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Back in the day, we would be using ADSI to connect to our Active Directory forest/domain to gather information about a variety of things. Today I will completely ignore ADSI and focus solely on the ...

From there, you can configure Active Directory domain controllers with the PDC emulator role in a domain to use this list of servers explicitly for their time. Read this TechNet article to learn ...

Once the new domain controller is up and running, be sure to allow plenty of time for the Active Directory database to fully replicate before attempting to replace another domain controller.

A Domain Controller, on the other hand, is a server that hosts an Active directory and manages network authentication. Essentially, AD is the system, and the DC is the server that runs it, making ...

Jack Wallen shows you how to deploy an Active Directory Domain Controller on Ubuntu Server 20.04, with the help of Samba.

Another key difference between NT and Active Directory is the process by which a server becomes a domain controller. In NT, once a server is a PDC or a BDC, only reinstalling Windows can downgrade ...