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Adding a Windows Server 2012 R2 DC to an Existing Domain

Adding a Windows Server 2012 R2 DC to an Existing Domain

Nov 3, 2016

When talking about including Windows Server 2012, the following question occurred more often recently: Is my Active Directory Domain ready to add a W2012R2 domain...

PowerShell: Finding the Next Closest Domain Controller

PowerShell: Finding the Next Closest Domain Controller

May 18, 2016

I am currently supporting a bigger enterprise with their Active Directory Migration. A colleague asked me “Could you write a Powershell script to comb the...

DCPROMO: Domain Controller promotion fails

DCPROMO: Domain Controller promotion fails

Apr 20, 2016

Lately, I wanted to add a new domain controller to a domain. At first, the Configuration Wizard ran as expected. But just as the process...

“The target principal name is incorrect” Error during manual AD replication

Feb 9, 2015

During a manually initiated Active Directory replication at a customer, I repeatedly got the following error message “The target principal name is incorrect”. It was...

Windows Server 2012 – Virtual Domain Controller Snapshot Restore

Sep 18, 2014

Almost every company is using virtual machines today. The advantages: VMs can be drawn up easily. Before important changes you can make snapshots. In case...

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