'Windows Server 2008 R2' Tag
Auditing Group Membership changes
I often get this asked this question, “how do I audit group membership changes”. Whereas a lot of AD Change Monitor Tools (Quest, Netwrix etc.) have nice reports that can be generated to look up this information, this question comes up when a change auditor product for AD is not in picture. Let me cover [...]
Server Core R2 DC promotion fails due to unavailable ADDS binaries
I encountered an issue promoting a Server Core R2 to a domain controller. The DCPROMO on Server Core is handled via unattended mode with answer file. The error I received is below. It was due to Server Core’s inability to install/confirm ADDS binaries. C:UsersAdministrator>dcpromo /unattended:answer.txt Checking if Active Directory Domain Services binaries are installed… Failed [...]
Exchange 2010 Setup and .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 Requirement
Starting with Exchange 2007, the good thing about the setup wizard is that it guides you about all the pre-requisites and provides the links from where you can download them from. However, if you are installing Exchange 2010 on Windows Server 2008 (or R2) box, and if you follow the link provided by the wizard [...]
PowerShell : How do I check Active Directory Tombstone Lifetime ?
What is Active Directory Tombstone Lifetime (TSL) ? The tombstone lifetime in an Active Directory forest determines how long a deleted object (called a “tombstone”) is retained in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). The tombstone lifetime is determined by the value of the tombstoneLifetime attribute on the Directory Service object in the configuration directory [...]
Can I install KMS on Server Core ?
Server Core seems to be the perfect candidate for installing KMS. Key Management Service mediates your Volume Licensing with Microsoft Activation Services and acts as the man-in-the-middle for the activation for all your KMS clients that comprise of Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and R2. With Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, what [...]