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Stage Troubleshoot authentication failures with Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) with AD/DNS rollback checks

Microsoft states: “This article explains how Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) can experience authentication failures when Active Directory domain controllers improperly sort multiple Key Distribution Service (KDS) root keys.”

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Stage DC promotion stops responding with AD/DNS rollback checks

Microsoft states: “This article provides a solution to an issue where domain controller promotion stops responding when short credentials are used in an environment that has NetBIOS over TCPIP disabled.”

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Trace Restore IIS and clean up Active Directory when you uninstall AD FS 2.0 across Active Directory and Windows DNS

Microsoft states: “This article describes how to restore Internet Information Services (IIS) and clean up Active Directory when you uninstall Active Directory Federation Services 2.0.”

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Review Synchronizing Between AD DS and AD LDS Enters Endless Loop if the base DN is a Grandchild OU before AD/DNS changes

Microsoft states: “This issue occurs when you specify a grandchild organizational unit (OU) as the base distinguished name (base DN) in the Adamsync configuration file.”

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