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DarienHawkins
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Apr 27, 2024

Server 2025 Core ADDS DC, Network Profile Showing as "Public" and not as "DomainAuthenticated"

OS: Windows Server 20225 Standard Core (no GUI), build 26085.1 Role: ADDS, DNS ForestMode: Windows2025Forest DomainMode: Windows2025Domain Platform: Hyper-V guest   When standing up a clean Win...
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AndyDotPhillips
Copper Contributor
Mar 02, 2025

Used the following for reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/400385/network-location-awareness-not-detecting-domain-ne

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetLogon\Parameters
Name: NegativeCachePeriod
Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 (default value: 45 seconds; set to 0 to disable caching)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters
Name: MaxNegativeCacheTtl
Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 (default value: 5 seconds; set to 0 to disable caching)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters

Add a DWORD parameter :AlwaysExpectDomainController

Set value to:1

After reboot - Get-NetConnectionProfile returns DomainAuthenticated

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DavidZee
Copper Contributor
May 15, 2025

Adding the AlwaysExpectDomainController key on 2022 fixed this issue for me.  I just put in a GPO for my DC OU to do this going forward, was quite a pain

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