• 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 ...

Directory management vendor NetPro Tuesday unveiled the second installment of a three phase roll out of new tools to help corporate users better manage Microsoft’s Active Directory. The company ...

Last week, I promised to tell you about the new offerings from NetPro, and all of them (there are three) are worth paying attention to. Just released were: Version 2 of NetPro AccessManager, which ...

Is there any way to install the Active Directory tools (Active Directory Users and Computers/Sites and Services/Domains and Trusts) on a WinXP machine.<BR><BR>One of the guys here at work has XP on ...

Adding a computer to Active Directory is straightforward. In most cases, all you need to do is join the workstation to your Windows domain and reboot it once or twice. You can use Active Directory ...

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 ...

Microsoft Active Directory tops the list of targets that attackers go after in the enterprise. It’s generally the core identity and access management solution for accessing resources in many ...

Kerberoasting is a common attack targeting Microsoft Active Directory, enabling attackers to compromise service accounts with low risk of detection. Because it manipulates legitimate accounts, it can ...

Hackers can quickly wreak havoc if they get access to a victim’s Active Directory. “Just about every organization in the world at this point is probably using some flavor of Active Directory. So, I ...

While not completely comprehensive, there are a number of different policy settings that are exposed through the Active Directory Administrative Center. In many ways, working in an Amazon Web Services ...

When ransomware hits, the instinct is to get systems back online as quickly as possible. But if the attack is on your Active Directory infrastructure, you must proceed with caution. Rushing into ...