Greetings. Anyone know how to disable replication (that is, replication of AD data from one domain controller to another) under Windows Server 2003? Under Windows 2000 there was a tool included in the ...

Active Directory uses replication to keep data consistent between your domain controllers. When you create, delete or modify a domain controller, the change is replicated to the other domain ...

I’m going to be setting up a small server in a remote location that will be a Domain Controller for our network, and eventually a replica of our Exchange server. There are only going to be a few users ...

One of the critical aspects of any administrator's job is his or her ability to recover from an unexpected failure – be it intentional or accidental. Active Directory disaster recovery has many facets ...

When a record changed in AD-integrated DNS is not visible from other DNS servers or clients, waiting is not enough to determine the cause. First, directly compare the authoritative data on each DNS ...

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 ...

Move past basic Active Directory concepts into the operational skills administrators need every day. Learn how PowerShell, Group Policy, replication and sites affect real AD management and ...