Since Active Directory is a core feature of Windows Server, we can install it from the Server Manager. So, to install Active Directory, follow the steps mentioned below. After installing the role, you ...

Amazon Web Services is now offering a set of new options to run Active Directory as a managed service in its EC2 cloud. The company this week said it's offering three options for its new cloud-based ...

But migrating your Windows Server 2003 Active Directory DCs to Windows Server 2012 R2 -- the most recent and, hence, recommended target platform to replace the decommissioned servers -- doesn't have ...

Learning how to work with directory services is a long journey that involves trusts, policies and organizational understanding, along with the tools that make the operating system hum. The new 70-294 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With each new edition of Windows Server comes changes to Active Directory, usually in the form of slight adjustments in performance, schema inclusions, and sometimes new tools like the ...

Microsoft's Active Directory PKI component commonly have configuration mistakes that allow attackers to gain account and domain-level privileges. As the core of Windows enterprise networks, Active ...

The Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell, which is included with Windows Server 2008 R2, can be used to administer Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) objects, including computer ...

Active Directory allows you to share resources, such as printers and storage, across an entire domain in your business. However, if you share resources that don't work or aren't available because ...