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How to change the IP address of a domain controller

January 19, 2023
The domain controller (DC) is an integral part of your IT infrastructure. Due to its role within the domain, it’s crucial that any change to its IP is done correctly. The DC’s address is statically assigned to the server. However, you might be required to change the DC’s IP address at times—when there’s a change of the IP addressing scheme on the local subnet, for…
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Active Directory Fundamentals

Active Directory LDAP Field - Attribute Mappings   

January 19, 2023
While accessing Active Directory users and computers (ADUC), it can be observed that Microsoft has used user-friendly names for the input fields. These fields are mapped to the LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) attributes. You can access the hidden tab within the ADUC which will list all the attributes and their respective values. The reason for understanding and learning about these…
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Active Directory Policies

Desktop shortcuts using AD Group Policy: The complete guide

January 19, 2023
Active Directory (AD) Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are used to centrally manage user account settings, system configurations, and access to network resources. Here are some of the important benefits of using GPOs to configure shortcuts on user desktops: Deploy shortcuts to apps, links, file objects, and shell objects.Target specific user systems based on IP address range, MAC address range…
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Azure Active DirectoryAzure AD Management

How to deploy Domain Controller in Azure Active Directory?

December 9, 2022
There are a number of features that are unique to Azure AD Domain Services that provide full compatibility with Windows Server Active Directory, including domain joining, group policy, LDAP, Kerberos/NTLM authentication, and group management. Let us look into how to deploy domain controller in Azure AD. These domain services allow you to consume them without having to deploy, manage, and patch…
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Active Directory Policies

How to demote a Domain Controller: A step-by-step guide

August 22, 2022
Are you a Windows system administrator looking for how to demote Domain Controller in your Active Directory? You have landed on the right place.There are many reasons to demote a Domain Controller. For example, if a server is needed to be a member of a standalone server or if it needs to be migrated to another domain, demotion of Domain Controller is required to be performed…
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Active Directory Policies

HOW TO DEPLOY EXE FILES USING GPO

August 22, 2022
Group Policy is an hierarchical infrastructure in Microsoft’s Active Directory which provides a centralized means for a network or system administrators to configure Windows servers and desktops. A virtual collection of policies constitute a Group Policy Object (GPO) and it is always identified by a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). For a selected scope of management (SOM), the group…
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