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Global Catalog Occupancy

I had fun in some lab action the other day. We were testing a procedure with a number of Domain Controller that required them to be separated from the rest of the network for a while.
We created two new Domain Controllers, had them replicate for about 24 hours, sitting there settling, and started then with […]

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Sending Emails with File Server Resource Monitor (FSRM)

I’ve been working with the Dynamic Access Control stack in Windows Server 2012 for a while now. A part of FSRM has always been (even prior to Windows Server 2012) that you can send Emails with reports to administrators.
Now that this gains more relevance with new File Server capabilities in Windows Server 2012 (Access Denied […]

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How to successfully demote a Domain Controller

How do you successfully demote a Domain Controller? A question everyone would likely answer with “Run dcpromo.exe and you’re done!” on first thought. Sure, the technical process is as easy as that - but things that come with a DC demotion often aren’t as clear as the actual demotion through the executable. There are more […]

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