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Dishan Francis
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Dishan Francis is an IT professional with over 15 years of experience. He was a six-time Microsoft MVP in enterprise mobility before he joined Microsoft UK as a security consultant. He has maintained the RebelAdmin technology blog over the years, with lots of useful articles that focus on on-premises Active Directory services and Azure Active Directory. He has also written for other Microsoft-managed blogs such as canitpro and ITopsTalk. When it comes to managing innovative identity infrastructure solutions to improve system stability, efficiency, and security, his level of knowledge and experience places him among the very best in the field.
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AD DS log files

These log files can be used for auditing, troubleshooting, or debugging purposes.

The default location for these log files is %SystemRoot%\Debug:

  • DCPromo.log: This log file is created during the AD promotion process. It also records events during the demotion process. This log contains events such as the following:
    • AD DS configuration settings
    • Information about schema preparation
    • Information about directory partition creation/modifications
    • Information about data replication
    • Service configuration status
    • Information about creating AD databases and the SYSVOL directory
  • DCPromoUI.log: This log file can be considered as a progress report for the AD DS promotion/demotion process. It starts the logging process as soon as the AD DS configuration wizard opens, and ends when it completes the installation successfully (until the reboot request is accepted) or when it is aborted due...
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Dishan Francis

Dishan Francis is an IT professional with over 15 years of experience. He was a six-time Microsoft MVP in enterprise mobility before he joined Microsoft UK as a security consultant. He has maintained the RebelAdmin technology blog over the years, with lots of useful articles that focus on on-premises Active Directory services and Azure Active Directory. He has also written for other Microsoft-managed blogs such as canitpro and ITopsTalk. When it comes to managing innovative identity infrastructure solutions to improve system stability, efficiency, and security, his level of knowledge and experience places him among the very best in the field.
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