In this article we’ll show how to restore Active Directory domain controller from a System State backup created earlier (see the article Active Directory backup) and discuss the types and…
I noticed some strange things when trying to access SYSVOL and NETLOGON folders in the domain from Windows 10/Windows Server 2016. When I tried to access the domain by the…
In this article we’ll talk about Active Directory domain controller backup and learn how to configure automatic AD backup using PowerShell and built-in Windows Server tools.
In this article, we’ll show you how to track user account lockout events on Active Directory domain controllers, determine from which computer and program the account is constantly locked. In…
All Windows admins know that after a computer or a user is added to an Active Directory security group, new permissions to access domain resources or new GPOs are not…
You can use the Get-ADDomainController PowerShell cmdlet to get information about the domain controllers in Active Directory. This cmdlet is a part of PowerShell Active Directory module and requires RSAT…
The Active Directory Attribute Editor is a built-in graphical tool to manage the properties of AD objects (users, computers, groups). It is the Attribute Editor where you can view and…
In this article we’ll consider how to find domain controllers with FSMO roles in Active Directory, how to transfer one or more FSMO roles to another (additional/secondary) domain controller and…
In one of the previous articles we showed how to use the Set-ADComputer cmdlet in a GPO logon script to save the current logged in user info to the properties…
The Set-ADComputer cmdlet allows you to change the attributes of a computer account object in Active Directory. In this article, we’ll show how to add current logged-in username and IP…