Active Directory Documentation Team
Information for IT Professionals who work with Active Directory. All blog posts are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights.
Bridgehead Server Selection
We have just published an article detailing the new bridgehead server load balancing feature in...
Author: Davanand Bahall - MSFT Date: 07/02/2010
ADSI Edit UI: Graphical Representation
As part of our ongoing effort to improve the information experience, we have just published a new...
Author: Davanand Bahall - MSFT Date: 06/28/2010
Active Directory Migration Tool v3.2 (ADMT) and Migration Guide released
ADMT v3.2 has been updated and re-released at https://connect.microsoft.com/site1164. To download...
Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 06/25/2010
New topic and script about testing for Active Directory schema extension conflicts
We have published a new topic and script about how to test an Active Directory schema extension for...
Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 05/13/2010
Active Directory Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures
Customer Support Services (CSS) for Microsoft is still receiving help requests from customers that...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 05/06/2010
Registering and Troubleshooting Service Principal Names (SPNs)
Last night I published an article titled Service Principal Names (SPNs) on the TechNet Wiki....
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 04/16/2010
Virtual Domain Controllers
This week the Running Domain Controllers in Hyper-V was republished with a new friendly URL...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 04/15/2010
Active Directory Maximum Limits and Scalability
This week the Active Directory Maximum Limits - Scalability article was republished with a new...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 04/15/2010
Other places to find good information
I want to take the opportunity to thank the people who are out there providing information everyday...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 04/09/2010
New location for topic about Active Directory functional levels and features
TechNet had duplicated content about Active Directory functional levels. The duplication caused...
Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 04/02/2010
TechNet topic about how to upgrade domain controllers to Windows Server 2008 R2
We have published a topic that explains how to upgrade domain controllers to Windows Server 2008 and...
Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 04/02/2010
Correction to forest recovery procedures published
The Planning for Active Directory Forest Recovery paper was recently updated and republished to...
Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 03/18/2010
Allow logon locally to a domain controller
We finally published the procedures for allowing a user or group to logon locally (at the console)...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 01/25/2010
Event ID 2042: It has been too long since this machine replicated - updated.
The Event ID 2042 update is now posted on the Windows Server 2008 library: Event ID 2042: It has...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 01/20/2010
Hypervisor is not running error: How to fix
Though this is not a direct Active Directory post, I think many of you will find this video I ran...
Author: Davanand Bahall - MSFT Date: 10/14/2009
New Fix it technology included in TechNet articles
Microsoft has released a new technology (maybe not so new to many of you) that is designed to...
Author: Davanand Bahall - MSFT Date: 10/06/2009
Guidance for placing several RODCs in the same site
Lately, there have been lots of questions around placing more than one RODC in the same site for...
Author: Davanand Bahall - MSFT Date: 10/06/2009
Mergers, acquisitions, or reorganizations may have you considering Active Directory restructuring
Some people call it prune and graft, others call it breaking off a domain from the forest. These...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 10/01/2009
What is the Active Directory Management Gateway Service?
The Active Directory Management Gateway Service could be referred to as the Active Directory Web...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 09/17/2009
Announcing the availability of the RTM Version of Windows 7 RSAT Tools
You can find the RTM version of the Windows 7 RSAT tools at the following location: Remote Server...
Author: Davanand Bahall - MSFT Date: 09/16/2009
Where is the guidance for Active Directory in the DMZ?
DMZ, which actually stands for demilitarized zone, is a very popular term to refer to the concept of...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 08/19/2009
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 and RSAT Active Directory Users and Computers Automate Metadata Cleanup
Metadata cleanup is a required procedure after a forced removal of Active Directory Domain Services...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 08/07/2009
Ask your general questions in the Directory Services Forum
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverDS/threads
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 08/07/2009
Disclaimer - All Blog Posts
All postings are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights.
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 08/06/2009
Where is SYSPREP in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2?
If you are looking to sysprep your computers to remove the unique information, you can find sysprep...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 07/22/2009
Active Directory Port Requirements
A few days ago we posted a document to TechNet that outlines some of the various port requirements...
Author: Davanand Bahall - MSFT Date: 06/24/2009
New Djoin.exe utility in Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers include a new feature named Offline Domain Join. A new...
Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 05/27/2009
"Account Ops-FC" access control entry (ACE)
Account Operators is a default groups located in the Builtin container. Members of this group can...
Author: gabag Date: 04/23/2009
When using Active Directory Recycle Bin to recover objects with a large number of link-valued attributes
When you delete or recover an Active Directory object with link-valued attributes, AD DS must...
Author: gabag Date: 04/23/2009
Active Directory Domain Services Database Mounting Tool (Snapshot Viewer or Snapshot Browser)
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. In Windows Server 2008,...
Author: Davanand Bahall - MSFT Date: 04/21/2009
Windows 7 User Account Control (UAC)
UPDATE: A faster way to open the UAC settings in Windows 7 was just brought to my attention by Dean...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 04/15/2009
RSAT for Windows 7 downloads are available
While this has been true for a while, I figured that it is worth mentioning that if you are running...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 04/13/2009
How many RIDs are left in your domain?
del.icio.us Tags: RID,SID,Active Directory,maximum number of accounts Are you in danger of running...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 04/08/2009
Active Directory Quotas
You can use Active Directory and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to implement limitations...
Author: Davanand Bahall - MSFT Date: 03/19/2009
TechMentor Conference Orlando 2009 (June 22-26)
Kurt Hudson from the Active Directory documentation team will be presenting the session Best...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 03/16/2009
Are you searching for Active Directory Scalability information?
If you are looking for Active Directory scalability information for Windows Server 2003 or Windows...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 03/04/2009
Producing a list of multivalued linked attributes
Active Directory objects can have several different types of attributes. The two basic types are...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 02/24/2009
Alternate Credentials
Launching Tools Using Alternate Credentials from a Command Prompt Window One of the easiest ways to...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 02/20/2009
Introducing Active Directory Administrative Center
Active Directory Administrative Center provides network administrators with an enhanced Active...
Author: gabag Date: 01/30/2009
Introducing AD DS Best Practices Analyzer
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) is a server management tool...
Author: gabag Date: 01/30/2009
Create Managed Service Accounts with PowerShell. Do not create managed service accounts with Active Directory Users and Computers.
Although some versions of Active Directory Users and Computers (dsa.msc) may expose a schema option...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 01/29/2009
Introducing Active Directory Recycle Bin
Accidental deletion of Active Directory objects is a common occurrence for users of Active Directory...
Author: gabag Date: 01/29/2009
This condition may be caused by a DNS lookup problem (FWLINK 5171)
I was reminded of the infamous forward link 5171 today. We had quite a time figuring out all the...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 01/22/2009
Installing From Media (IFM)
Installing from Media is not new, but Windows Server 2008 does have a new way to create the "seed"...
Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 01/19/2009
Active Directory PowerShell
With the release of Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta, we are proud to announce the Active Directory...
Author: Davanand Bahall - MSFT Date: 01/16/2009
Planning and Deploying RODCs
We have published guidelines for planning and deploying read-only domain controllers (RODCs). There...
Author: Justin Hall MSFT Date: 01/15/2009
Running Domain Controllers in Hyper-V
When you want to virtualize a domain controller there are some things that you should not do. For...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 01/14/2009
Creating a site link is a fairly simple matter...
The directions to do this are described in Creating a site link at...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 12/29/2008
Authentication mechanism assurance in Windows Server 2008 R2
I've seen several posts on the new "authentication assurance" feature coming in Windows Server 2008...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 11/21/2008
When Internet Explorer is working slowly
I know this one isn't about Active Directory, but every now and again, I feel the need to share...
Author: Kurt.Hudson Date: 11/21/2008