Tag: Active Directory
Redirect Computers Container in Active Directory
When joining a Computer to an Active Directory domain using the Domain Join UI in Windows or a command line tool such as NETDOM.EXE, by default the computer object is stored in the Computers container which is defined as the Read More …
Finding unused User Accounts in Active Directory
As we move towards the end of the year I thought it’s a good time to do some housekeeping activities within the lab infrastructure in which we work on a daily basis. Throughout the year we often create test user Read More …
Finding FSMO Role Owners
In preparation of doing some Group Policy related things, I decided to extend my Home Lab AD infrastructure running on Windows Server 2003, with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008R2 domain controllers. Because at some stage I want to Read More …
Expanded Control with Group Policy Preferences article from TechNet Magazine
For those interested in Group Policy Preferences I recommend reading the “Expanded Control with Group Policy Preferences” that is published in the January 2009 issue on TechNet Magazine. And as always the full January 2009 help file version can be Read More …
Enable Active Directory Services tools on Windows 2008
I just connected to our fresh installed Windows 2008 server that we intend to use as a remote system management console. The server is a member of our Windows 2003 Active Directory domain, not a DC itself. I wanted to Read More …
Extending User Information in AD
The Windows 2003 Resource Kit contains a nice extension for the Active Directory Users and Computers console showing additional User Account information. The additional user account information can be enabled by registering the acctinfo.dll as described below. Follow the steps Read More …