In the first part of this series, I talked about how you could recover your server after a system volume failure. In this article, I want to turn my attention to some special procedures used for ...

One of the most helpful native tools for troubleshooting problems with domain controllers is DCDiag. In this article, I will show you the basics of using this helpful tool. DCDiag was introduced early ...

Q: A company's IT team is planning the placement of domain controllers for their multi-site domain. The team needs to know what is recommended. Which of the following should be considered when ...

Password replication for read-only domain controllers in Windows Server 2008 Your email has been sent The read-only domain controller is easy to set up, but you need to perform a few more steps to ...

When you log in to a Windows 11/10 domain-joined machine and try to connect to the already mapped drive or multiple client workstations are unable to correctly ...

Microsoft has resolved a known issue that caused some Windows Server 2025 domain controllers to become unreachable after a restart and triggered app or service failures. Microsoft has fixed a known ...

Sounds funny, but believe it or not, it's real. Since its release in Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V supports cloning of Domain Controller VMs. Cloning may seem an incredibly naughty task for a domain ...

In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...