When managing a large fleet of servers and workstations, it is useful to have basic information about the computer displayed on the system desktop. For example, it can include the…
In this article, we’ll show how to enable DNS logging for all user queries on a DNS server running Windows Server, how to parse and analyze DNS logs. I faced…
The read-only domain controller (RODC) feature was first introduced in Windows Server 2008. The main purpose of the RODC is the secure installation of the own domain controller in remote…
The task of searching for objects in Active Directory (users, groups, or computers) by name using some pattern, regular expression, or wildcard is not as obvious as it seems. The…
In this short article, we will show you how to properly change an Active Directory domain name from test.com to resource.loc. In fact, it is not the best idea to…
Quite often an administrator needs to quickly find out the username logged on a remote Windows computer. In this article, we’ll show some tools and PowerShell scripts that can help…
Fine-Grained Password Policies (FGPP) allow you to create multiple password policies for specific users or groups. Multiple password policies are available starting with the Windows Server 2008 version of Active…
You can use Active Directory to securely store backups of BitLocker recovery keys (passwords) from client computers. It is very convenient if you have multiple users using BitLocker to encrypt…
Recently I’ve faced quite an interesting problem when some users are unable to authenticate on some domain services due to exceeding the maximum size of the Kerberos ticket. In this…
Active Directory is a reliable yet critical service, and the functionality of the entire enterprise network depends on its proper operation. The proper functioning of Active Directory requires constant monitoring…