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Active Directory: Core Concepts, Architecture and Best Practices

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Active DirectoryWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019

Install Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) Snap-in on Windows 10/11

April 18, 2022

Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC or DSA.msc) is one of the most commonly used tools for managing objects in an Active Directory domain. You can install ADUC on both…

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active directory logon workstations restriction
Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesPowerShellWindows Server 2019

How to Allow or Deny Workstation Logons for AD Users

April 6, 2022

By default, when you create new Active Directory users, they are automatically added to the Domain Users group. In its turn, the Domain Users group is added to the local…

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GPO: Run a logon script once a new user logs on
Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2019

How to Run GPO Logon Script Only Once

April 5, 2022

GPO logon scripts allow you to run a BAT or PowerShell script at computer startup or user logon/logoff. In some cases, an administrator wants a particular script (command/program) to be…

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Policy Definitions (ADMX files) retrieved from the central store
Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2019

Configuring Central Store for Group Policy ADMX Templates

March 11, 2022

The Group Policy Central Store is located in the SYSVOL directory on the domain controllers, replicated between them, and used to store ADMX/ADML GPO template files used to manage Active…

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ADUC delegate control wizard
Active DirectoryPowerShellWindows Server 2019

Delegating Administrative Permissions in Active Directory

March 11, 2022

In this article, we’ll look at how to delegate administrative permissions in the Active Directory domain. Delegation allows you to grant the permissions to perform some AD management tasks to…

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show logged on username in computer description filed in ADUC
Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesPowerShellWindows Server 2019

Add Last Logged On Username to Computer Description in AD

February 9, 2022

You can store various useful information in the description of computer objects in Active Directory. For example, information about the computer model, hardware inventory, or the last logged-on username. In…

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UserAccountControl user attribute in active directory attribute editor
Active DirectoryPowerShellWindows Server 2019

Converting UserAccountControl Attribute Values in Active Directory

February 8, 2022

UserAccountControl is one of the most important attributes of the user and computer objects in Active Directory. This attribute determines the state of the account in the AD domain: whether…

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view gpo scope
Active DirectoryGroup Policies

Troubleshooting: Group Policy (GPO) Not Being Applied to Clients

December 30, 2021

In this GPO troubleshooting guide, I’ll try to tell you about the typical reasons why a certain Group Policy Object (GPO) might not apply to an organizational unit (OU) or…

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Genereate GPResult html report
Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2019

Using GPResult Command to Check Applied GPOs and RSoP Data

December 13, 2021

The GPResult.exe command-line tool is used to get a Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) that is applied to a user and/or computer in an Active Directory domain. GPResult allows you…

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get local machine (computer) sid with psgetsid or powershell
Active DirectoryPowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019

How to Convert SID to User/Group Name and User to SID

December 2, 2021

SID (Security IDentifier) is a unique identifier that is assigned to users, groups, computers, or other security objects when they are created in Windows or Active Directory domain. Windows uses…

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