Windows AD and DC

AD and DC

Client authentication goes across the WAN
Domain Based Network Setup: Windows 2003 Server
How to Add Another Domain Controller in an Exiting Domain
How to check AD DNS Registration
How to check DC replication status
How to: do WINS migration
How to Enable or Disable a Global Catalog (GC)
How to export information of ADUC
How to install/remove AD/DC
How to: manage Domain users and computers from workstation
How to modify the AD Account Lockout
How to raise the domain functional level
How to repopulate AD DNS entries
How to restrict certain roaming profiles only to WinNT?
How to replicate a domain controller to another dc
Tools for Managing Active Directory
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How to check AD DNS Registration

You should have four folders with the following names under DNS forward lookup zones are present when DNS is correctly registering the Active Directory DNS records. These folders are labeled:
_msdcs
_sites
_tcp
_udp

How to check DC replication status

To check DC replication status, go to event logs for NTFRS (File Replication Service) It will tell you when the last synch was.

How to Enable or Disable a Global Catalog (GC)

Open to Administrative Tools>Active Directory Sites and Services>Sites, and then double-click the domain controller you want to work with in the Server folder for your desired site: Right-click NTDS Settings>Properties. Make a change accordingly.

WARNING: Do not turn on this option unless you are certain it will provide value in your deployment. For this option to be useful, your deployment must have multiple domains, and even then, only one global catalog is (typically) useful in each site.

How to install/remove AD/DC

To install/remove AD/DC, use Promote and Demote command.

How to repopulate AD DNS entries

Manually repopulate the Active Directory DNS entries. You can use the Windows 2000 Netdiag tool to repopulate the Active Directory DNS entries. Netdiag is included with the Windows 2000 Support tools. At a command prompt, type netdiag /fix.