Here's how to apply a server role, along with a brief description of the multiple roles that can be chosen. In this article, we will look at the different roles available to install on a server in an ...

But migrating your Windows Server 2003 Active Directory DCs to Windows Server 2012 R2 -- the most recent and, hence, recommended target platform to replace the decommissioned servers -- doesn't have ...

There are several tools included in Windows Server to manage Active Directory in all its aspects. In this article, you’ll learn the uses for and the ins and outs of the Active Directory Domains And ...

Active Directory security work went better as a group. David Fuhr on how 27 municipalities hardened their servers in 12 weeks.

Windows Server 2008 introduced the most significant changes to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) since its inaugural release in Windows 2000 Server. Microsoft has continued along this path with ...

It's a familiar refrain for many in the IT field: You start a new job and have to clean up the previous administrator's handiwork, such as their Active Directory group configuration. You might inherit ...

CVE-2026-54121 lets a standard domain user turn your Enterprise CA into a Domain Controller. The patch is the easy part. The lesson is standing privilege, implicit trust, and treating PKI as the Tier ...

Usually, a domain join is a simple process that connects a Windows client or Windows Server machine to the Active Directory domain-- unless the domain join fails. Then things get complicated. Domain ...

One of two critical Active Directory Domain Controller vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft last month goes beyond the original denial-of-service (DoS) attack chain and can be used to crash multiple, ...

Active Directory allows you to share resources, such as printers and storage, across an entire domain in your business. However, if you share resources that don't work or aren't available because ...