By default, when you create a new Active Directory users, they are automatically added to the Domain Users group. In its turn, the Domain Users group is by default added to the local Users group on a domain workstation when it is joined to the AD domain. This means that any domain user can log on to any computer in the domain network. In this article we’ll consider the main ways of how to restrict user logon to the domain computers.
Several times I have come across a bug in different Outlook versions when the “Signatures” button doesn’t work. No matter how many times you click it, the Signatures window won’t…
- PowerShellWindows 10
How to Automatically Turn Off Wi-Fi When an Ethernet Cable is Connected?
May 14, 2019If several Wi-Fi networks are available, Windows 10 automatically selects a wireless network with the strongest signal (no matter what the speed of this connection is and how many devices…
- Hyper-VVMWareWindows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Windows Server Licensing for Virtual Environments
May 13, 2019In this article, we’ll look on licensing features of the Windows Server 2019, 2016 and 2012 R2 operating systems from the point of view of new Microsoft licensing model. Also,…
Network scanning is one of the services that is rarely managed centrally even in large infrastructures. In Windows Server 2008 R2 or higher there is a separate role of distributed…
- Active DirectoryGroup Policies
LAPS: Manage Local Administrator Passwords on a Domain Computers
May 6, 2019In this article, we’ll look at how to manage local administrator passwords on a domain joined computers using the official Microsoft tool – LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution). The issue…
As you may already know, Microsoft decided to remove the HomeGroup feature from Windows 10 starting from 1803 April Update. The HomeGroup feature makes it easy to share files and…
The Windows 7 RTM distribution doesn’t support USB 3.0 out-of-the-box, and you can encounter some problems with the installation of Windows 7 on a computer/laptop having USB 3.0 ports only…
- Active DirectoryGroup Policies
Managing Domain Password Policy in the Active Directory
April 23, 2019To protect user accounts in the Active Directory domain, an administrator must configure and implement a domain password policy that provides sufficient complexity and length of a password as well…
- ExchangePowerShell
How to Import and Export Mailbox to PST in Exchange 2016/2013/2010?
April 19, 2019In the Exchange Server 2010 SP1 (and newer), special PowerShell cmdlets appeared: New-MailboxImportRequest and New-MailboxExportRequest that allow you to import or export the contents of the Exchange mailbox from /…