On Oct. 14, Microsoft announced the preview release of Azure Active Directory Domain Services or, as I like to call it, a domain in a cloud. What is really interesting about this preview is that ...

You shouldn’t change domain controller network settings, but here’s how to do it if you must Your email has been sent Active Directory domain controllers (DCs) are probably the most change-averse ...

Setting up a Domain Controller (DC) in a Windows server is crucial in managing a secure and centralized network. A Domain Controller handles authentication, enforces security policies, and enables ...

In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...

Danielle: This type of slowdown is often a common problem when applications need to look up information in the directory to function. Lookup performance depends on a lot of factors: the position of ...

Microsoft is urging customers to patch two Active Directory domain controller bugs after a PoC tool was publicly released on Dec. 12. A proof-of-concept tool has been published that leverages two ...

Earlier this week I saw a situation in which someone with a small, single-domain controller network performed a restoration of their domain controller. This restoration effectively reverted the Active ...

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 ...

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 ...

Secura digital security advisors and researchers, have discovered a highly critical vulnerability with Active Directory domain controllers. Rated as a 10 of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring ...