I set up a small server 2003 domain with 5 machines. One PC is a domain controller and the remaining 4 are windows XP machines. I set up DNS on the domain controller. The computer name of the domain ...

Update March 22: Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band (OOB) updates to fix this known issue. The March 2024 Windows Server updates are causing some domain controllers to crash and restart, ...

Microsoft is warning IT administrators that their Windows Server 2025 domain controllers (DC) may lose network connectivity after they are restarted. In a Windows release health dashboard update ...

Although domain controllers can be configured to obtain an IP address from DHCP, it’s best practice to configure a static IP address so that it can be reliably discovered across the network. You may ...

I’m looking on recommendations on the procedure to replace a domain controller. Setup: I have a small AD domain (50 workstations). It runs 2008R2 and Exchange 2007SP3. We have two DCs, one of which ...