Renan Antonio Rodrigues
How to change Active Directory DSRM password
This post will explain how an attacker could find out the DSRM account password or its hash and how he could take advantage of it. Also,...
A Certified Microsoft, Cisco, and ITIL Senior System Engineer
2x MCSE, 2x MCSA, MCITP, MCTS, MCP, CCNA, CCENT, ITILv3
Active Directory
This page is dedicated to Active Directory insights, tutorials, and tips from a Senior System Administrator, some of the subjects that will be shown here are about designing and implementing Active Directory, as well as showing some best practices of security and management.
Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- Jul 18, 2018
- 2 min
How to change Active Directory Site for Exchange 2010, step by step
If you are looking for a procedure to change the Active Directory site where your Exchange servers (CAS, DAG, HUBs) are located without...
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Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- May 15, 2018
- 3 min
How to configure NTP server in Active Directory, Step by step
If you want to know how to properly configure your Active Directory environment, including Domain Controllers and domain computers, to...
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Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- Mar 26, 2018
- 2 min
How to convert secondary DNS zone into AD-integrated zone
If you are looking for a guide showing how to convert a secondary DNS zone into AD-Integrated zone, this post shows how to do that in an...
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Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- Feb 19, 2018
- 1 min
How to perform a non-authoritative SYSVOL restoration
If you are facing issues with some Group Policies or scripts not available on DC(s) in the SYSVOL domain folder to a specific Domain...
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Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- Jan 24, 2018
- 4 min
How Domain Controllers are located in Windows and how to change AD subnets
If you are looking for to understand how a Windows client does consult and find the closest Domain Controller to authenticate to domain,...
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Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- Nov 6, 2017
- 1 min
DCDIAG tests and its network protocols
For those who are looking for knowing what protocol each test on DCDIAG command uses, this post shows all ports and protocols. This is...
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Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- Oct 25, 2017
- 4 min
Script to add network printers at user logon
This VBScript will automate the installation process for your helpdesk area by automatically adding network printers, mapping shared...
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Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- Sep 12, 2017
- 1 min
How non-administrator users can manage security Active Directory groups
If you are looking for the possibility to grant rights to a non-administrator user to manage a security Active Directory group...
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Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- Aug 16, 2017
- 1 min
How to find out when a server was promoted to a Domain Controller
If you are looking for the date your domain controller was promoted in your domain, there is a easy way to find out that and it's showed...
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Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- Jun 7, 2017
- 2 min
Best Practices for Assigning FSMO Roles
If you are looking for how to best assign the FSMO roles to your Domain Controllers, this post gathered some useful information related...
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Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- May 30, 2017
- 1 min
How to update Active Directory computer membership without rebooting Windows
If you want to update an Active Directory computer membership without rebooting the Server, this post shows how to do that in a very easy...
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Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- Apr 18, 2017
- 1 min
How to fix dcdiag warning for machineaccount test
If you ran the Domain Controller test check using DCDIAG and faced an issue with the MachineAccount test, this post shows the root cause...
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Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- Feb 12, 2017
- 1 min
How to change the default computer container in Active Directory
This post shows how to change the default computer's container in Active Directory to a customized OU. Why? A good reason for that is...
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Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- Jan 3, 2017
- 2 min
How to add UPN suffixes in Active Directory
If you want to know how to add a second UPN suffix in your Active Directory environment and how to update all domain users to use it,...
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Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- Nov 23, 2016
- 1 min
How to fix GPO not being applied to users
If you are facing issues with user GPO not being correctly applied in the network, this post shows how to fix it. Microsoft released in...
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Renan Antonio Rodrigues
- Oct 19, 2016
- 1 min
How to automate and change the local administrator password in Windows
If you want to automate and change the local administrator password in Windows, this post shows how to do it. This VBScript will automate...
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