How to Force an Active Directory Update

[Mike555]

How can I force an Active Directory update on my Small Business Server? Sometimes when I create new user accounts it takes up to half an hour for the Exchange mailbox to be generated. It seems that I need to initiate an AD update after I create a user account so that the mailbox is created automatically.

Thanks.

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Mike

 

[markdmac]

I believe this was fixed with Exchange 2003 SP1. Just make sure you apply the hotfix for SBS after installing Exchange SP1.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;843539

I hope you find this post helpful. Please let me know if it was.

Regards,

Mark

 

[moolie]

command line: gpupdate /force

run this on all DC machines to force update of Active directory and GP

 

[Mike555]

Thank you both!

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Mike

 

[mwiner]

Does gpupdate work to replicate AD? I thought it only did group policies on a client machine. What used to be the old "secedit /refreshpolicy" in windows 2000

To replicate AD I thought you had to do it through "Sites and Services" then open up your site\servers\servername\NTDS Setting then select the server > right click > replicate now.

Or for command prompt:
repadmin /syncall

 

[mlichstein]

Yes, that is correct. gpupdate applies group policy, and has nothing to do with AD replication. To force replication, you can use sites and services, repadmin or replmon.