A Domain Controller (DC) in Windows Server is a server that responds to security authentication requests within a Windows domain. It plays a crucial role in managing network security and user access.

If you want to change the IP Address of the Domain Controller on your Windows network, follow the 4-step process described in this post.

How to Determine Your PC Domain Controller. If you use Windows Server Systems in your small business, one of your computers acts as a domain controller (DC). However, it can be difficult to know ...

Although the domain controller has been demoted, the server still exists as a domain member (a member server). Therefore, the next step in the process is to remove the server from the domain.

At this point, your Samba Domain Controller is up and running, but there’s a problem. As is, Samba is working without DNS because your server defaults to systemd-resolved.

Unfortunately this is a case where the client has only 1 server in their domain, so there is no member server host to roll the services out to. The DC should always only ever be a DC, in my opinion.

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Microsoft is investigating LSASS memory leaks (caused by Windows Server updates released during the November Patch Tuesday) that might lead to freezes and restarts on some domain controllers.