Last Update: Oct 10, 2023
Microsoft has recently announced the release of the Windows Server Insider Preview build 25951. The new build introduces several enhancements for Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and Active Directory Lightweight Domain Services (AD LDS), including support for a new forest and domain functional level. What are Windows Server Active Directory functional levels? Functional levels…
Last Update: Sep 19, 2023
Microsoft’s Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) is a legacy Windows tool that IT admins can use to manage account passwords of domain-joined computers. The company has finally updated LAPS this year and plans to bring it natively into Windows in 2023. In this article, I’ll explain how this new native version of LAPS works and…
Last Update: Sep 19, 2023
Russell shows you how to audit access to LAPS passwords in Active Directory and how to establish a process for managing access to local administrator passwords.
Last Update: Jul 21, 2023
Search for and remove inactive users and computer accounts and query Active Directory – all by using PowerShell. Find out how in this handy post!
Last Update: Jul 17, 2023
Devices hybrid joined to AAD are not joined to AAD. But instead, joined to ADDS and automatically registered with AAD.
Last Update: Jul 17, 2023
In this article, we’ll be comparing Microsoft’s Azure Directory Premium P1 and P2 plans to help you choose the best suite of identity products for your organization. We’ll help you understand the different features between the Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID) Premium P1 and P2 plans, as well as the pricing tiers…
Last Update: Jul 17, 2023
Microsoft announced at its Ignite conference, which ran March 2nd – 4th 2021, that passwordless authentication is now generally available. Microsoft has been pushing passwordless over the past couple of years as a more secure way to provide access than passwords and multifactor authentication. Now that passwordless authentication is generally available, organizations can roll out…
Last Update: Jul 17, 2023
In this guide, I’ll provide information on where to download Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID) Connect V2 and walk you through the installation and configuration of it. Microsoft states that the most common topology is a single on-premises forest, with one or multiple domains, and a single Azure AD tenant. My guide will…
Last Update: Jul 17, 2023
On-premises Active Directory domain-joined PCs have typically been managed with tools such as Group Policy. At larger scales, you may have Configuration Manager or third-party tools. The availability of Intune (part of Endpoint Manager) in Microsoft 365 subscriptions such as Business Premium and E3 has opened up an alternative. The benefit many are seeing over…
Last Update: Jun 15, 2023
Active Directory is an essential part of Windows Server. It allows IT pros to manage computer resources on the network. In this guide, we’ll show you how to install Active Directory Users and Computers and the basics of working with it so you can manage Active Directory. Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) is built…