Dear Jermal, here is some info that you may find useful in the future. I hope that you share with your friends, coworkers and the readers of your blog. From time to time I have found myself having to reset the computer account of a workstation that was left offline. In most cases this workstation […]
Tag: Active Directory
I can’t wait to play with this free software called Z-Hire. Z-Hire is a employee provisioning that handles account creations in Active Directory, Exchange, Lync. With just a few simple clicks (one click) accounts for Active Directory, Exchange, and Lync will be created. Z-Hire doesn’t just assist those account administrators with creating new accounts; It simplifies […]
The Active Directory Replication Status Tool (ADREPLSTATUS) analyzes the replication status for domain controllers in an Active Directory domain or forest. The Active Directory Replication Status Tool (ADREPLSTATUS) analyzes the replication status for domain controllers in an Active Directory domain or forest. ADREPLSTATUS displays data in a format that is similar to REPADMIN /SHOWREPL * […]
That which you do not know, the doing will quickly teach you. – Po (Kung Fu – 1972) Here is a situation where you have a virtual machine joined to an active directory domain and it’s reverted to an earlier state which then invalidates its domain security key. Rather than removing this machine and joining […]
So you have Lync, and every time you want to look up an extension of someone in your office you are left with nothing. Why, Why is this, why doesn’t things just work. As frustrating as this may be it happens for a reason. Lync expects all the phone numbers in Active Directory to be in the […]
To check the local domain controller for a computer or server simply type the following in the command prompt: echo %logonserver% What this does is print the value of the environment variable giving you the machine name of the domain controller being used.