Comments on: Finding FSMO Roles in Active Directory using NTDSUtil

By: Vishal Vasu

Vishal Vasu — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:10:45 +0000

Hi,

The M: drive concept has been taken out since Exchange 2003. However, you can still use the file system to connect to the Exchange store. Microsoft have removed the M: drive mapping is because the mailbox store used to get corrupt during virus scan or while backups.

By: Meghal

Meghal — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:19:05 +0000

Hi Vishal,

I want to know, the old M drive has been still working in exchange 2007 or it has been removed.

By: Vishal Vasu

Vishal Vasu — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:07:03 +0000

BIND is by far the most widely used DNS software on the Internet. It is an open source software that implements the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols for the Internet. It is a reference implementation of those protocols, but it is also production-grade software, suitable for use in high-volume and high-reliability applications.

Windows Server DNS is capable of interoperating with various versions of BIND. If you do not have many DNS entries or are not planning to use the DNS service as an ISP, you can pretty well use the in-built Windows DNS Server. Both Windows DNS and BIND support dynamic updates which is important if you are planning for Active Directory as it creates lot of SRV records when you setup AD.

By: Amol

Amol — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 05:51:36 +0000

Hi Vishal,

Thanks for the FSMO roles,

i want to ask you one question what is BIND and it is used in Windows server ??

By: Vishal Vasu

Vishal Vasu — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:16:23 +0000

Hi Kiran,

DCDIAG is your best choice when it comes to finding the health of your Active Directory. Run the following command from your Command Prompt:

dcdiag /v /f:dcdiaglog.txt

This will run the diagnosis with Verbose mode and export the diagnosis to a text file which you can open with notepad or word for detailed analysis.