Top "Domaincontroller" questions

An Domain Controller (DC) is a Windows server which responds to security authentication requests (logging in, checking permissions, etc.

How do I get my Domain Controllers to sync with a correct external time source?

I had a user contact me saying that her computer clock is 8 or 9 minutes faster than her cell phone clock. …

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Determine current domain controller programmatically

I need to query current domain controller, probably primary to change user password. (P)DC name should be fully qualified, …

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UserPrincipals.GetAuthorizationGroups An error (1301) occurred while enumerating the groups. After upgrading to Server 2012 Domain Controller

Research: Similar Issue with workaround, but not actual solution to existing problem Similar issue pointing to Microsoft End Point update …

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Windows Azure - Stuck on Running (Provisioning) when creating VM from custom created image in gallery

I have problem when creating VM from a custom created image in gallery. Image is a domain controller. Stuck on …

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Query domain controllers & NTP servers time w32tm /monitor format output

I'm using the following to measure the time offset between our domain controllers and ntp servers. $Servers = "ntp.xxxxx,ntp.…

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Get closest Domain Controller in current AD site without hard coding information

For instances when Active Directory takes too long to replicate data between sites, I need to ensure that the local …

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DNS lookup failing

I have a primary and secondary domain controller that we use as our DNS servers. Users are getting mixed results …

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How to repair DCDiag Connectivity test on windows server 2012

We have two Domain controllers on our second domain. Both fail dcdiag connectivity test. Neither can update DNS records, AD …

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