There will be many times when you or someone else will need a list of users. There are many ways and many tools that can be used to achieve an export of users, but if you're looking for something fast ...

In the past, many UW departments have implemented their own Microsoft domain servers to self-manage departmental computers, accounts, and software. A service is available that allows departments to ...

In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...

What would you do if an administrator for an Active Directory sub-domain told you he had accidentally deleted his entire Organizational Unit? Temple University’s IT department learned a hard lesson ...

Most of the day-to-day operations of managing an Active Directory environment can be done from the Graphical User Interface (GUI), but the commands available from a command prompt can be very powerful ...

Unprivileged users with permission to create objects inside an Active Directory organizational unit can abuse the new Delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSA) feature to elevate their privilege to ...

Microsoft Active Directory tops the list of targets that attackers go after in the enterprise. It’s generally the core identity and access management solution for accessing resources in many ...

On the surface, Active Directory groups are a simple and straightforward way to manage identities (users and/or computers) and assign permissions. Users or computers are added as group members, and ...

Creating enforceable, common-sense password policies has become increasingly critical in today’s business world. One major variable in that equation is terminology. While some words (or strings of ...

Pro tip: Fixes for common Active Directory connectivity issues on OS X Your email has been sent Anyone who has ever had to manage systems on a network typically finds the tools and commands necessary ...