A Domain Controller (DC) in Windows Server is a server that responds to security authentication requests within a Windows domain. It plays a crucial role in managing network security and user access.

Domain controller cloning in Windows Server 2012 has a few catch points. For one, it has to be a Windows Server 2012 domain (so don't try this with your 2008/2003 domains!) and additionally, it's ...

Log on to a standard Server 2008 domain controller in your central site as a domain administrator. Open Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) from Administrative Tools on the Start menu. Expand ...

To create a new domain tree, you must first install the Active Directory Domain Services Server Role on your computer. Once done, you can promote your server to a Domain controller and then add a ...

And Microsoft explicitly says “As a best practice, keep all domain controller computer accounts in the default Domain Controllers OU to ensure that domain-controller-specific Group Policy ...

With this controller, you can then create users, and even set policies. I will be writing a series of tutorials on this subject. In this first piece, we’ll be deploying the Samba AD on an ...

I like to create dedicated DNS entries for specific scripts or projects when possible. For instance, I am adding a new startup script to some of our workstations via group policy, and this would ...

With the help of Samba, it is possible to set up your Linux server as a Domain Controller. Before you get too excited, I’m not talking about an Active Directory Primary Domain Controller (PDC).

I could, yes. I could spin up a VM, promote it to a DC, move data to it, script the mapping of drives to point to the new, etc. Then I demote the DC, wipe it, and start over.