I can't seem to find a definitive answer; I think it's yes, but I haven't been able to confirm it yet. Here's the example situation (I know it's bad, that's another topic): Due to network routing ...

There’s a method to the madness of Active Directory replication, but many of the concepts can be tough to decipher... There’s a method to the madness of Active Directory replication, but many of the ...

This post provides the most suitable solutions to the issue whereby Group Policies are not applying as well as not replicating between Domain Controllers in a typical Windows Server environment. If ...

Wow, I so don't know what I am doing. But here's the issue. I have two W2K8 AD controllers we'll call HW1 and VM2. HW1 is a physical box. VM2 is a virtual server on Hyper-V. At some point, and we're ...

In the first part, I talked about OU design as it relates to group policy-based security. In this article, I want to continue the discussion by talking about planning your Active Directory’s domain ...

On the surface, Active Directory groups are a simple and straightforward way to manage identities (users and/or computers) and assign permissions. Users or computers are added as group members, and ...

In "Mastering Active Directory Domains," I explained the importance of good domain naming and discussed the concept of nesting domains. In this article, I'll discuss two more Active Directory ...

There’s a method to the madness of Active Directory replication, but many of the concepts can be tough to decipher... There’s a method to the madness of Active Directory replication, but many of the ...

There’s a method to the madness of Active Directory replication, but many of the concepts can be tough to decipher. The following four tales demonstrate the range of problems you can encounter with ...