Once all the domain controllers in a domain are running Windows Server 2008 and above, you can change the SYSVOL replica set to use DFS-R (as opposed to FRS). The key benefits of migrating to DFS-R are Self healing functionality (e.g. journal wraps) Improved...

Well….half a KB to be precise :) But I still feel good that I contributed to an official support article in some minute way. Incidentally I wrote the ldp.exe based details in KB 2001769. M

As a premier field engineer I have a responsibility to do several on call shifts a year. The week just gone was one such on call shift learned the importance of updating drivers  during it. Allow me to elaborate. I got a call around 2AM Wednesday...

I have run into a couple of scenarios where this setting has caused issues and hence decided to blog about it. Windows 2008 X64 based domain controllers didn’t replicate with each other. However they were pulling updates inbound from other DCs (that happened...

repadmin’s w2k3_bridges_required setting is often a misunderstood setting. Even I was confused to its usage. So when elite PFE engineer Glenn explained in an internal DL, I felt it would be good to share with others.   The +W2K3_BRIDGES_REQUIRED...