Powershell – Group Policy Cmdlets
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) come with some nice CMDlets for the processing of group guidelines: Create, delete and save Group Policy Objects Import […]
Analysis of a high CPU load on a Domain Controller through “lsass.exe”
We faced the problem that “lsass.exe” caused a 100% CPU load for some days on a Domain Controller. Here is how to analyze it with the Performance monitor and data […]
NewSID and the “Clone” myth
Creating a new server as a copy from an existing one saves time. However, it leads to a computer SID used by two different machines. This can be prevented with […]
Quest Migration Manager for AD – Problem with Directory synchronization
At the moment I am supervising an AD Domain Migration with Quest Migration Manager for Active Directory 8.7 The Directory Synchronization (DAS) with more than 400,000 objects had run stable […]
Finding deleted members of an Active Directory Group with help of the meta data
Why did important AD groups “lost” some of their members? My task was to find out which members were missing. Well, I found something very interesting in the meta data […]
Find the cause for a blue screen – with Memory.dmp
For a long time I have wanted to write a short instruction on how to find the cause for a blue screen of death with the help of a Memory.dmp […]
msDS-LastSuccessfulInteractiveLogonTime vs. LastLogonTimeStamp
I want to introduce to you a function of Windows Server 2008 domain functional level: LastSuccessfulInteractiveLogonTime Basically it is about finding out when a user has logged on last.
Hard disk write protected: Set or remove write-protection with diskpart
Yesterday I faced the problem that I couldn’t save data on an external USB-hard drive on my Windows / client anymore. Folders couldn’t be created either. The hard drive was […]
Join Computer to Domain with minimum permissions
Which authorizations are necessary to join a computer to a AD domain? The aim of a granular delegation concept is to assign only those rights that are necessary for the […]
Quest Migration Manager QMM and Intra Forest Migration
The requirements for an Intra-Forest migration are much different compared to an Inter-Forest Migration. Intra-Forest Migration: migration between domains of the same Forest. Inter-Forest Migration: migration between domains of different […]
Dynamic AD Groups
Dynamic Entra ID Groups
