On the surface, Active Directory groups are a simple and straightforward way to manage identities (users and/or computers) and assign permissions. Users or computers are added as group members, and ...

In the history of enterprise software, the offering that has arguably least lived up to its potential is Microsoft Active Directory. Deployed just about everywhere, most IT organizations today use ...

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 ...

According to some insiders, one of the major reasons for the delays in shipping Windows 2000 — which could have been called Windows 97 had it shipped on time — was Active Directory and its replication ...

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In this slideshow, Azaleos identifies tips focusing on Active Directory improvements. They have collected the following best practices from their network operations centers for making Active Directory ...

Many small and medium-sized businesses standardize on Microsoft Active Directory (AD) for user authentication and management. That works really well when all the servers and client computers are ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...

One-third of businesses have completed migration to Active Directory, says a Microsoft study examined by Meta Group. And more are making the switch soon. Microsoft conducted a multi-country study of ...

First and foremost is Sean Metcalf’s Active Directory Security blog. If you are lucky enough to catch his talks in person, you will find that they are full of tips and explanations of how attacks ...