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Active Directory Health Check-Part 3

More on the AD Health Check / DC State information script Enjoy, Dave Kawula ***************Begin Script***************************** @echo off REM HEALTH_CHK.CMD – Retrieves some state info from the specified DC. SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS set toollist=regdmp repadmin ntfrsutl eventdmp if NOT “%1″ == … Continue reading

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Transfer FSMO Roles Script

Here is another one that I have used for years. Special thanks to my Brother in-law Allan for writing this one up. PS.  If you ever want something scripted he is one of the best guys that I know out … Continue reading

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Active Directory Health-Check Part 2

Here are some more scripts that I was able to dig out. This one will dump the c:\windows\debug folder from your DC’s I use the information from the Debug folder to determine many things. Such as client site misalignment (Missing … Continue reading

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Active Directory Health Check – Part 1

Came Across this in my archives this week. Thought some of you might find this handy. Save this file as ADhealthcheck.cmd 2nd Script is another iteration with the /fix switch on the commands. Enjoy – Dave Kawula ******************Script Begins Here********************** … Continue reading

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Active Directory Backup and Restore Guide

I hope you enjoy – I wrote this up a while back and felt it would a cool post to share. I have found a lot of customers struggling with the new concepts of backing up and restoring Active Directory … Continue reading

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Notes from the field – Go Auto Microsoft Implementation

recently had the pleasure of presenting our project that was completed with GoAuto at Microsoft Canada TechDays. Have a look at the solution notes and let me know what you think. We implemented the following technologies during this project: Active … Continue reading

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Sample Active Directory Health-Check

I have had a lot of my customers and clients interested in what the output of an Active Directory Health-Check looks like.  I will typically perform such a health-check for most of my projects that involve any integration with Active … Continue reading

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