It looks like Azure Active Directory Domain Services is another product to actually run Active Directory, including Group Policy, etc in Azure. I haven't looked into this because we have had an ...

Secura digital security advisors and researchers, have discovered a highly critical vulnerability with Active Directory domain controllers. Rated as a 10 of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring ...

If the hardware behind your domain controllers has become outdated, here's a step-by-step guide to performing a hardware refresh. Although most of the resources on my network are virtual, I have a ...

Tony Northrup is a developer, security consultant and author with more than 10 years of professional experience developing applications for Microsoft Windows. Windows Server 2008 includes a handful of ...

Sounds funny, but believe it or not, it's real. Since its release in Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V supports cloning of Domain Controller VMs. Cloning may seem an incredibly naughty task for a domain ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

We are having a problem with a server – the only Active Directory controller for our small network – intermittently shutting down for no apparent reason. The company that provided the hardware thinks ...

You shouldn’t change domain controller network settings, but here’s how to do it if you must Your email has been sent Active Directory domain controllers (DCs) are probably the most change-averse ...

In "Mastering Active Directory Domains," I explained the importance of good domain naming and discussed the concept of nesting domains. In this article, I'll discuss two more Active Directory ...

Domain controllers that are hosting Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) roles are critical to Active Directory health. Active Directory is designed so that if a domain controller that is hosting ...