You're reading from Active Directory Administration Cookbook, Second Edition Proven solutions to everyday identity and authentication challenges for both on-premises and the cloud

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803242507

Length 696 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Identity Management

Author (1):

Sander Berkouwer

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Optimizing Forests, Domains, and Trusts

2. Chapter 2: Managing Domain Controllers FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Managing Active Directory Roles and Features

4. Chapter 4: Managing Containers and Organizational Units

5. Chapter 5: Managing Active Directory Sites and Troubleshooting Replication

6. Chapter 6: Managing Active Directory Users

7. Chapter 7: Managing Active Directory Groups

8. Chapter 8: Managing Active Directory Computers

9. Chapter 9: Managing DNS

10. Chapter 10: Getting the Most Out of Group Policy

11. Chapter 11: Securing Active Directory

12. Chapter 12: Managing Certificates

13. Chapter 13: Managing Federation

14. Chapter 14: Handling Authentication in a Hybrid World (AD FS, PHS, PTA, and DSSO)

15. Chapter 15: Handling Synchronization in a Hybrid World (Azure AD Connect)

16. Chapter 16: Hardening Azure AD

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Configuring diagnostic logging

This recipe shows how to configure diagnostic logging to provide additional information when troubleshooting Active Directory problems.

To configure diagnostic logging on a domain controller, sign in to it using an account that is a member of the Domain Admins group.

Perform these steps to configure diagnostic logging:

Press Start.
Search for Registry Editor and click its search result, or run regedit.exe. The Registry Editor window appears.
In the location bar at the top of the Registry Editor window, type HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Diagnostics.
In the main pane, select the area that you want to enable diagnostic logging for.
Right-click the name of the logging area and select Modify… from the menu. The Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value pop-up window appears: