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 ...

In the past several years, directory services--a singular database repository of all end users, services, devices and network peripherals--have emerged as a core component of the enterprise ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In an Active Directory environment, you can create a logon script that can be applied to user accounts that automatically goes to work once a user logs in. Logon scripts can be used to assign tasks ...

We list the best Active directory documentation tools, to make it simple and easy to control access to your IT resources and monitor usage. Active Directory is a popular directory service developed by ...

If you encounter Event ID 6273, "Network policy server denied access to a user," in the Event Viewer, follow the solutions ...

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 ...

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 ...