To try and make my question a little more clear here is an example of a Windows 2000 native-mode forest that I'm referring to.<BR><BR>View image: http://www.cowtech ...

@gusgizmo You're absolutely right. Unfortunately this is a case where the client has only 1 server in their domain, so there is no member server host to roll the services out to. The DC should always ...

If you use Windows Server Systems in your small business, one of your computers acts as a domain controller (DC). However, it can be difficult to know which computer is the domain controller, ...

Spotting Active Directory problems isn't necessarily simple, but it can help avoid a catastrophe. These tales of AD disasters come from real-life situations and should serve as instruction -- and ...

Microsoft has resolved a known issue that caused some Windows Server 2025 domain controllers to become unreachable after a restart and triggered app or service failures. Microsoft has fixed a known ...

In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...