Most of the time Active Directory replication seems to work pretty well. When the replication process does break down however, troubleshooting the problem can sometimes be surprisingly difficult.

I promoted a windows 2000 server to a domain controller. We have 2 domain controllers one 2003 the other 2000 both running dns. I already had my zones setup on the first 2003 box. So I start to set up ...

Replication is a big deal in Windows 2000. Active Directory copies updates from one domain controller to another, and DFS servers copy files between themselves, via replication. As important as the ...

On the surface, Active Directory groups are a simple and straightforward way to manage identities (users and/or computers) and assign permissions. Users or computers are added as group members, and ...

In this slideshow, Azaleos identifies tips focusing on Active Directory improvements. They have collected the following best practices from their network operations centers for making Active Directory ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...