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I have set up an Azure Files share with Azure AD Kerberos as the authentication source.

I get the error below when running the connection script (Active Directory authentication) on an end user's PC.

The PC is Azure AD-joined, with the user logging in with an Azure AD account.

Users need to be able to access the Azure Files share when they are not on the local domain.

New-PSDrive : The system cannot contact a domain controller to service the authentication request. Please try again later
At C:\Users\testuser\Desktop\connect-files-share.ps1:4 char:5 +
New-PSDrive -Name Z -PSProvider FileSystem -Root "\storage ... +

     + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Z:PSDriveInfo) [New-PSDrive], Win32Exception
     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotMapNetworkDrive,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewPSDriveCommand

The Azure website states: "Azure AD Kerberos authentication allows users to connect to Azure Files over the internet without requiring a line-of-sight to domain controllers."

Errors when trying to create a ODBC DSN.

Have tried both 32-bit and 64-bit InterSystems ODBC drivers (version 2018.1.2.309.0).

OS: Windows Server 2019 Version 1809

The 32-bit ODBC connection was working earlier. Maybe Windows Updates broke this connection, however I cannot find a relevant recently installed update.

A 32-bit ODBC connection is working from a different Server 2012 R2 server, the only difference being that it uses driver version 2014.1.3.775.0.

I also uninstalled the 32-bit driver and tried driver version 2014.1.5.851.3. Same connection error as below.

64-bit Driver:

Error Message: Connectivity test failed with doing the Test Connection:
Driver = C:\Windows\system32\CacheODBC64.dll
Driver Version = 2018.1.2.309.0

Data Source Name = CMS-ODBC
Host (IP Address) = 10.1.1.1
Port = 1404
Caché Namespace = NAME
Authentication Method = 0  - Password
User Name = odbc
Description = Reporting Database
Cache ODBC Logging = No
Use Locale Decimal symbol = No
Disable Query Timeout = 0
Static Cursors Support = 0
Unicode SQLTypes = 0

Connect Error: See CacheODBC.log for details

[Cache ODBC][State : S1000][Native Code 10054]
[C:\Windows\system32\odbcad32.exe]
read_all:  recv() returned SOCKET_ERROR.  
Reason: (10054, 0x2746) An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.

32-bit Driver:

Error Message:  Connectivity test failed: Invalid Host/Port; 
Caché Not Running; Network Down

Driver = C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InterSystems\Cache\CacheODBC.dll
Driver Version = 2018.1.2.309.0

Data Source Name = CMS-ODBC
Host (IP Address) = 10.1.1.1
Port = 1404
Caché Namespace = NAME
Authentication Method = 0  - Password
User Name = odbc
Description = Reporting Database
Cache ODBC Logging = No
Use Locale Decimal symbol = No
Disable Query Timeout = 0
Static Cursors Support = 0
Unicode SQLTypes = 0

Connect Error: See CacheODBC.log for details

[Cache ODBC][State : S1T00][Native Code 450]
[C:\Windows\syswow64\odbcad32.exe]
Request timed out due to user timeout

We have an Office 365 client that has two Room mailboxes – Boardroom and Training Room.

A delegate is assigned to each mailbox to approve/reject Room calendar bookings.

When the delegate clicks Accept or Decline the requesting user does not receive an email. The user only receives the "Tentative" email advising "your request was received and is pending approval."

Both the delegate and requesting user are internal users on the same 365 tenant, same domain.

Can someone please help?

Room mailbox delegate settings:

Sample email received by the delegate below.

C: volume on a virtual disk within a Server 2008 R2 virtual machine won't extend correctly.

Under Disk Management, Disk 0 is showing 119.9 GB NTFS for the C: volume, however C: under Windows Explorer only shows it as 100 GB.

I have tried extending the volume under both Disk Management and using DISKPART from the command line. DISKPART shows error "DiskPart has encountered an error: The device does not recognize the command. See the System Event Log for more information."

Cannot promote a new Server 2012 R2 server to domain controller on an existing domain. The prerequisites check fails.

Verification of prerequisites for Active Directory preparation failed. 
Unable to verify whether schema master has completed a replication cycle after last reboot.
Exception: Unavailable Critical Extension. Server extended error: 8366.
Server extended message: 000020AE: SvcErr: DSID-03210384, problem 5010
(UNAVAIL_EXTENSION), data 8610
.
Adprep failed to verify whether schema master has completed a replication
cycle after last reboot.
[Status/Consequence]
The schema is not upgraded.
[User Action]
Check the log file ADPrep.log in the
C:\Windows\debug\adprep\logs\20160222090334-test directory for possible cause of failure.

Current domain has a Server 2008 R2 domain controller, with Domain Functional Level set to Server 2008 R2.

When trying to retrieve the Forest Functional Level the error "A referral was returned from the server" is encountered.

Exchange 2010 RPC Client Access service won't start after installing SP3 + Update Rollup 10.

Host is SBS Server 2011.

Have tried multiple fixes on the web but without luck:

• Setting the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service to Automatic(Delayed Start)
• Setting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ MSExchangeRpc\ParametersSystem with a port number
• Re-creating the Microsoft.Exchange.RpcClientAccess.Service.exe.config file.

Event logs:

Event 2280, IIS-W3SVC-WP The Module DLL C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\ClientAccess\Owa\auth\exppw.dll failed to load. The data is the error.

Event 5139, WAS A listener channel for protocol 'http' in worker process '6700' serving application pool 'WsusPool' reported a listener channel failure. The data field contains the error number.

Receiving the following error using the Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect tool.

'Microsoft.Online.Administration.Automation.MicrosoftOnlineException' was thrown.

This program was running fine. Have tried reinstalling the program, restarting the server, and restarting the Microsoft Online Services Sign-in Assistant service.

I have migrated a domain from SBS 2008 to Server 2012 R2, transferring FSMO roles, DHCP, DNS etc. The 2012 server is now a domain controller.

Exchange has already been decommissioned with mail migrated to Office 365.

Is it possible to demote the SBS 2008 server, but keep it on the domain as a file server?

User passwords set under Active Directory are not syncing with Office 365. i.e. users cannot login to the Office 365 portal with their domain passwords.

The Directory Sync tool is installed on a Server 2008 SP2 domain controller.

All other user attributes appear to be syncing correctly.

After migrating 50 mailboxes from SBS 2008 / Exchange 2007 to Office 365, we are finding that some Outlook 2013 clients are trying to connect to the old Exchange server.

I think this is related to internal DNS, resolving domain.com to the domain controller instead of externally.

Can someone please suggest a fix for this?

We can't disable the Exchange 2007 server yet as mail is still migrating using MigrationWiz.

One of my clients is having random issues with the mapping of network drives.

Users get mapped drives from group policy based on the security groups they are in.

An example issue with one user:

• User was added to incorrect security group "Alpha", therefore was mapped the corresponding "Alpha" network drive.

• User was removed from group "Alpha", and added to group "Beta".

• gpupdate /force, restarted User's PC.

• User is still getting the "Alpha" drive, but not the "Beta" drive.

• gpresult /r indicates that the "Alpha" GPO is being applied (Applied Group Policy Object), and that the user is in the "Beta" security group and not the "Alpha" group.

Can someone please help?

Client PC - Windows 7 Pro x64

Server - Windows Server 2008 R2

I have setup a File Server Resource Manager task under Server 2008 R2.

The task has the following properties: - Type: File expiration - Scope: W:\Share\Company - Expiration folder: S:\Archive - Days since file was last modified: 1460 days (4 years)

The task runs, however "Expired" files are not being moved the to the Expiration folder. For example, a file with modified date "‎Thursday, ‎23 ‎February ‎2006, ‏‎2:42:27 PM" is not moved to S:\Archive.

Someone please help?

Is it possible to store cached login credentials on a terminal server, allowing users to login if the domain controller is unreachable?

If it is possible, can you set a time limit? E.g. DC authentication will be needed after X days.

Terminal Server: Windows Server 2008 R2 Std

VMware ESXi 5.1.0 server showing multiple warning events:

Device mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0 performance has deteriorated. I/O latency increased from average value of 3913 microseconds to 530954 microseconds. warning 9/07/2014 10:55:20 AM localhost.domain.com.au

mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0 is a local disk.

Can someone please advise on how to resolve? Does this local disk need scanning for errors? If so, how do I perform a scan?

When trying to save "Night Service Bell Configuration" settings under Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express the following error message pops up.

Configuration change failed. 
Please report the following error: Invalid ITS command option.

Am logged in to the console as admin.

Below is the error alert which pops up when I click change. What does this mean and how can I fix it?

Is it possible to allow particular domain users to log in to a terminal server directly if the server is part of a terminal server farm?

Environment: 3 x Windows Server 2008 R2

Our end users are receiving the following dialog box in Outlook which refers to an incorrect internal domain name (domain.internal).

No dialog box is received if using Outlook Anywhere.

Clicking on View Certificate shows the correctly installed SSL certificate using an internet domain name (domain.org.au).

Does the internal domain name need to be added to the SSL certificate? If so, how? Or is there another fix?

I cannot login to a long-time disconnected domain controller running Server 2008 R2.

I have tried resetting the "local" Administrator password using the following method, but still cannot login.

http://www.howtogeek.com/106333/how-to-reset-your-forgotten-domain-admin-password-on-server-2008-r2/

Can someone please help?

I have two VMware vSphere 5.1 hosts.

Each host is connected via a switch to gateway 192.168.20.1.

Currently both hosts have their vSwitches using network 192.168.20.0.

I'd like to have the two hosts use different subnets, but still use the same gateway. For example, one vSwitch using 192.168.30.0 but connecting to gateway 192.168.20.1.

Is this possible to configure within vSphere?

Thanks!

I need to allow traffic through TCP/1494 and TCP/2598 (inbound & outbound) to IP range 10.1.25.1 to 10.1.25.254 within a Cisco ASA 5505.

Can someone please help me with this?

Under Cisco ADSM 6.0 for ASA I can add a network object with one IP address, but not a range.

Thanks!