I recently completed a book on Windows Server 2008 where I highlight at the end of each chapter the features coming in Release 2. I was especially curious about four Active Directory features, so ...

Windows Server 2008 introduced the most significant changes to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) since its inaugural release in Windows 2000 Server. Microsoft has continued along this path with ...

Back in the day, we would be using ADSI to connect to our Active Directory forest/domain to gather information about a variety of things. Today I will completely ignore ADSI and focus solely on the ...

Active Directory (AD) is Microsoft’s directory service. It runs on Windows Server and helps administrators manage permissions and access to network resources. To backup and restore Active Directory in ...

• Active Directory is a mature technology that has been around for nearly 20 years and has undergone some evolution but still maintains its basic structure. • While the built-in Active Directory tools ...

Windows Active Directory (AD) service accounts are prime cyber-attack targets due to their elevated privileges and automated/continuous access to important systems. Windows Administrators should ...

Windows Server 2008 R2 includes an Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell. This new feature enables you to perform Active Directory administrative tasks by using Windows PowerShell. Let’s take ...

Active Directory (AD) is an excellent file and folder permissions, security, and management tool. It allows administrators to give permission to access specific folders to specific users. Simply put, ...

Most of the day-to-day operations of managing an Active Directory environment can be done from the Graphical User Interface (GUI), but the commands available from a command prompt can be very powerful ...