Topics related to Microsoft Active Directory Directory Services (ADDS).
A list of common PowerShell commands for AD. Retrieve AD user(s) # get AD user – basic attributes Get-ADUser “JohnDo” # get AD user – all attributes Get-ADUser “JohnDo” -Properties * # get AD user – additional attribute(s) Get-ADUser “JohnDo” -Properties PasswordLastSet Get-ADUser “JohnDo” -Properties whenChanged,whenCreated # get AD user – output specific attribute Get-ADUser …
Initial replication can take a while when promoting a domain controller to an existing domain. This is especially true for domains containing a rather large number of Active Directory objects. In medium to large size enterprises we have seen the DCPromo process take upwards of two hours to complete even on fast network links. Not …
In this post, we describe how we easily transfer FSMO roles using the graphical user interface. All 5 Active Directory FSMO roles are covered. For more information on FSMO roles see https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/197132/active-directory-fsmo-roles-in-windows.
A stubborn issue worth sharing has come up a couple of weeks ago. RMAD backups for a particular domain controller were failing as soon as we would enable the DC Storage option. RMAD unable to execute request (113). Error code 113 – event ID 1501. Error DC.domainname.local Unable to execute request (113). …