How to deploy Samba on Linux as an Active Directory Domain Controller Your email has been sent Active Directory (AD) is Microsoft’s way of making it possible to create and apply policies to ...

Since this is the first DC, check the DNS server, and Global Catalog, leaving the Read-only Domain controller unchecked, and then enter a password for Directory Services Restore Mode.

You can reset the computer account through the Active Directory Users and Computers console. In case you are wondering, computer accounts can also be reset through PowerShell (version 2 or higher).

Windows Server 2008 includes a handful of important upgrades to your Active Directory domain infrastructure. The most useful are these: Read-Only Domain Controllers: RODCs are a new type of domain ...

Related reading: Migrate your active directory, don’t split it. If your company wants to spin off one of its departments into a separate business, and needs to divvy up its single-domain Active ...

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 ...