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 ...

Of the many remediation efforts IT organizations must undergo when migrating off Windows Server 2003, the decommissioning of antiquated Active Directory domain controllers to implement the more robust ...

Click the OK button to close the Add/Remove Snap-in dialog. In the left pane of the MMC window, right-click Active Directory Schema. Click Change Domain Controller. Click Specify Name, type the name ...

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 ...

Step-By-Step: Learn how to transfer and seize FSMO roles in Active Directory Your email has been sent Know the placement of server roles within the forest and domain and how to go about moving those ...

An overview of the Active Directory Domains And Trusts Console Your email has been sent There are several tools included in Windows Server to manage Active Directory in all its aspects. In this ...

Looking for some pointing in the right direction as a mostly Linux admin. Big picture what I'm trying to do is take about 50 Windows client PCs that aren't part of a domain, join them to a domain, and ...

If when you attempt to promote a Windows Server to a Domain Controller (DC), after you submit the Prerequisites and while Windows is performing the final verification ...

COMMENTARY--Microsoft's Active Directory (AD) is a powerful tool for an enterprise computing environment, but there haven't been many enterprise environments lining up to adopt it. According to ...

When you log in to a Windows 11/10 domain-joined machine and try to connect to the already mapped drive or multiple client workstations are unable to correctly ...