Below are some of the ports which are required to be open for proper communication. Port Requirements: -->SMS site server to Active Directory Service Name UDP TCP LDAP 389 389 LDAP SSL N/A 636 RPC Endpoint Mapper 135 135 Global Catalog LDAP N/A 3268 Global Catalog LDAP SSL N/A 3269 Kerberos 88 88 --> SMS 2003 Advanced Client to Active Directory In an Active Directory environment, the Advanced client makes a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) query to the global catalog server to find a management point that matches the client’s IP address. The following ports are required in Active…
Author: Eswar Koneti
the questions that are posted here needs some corrections,these are posted roughly. Technical Interview Questions – Active Directory What is Active Directory? Active directory is a centralized database which maintains information about the network objects, its access levels etc. What is LDAP? LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is a lightweight protocol which can be used for finding and accessing the directory objects and its properties. Can you connect Active Directory to other 3rd-party Directory Services? Name a few options. Yes, we can. Some of the third party directory services to which we can connect are LDAP, X500, NDS. Where is…
Had several systems which had wmi issue in doing client /application installation.This is most common issue which we face if something happens to the system.To get solved,use the script which can be run remotely using psexec tool. http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2009/05/08/wmi-troubleshooting-tips.aspx Note : The below script tested only on Windows XP ,not tested on higher versions like Windows 7 Download the psexec tool from Microsoft .Here are the basic instruction in doing it. 1.copy the psexec.exe tool on to new folder (G:\script) and create 3 new files(wmifix.bat,computers.txt and run.bat).Each file script has given below. wmifix: @echo off REM WMI Repair Title WMI Repair…