RODC Password Replication Policy

The Password Replication Policy (PRP) indicates which user credentials will be cached on the Read Only Domain Controller (RODC) based on Windows Server 2008 o Windows 2008 R2. This is necessary when we have delegations in our company and we want to put an RODC in the delegations with the functions that we are interested in and also allows users to authenticate in these DCs and the authentication process is faster since no traffic is generated by the WAN with this type of traffic.

New Windows 2008 R2: Offline domain join

Another new feature that Windows brings 2008 R2, is the ability to join a domain offline, This is, we don't need to have connectivity between the computer and the domain controller to join, avoiding traffic between both devices. This is ideal when deploying large numbers of computers or sending them to our branch offices ready to be started (generated from images), so that we don't have to join them to the domain from there and can join them using AIK through an answer file (For example).

Enabling the Recycle Bin in Windows Active Directory 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2 brings an improvement at the Active Directory level, Finally it will let us recover a deleted element without losing its settings, has introduced the Recycle Bin or 'Recycle Bin Feature' feature. In this document, We'll see how to enable it, since by default it is not enabled or activated if we come from an Active Directory prior to Windows 2008 R2.