get physical access to it. Since Domain controllers store security sensitive data, they are particularly endangered. RODCs can help with this problem in four ways:
RODC essentials Continue reading “Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC)”
PowerShell is a powerful scripting tool that can greatly expedite your admin tasks. If you haven’t had a chance to learn how to use it, you might want to make time for it now. Here are some reasons why the effort will pay off. Continue reading “10 reasons why you should learn to use PowerShell”
What is Active Directory Tombstone Lifetime (TSL) ?
The tombstone lifetime in an Active Directory forest determines how long a deleted object (called a “tombstone”) is retained in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). The tombstone lifetime is determined by the value of the tombstoneLifetime attribute on the Directory Service object in the configuration directory partition. Continue reading “How do I check Active Directory Tombstone Lifetime?”
I saw a comparison between Core & normal installation. So it is better to compare And each is useful to use. In the next articles I talked about core installation more!
Continue reading “Comparison: Core Installation Vs. Normal Installation”
Come experience the newest release of Windows Server. In these virtual labs, you’ll have the opportunity to test drive new and improved features and functionality in Windows Server 2008 R2, including management, network protection, and improvements to Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services). Continue reading “TechNet Virtual Labs: Windows Server 2008 R2”