In this article, we will show how to install software on user computers in an Active Directory domain using GPO. The built-in Windows GPO features allow you to deploy programs…
Domain users can change their password either via the Windows Security menu after logging in, or directly from the Windows login screen if their password has expired. If a user…
The Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) snap-in is one of the most commonly used graphical consoles for managing Active Directory domain objects, such as users, computers, groups, organizational units…
By default, Active Directory users can log on to any domain-joined computer locally with their accounts. This is because all new users created in Active Directory are automatically added to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…