You know, sometimes need of creating 10 groups using ADUC groups for quick test is enough to fire off Windows PowerShell ISE and compose PS script… Below you can find little script to create any number of AD DS group you want, thanks to its compactness it may also serve you as an example of … Sample PS script for bulk creation of AD DS groups
Sometimes while looking at somebody’s else ADDS environment you may want to know some basics about it – things such as total number of users, or in which OU this specific server is hiding. What surprises me a lot is that how frequently you can see people telling you that they don’t have right consoles … ADDSCHK – Quick check on domain size
In Windows Server 2016 you no longer have an opportunity to switch back and forth between core and GUI installation, hence you cannot do install and configure AD DS in a lazy way (using full GUI) and then convert it to core. That was something I discovered hard way long time ago – so I … Configuring Windows Server 2016 Core Domain Controller
Just a quick note on how you can force AD DS replication. You can do this issuing the following command: Repadmin /syncall DC_NAME /APed To decipher parameters: /A(ll partitions) P(ush) e(nterprise, cross sites) d(istinguished names). Essentially with this command you can do the same as Replmon used to do in Windows 2003 but in in one step. … How to force AD DS replication
I’ve just recently got a support case from the client where no matter that we tried MSMQ won’t work in Directory Service Integration mode, resulting in the following warning from K2 blackpearl Setup Manager: MSMQ component is a prerequisite for K2 and it seems that all you need to do covered in K2 documentation: Installation … Curious case of stubborn Workgroup flag
