Kerberoasting gives attackers offline paths to crack service account password, without triggering alerts. Learn from Specops Software how to protect your Active Directory with stronger SPN password ...

I work at a .edu and we're opening up a new student lounge, and we want to have a few machines where students can check their email, etc. Most students have an Active Directory account, but for ...

Windows PowerShell ; Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5.1 ; If you plan to use RSAT on Windows 7 to manage an AD DS domain, an AD LDS instance or configuration set, or an Active Directory Database ...

Both vulnerabilities are described as a “Windows Active Directory domain service privilege-escalation” bugs and are of high severity, with a CVSS criticality score of 7.5 out of 10.

The default password policy settings for a Windows Active Directory domain haven't changed for the past 11 years, and in a default Windows Server 2008 R2 domain they're the same to begin with.

Hackers commonly target Active Directory with various attack techniques spanning many attack vectors. Let's consider a few of these attacks and what organizations can do to protect themselves.

The default settings for passwords on Windows and Active Directory are quite reasonable, though I would change the 7-character minimum password length to something higher.

Active Directory (AD) is Microsoft’s directory service. It runs on Windows Server and helps administrators manage permissions and access to network resources. To backup and restore Active ...

Secure Files in Windows Server 2012 with Active Directory RMS. How to install and configure Active Directory Rights Management Services to lock down your organization's files and shares. By Gary Olsen ...

Windows Server 2008 includes a handful of important upgrades to your Active Directory domain infrastructure. The most useful are these: Read-Only Domain Controllers: RODCs are a new type of domain ...

Another key difference between NT and Active Directory is the process by which a server becomes a domain controller. In NT, once a server is a PDC or a BDC, only reinstalling Windows can downgrade ...

Microsoft first introduced the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) as a way to migrate from Windows NT to Window 2000. Since shipping Windows Server 2003, Microsoft has made some changes to the ...