Big picture what I'm trying to do is take about 50 Windows client PCs that aren't part of a domain, join them to a domain, and be able to utilize group policy to manage them. Ideally I really don't ...

Or, the continuing saga of my disaster recovery testing....<P>I start with a happily running test network with two domain controllers. I back up one of the domain controllers remotely from the other ...

You shouldn’t change domain controller network settings, but here’s how to do it if you must Your email has been sent Active Directory domain controllers (DCs) are probably the most change-averse ...

A recent report from Microsoft reinforces warnings about the critical role Active Directory (AD) domain controllers play in large-scale ransomware attacks, aligning with U.S. government advisories on ...

Sounds funny, but believe it or not, it's real. Since its release in Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V supports cloning of Domain Controller VMs. Cloning may seem an incredibly naughty task for a domain ...

Installing this month's Windows Server security update has knocked some enterprise domain controllers into continuous reboot ...

Samba's open source alternative to Microsoft's domain controller is a good start, but not ready for prime time Samba 4.0 is a milestone release that brings Active Directory functionality to the open ...

When you log in to a Windows 11/10 domain-joined machine and try to connect to the already mapped drive or multiple client workstations are unable to correctly ...

COMMENTARY--Microsoft's Active Directory (AD) is a powerful tool for an enterprise computing environment, but there haven't been many enterprise environments lining up to adopt it. According to ...

A recent report from Microsoft reinforces warns of the critical role Active Directory (AD) domain controllers play in large-scale ransomware attacks, aligning with U.S. government advisories on the ...