Lost in the noise over the release of the beta 3 build of Windows Server 2008 was this gem: the read-only domain controller, or RODC. Created especially for branch offices or other environments where ...

I inherited an AD environment with 3 DCs. One of them has recently failed (we actually didn't even notice for a long time). The machine is dead and won't boot. Everything in the domain is still ...

It’s called “site coverage.” When domain controller X registers its SRV records in DNS, it checks to see if any poor, neglected Active Directory sites don’t have any domain controllers in the same ...

A new report out today from unified identity security company Silverfort Inc. details a previously undisclosed denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Netlogon protocol that could allow ...

A recent report from Microsoft reinforces warnings about the critical role Active Directory (AD) domain controllers play in large-scale ransomware attacks, aligning with U.S. government advisories on ...