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ERROR_DS_BUSY
ERROR_DS_BUSY (0x0000200E) is an Active Directory Domain Services LDAP result. The directory service was temporarily too busy to process the LDAP request.
Correlate the busy result with Directory Service performance, concurrent operations, and server events. Retry with bounded backoff only when the request is safe to repeat, and investigate sustained pressure rather than converting it into an infinite retry loop.
What to check
- Retry with backoff instead of immediately issuing the same request in a tight loop.
- Check Directory Service events, CPU, memory, disk latency, and LDAP client request volume on the domain controller.
- Review slow or broad LDAP searches that may be exhausting server threads or queue capacity.
Useful command
Get-WinEvent -LogName "Directory Service" -MaxEvents 50Microsoft: AD DS diagnostic logging · Microsoft: LDAP ETW tracing · Microsoft: AD DS limits
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