The WPAD (Web Proxy Auto-Discovery) protocol allows you to easily configure the proxy settings on the clients in your network. The idea behind WPAD is that a client can use…
To build a fault-tolerant Active Directory infrastructure and to load balance client requests you need at least two domain controllers. Creating additional domain controllers at remote sites is also recommended.…
After you add a computer or a user account to an Active Directory security group, the new access permissions or the new GPOs are not applied immediately. To update the…
In this article, we will look at how to get a list of users and groups that have local administrator rights on Windows workstations and servers on your network.
In this article, we’ll look at the Active Directory domain administrator password reset scenarios. You may need it in cases where domain administrator privileges have been lost due to forgetfulness…
Single Sign-On (SSO) allows an authenticated (signed-on) user to access other domain services without having to re-authenticate (re-entering a password) and without using saved credentials (including RDP). SSO can be…
By default, the RDP access to the desktop of Windows Server member servers or Active Directory domain controllers is restricted to users added to the local Administrators or Domain Admins…
Windows LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution) allows you to centrally manage the passwords for the local administrators on the computers in your AD domain. The current local administrator password is…
NTLM (NT LAN Manager) is a legacy Microsoft authentication protocol that dates back to Windows NT. Although Microsoft introduced the more secure Kerberos authentication protocol back in Windows 2000, NTLM…
Active Directory Group Policies allow you to centrally apply the same settings for multiple computers and/or domain users and greatly simplify configuration management in an AD domain environment. The Group…