Overview The following is a checklist I am compiling as I go through an upgrade of a Single Forest/Single domain AD environment. To give you an idea of scale: 4,500 clients, 500 servers and 5 AD Sites My upgrade is in 4 steps: Upgrade schema Test new 2012 R2 DCs Replace all 2003 DCs Upgrade functional Level […]
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How do I find accounts that use DES encryption in Windows 2003 AD
As part of a Windows 2003 upgrade, one of the checks you need to do is for accounts that have been forced to use DES encryption Why? Because Windows 2008 and higher has DES disabled by default, so these accounts will not work. Here is a Powershell script that runs through your AD and finds […]
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