One of the largest challenges facing Windows administrators and IT pros is managing permissions and user access in Microsoft Active Directory. There are scores of solutions that take different ...

Look closely the next time you install Windows Server 2012. You'll notice a subtle wording change in Windows Setup where you're asked to select the OS you want to ...

Brien Posey shows how to create a cloud-based Active Directory, and how to join an AWS virtual machine instance to the Active Directory environment that's been created. Active Directory has been the ...

It's not always the best idea to create Active Directory users from scratch. Chances are, your company has a standard "template" of attributes that are set for every domain user. If so, why are you ...

Users often create weak and easily guessed passwords they reuse across systems and websites. As a result, traditional passwords are often the weakest link in the security of business-critical ...