Regular reviews of the effectiveness of user, admin, and service passwords stored in Active Directory is a good idea. Here's how one password review tool works. More applications and devices are using ...

If you are as old as I am, you remember when you first had to deal with domains and Active Directory (AD). Even if you aren’t as old as I am, you still probably must deal with domains and Active ...

As the gateways to corporate networks, VPNs are an attractive target for attackers seeking access to Active Directory environments. And when VPN credentials become compromised — through something as ...

Creating enforceable, common-sense password policies has become increasingly critical in today’s business world. One major variable in that equation is terminology. While some words (or strings of ...

In the past, many organizations chose to trust users and devices within their secure perimeters. This is no longer possible, with workers spread out geographically and needing access from multiple ...

Even after 25 years, Microsoft Active Directory (AD) remains the backbone of identity and access management in up to 90% of enterprise IT environments worldwide, making it a high-value target for ...

Introduced in Windows Server 2012 R2, Workplace Join lets otherwise incapable mobile devices participate in an Active Directory domain, but doesn't provide comprehensive security. One of the major ...

If Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) is not responding or is slow to load on Windows Server or Windows 11/10 client machines, the solutions provided in this ...

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 ...

Microsoft is (mostly) getting rid of one of the lower-end editions of Azure Active Directory. As of July 1, the start of the company's new fiscal year, Microsoft began pulling references and links to ...

Active Directory account lockouts happen when too many failed login attempts trigger security limits. Common causes include outdated cached credentials, expired service account passwords, mobile ...