In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...

I can't seem to find a definitive answer; I think it's yes, but I haven't been able to confirm it yet. Here's the example situation (I know it's bad, that's another topic): Due to network routing ...

In Windows Server, a child domain is a subdomain under a parent domain, inheriting policies and trust relationships. For example, if the parent domain is example.com, a child domain might be ...

We setup a new child domain. On the parent domain controller, if you go to Active Directory domains and trusts and go to the child domain, it says "You cannot modify domain or trust information ...

Picking up the pieces after a failed domain controller demotion Your email has been sent DCPROMO is supposed to make the task of demoting a domain controller easy. So what do you do if DCPROMO fails?