Windows Domains – Adrian Costea's blog

Steps to check if Domain Controller was properly promoted

Many times after we promote a server to a domain controller, we want to know if it was promoted correctly.

The need for certificates it’s expending beyond our domain joined Windows computers to those that are running in a Workgroup

Most of us have been promoting domain controllers here and there and the majority of deployments are successful, especially if

I have never taught that I will ever use the IFM (Install From Media) option when promoting a Domain Controller

I have been talking about Enterprise PKI and how to build a multi-tier PKI infrastructure, but never talked in depth about

When building either an Enterprise Certification Authority or a Standalone Certification Authority we have to provide some information during the

As you probably know, in a domain environment there is a domain controller that is special compared to the others.

You’ve migrated your domain to the latest version, but did you really? I’m asking this question because I’ve seen a

Most companies nowadays have, or they prepare having multiple Active Directory forests in their environment, and as you know, forests

It happens. Not so often, but it happens when you just can’t remember your domain/enterprise administrator password anymore. This is