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Active Directory Domain Services

2 log locations · Windows

Microsoft Corporation

Where Active Directory Domain Services keeps its logs

Active Directory Domain Services logs to C:\Windows\NTDS\ on Windows. 1 other Windows log location is recorded below.

Paths are printed exactly as Active Directory Domain Services writes them. Environment variables like %LOCALAPPDATA% and $XDG_STATE_HOME are never expanded, so a path can be pasted straight into a shell. Where a path differs between installer types or shipping flavours, each one is racked as its own card below - why that happens.

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Active Directory Domain Services - Windows

Microsoft Corporation

ntds.dit database, edb*.log transaction logsC:\Windows\NTDS\

Group Policy / SYSVOL replicationC:\Windows\System32\Winevt\Logs\DFS Replication.evtx

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