Architecture & Design

A workgroup is a peer-to-peer network setup using the Microsoft Windows operating system. It’s a group of computers on a local area network that share common resources and responsibilities. Learn how to set up a Windows workgroup. Check out a more detailed explanation in our article here 👇 https://www.windows-active-directory.com/what-is-a-workgroup-and-how-is-it-set-up.html For more such…

To apply different settings to sets of users, administrators need to create a new PSO and configure the settings as per requirement. When a PSO is applied to a user, the user no longer uses the password policy deployed by Group Policy. Instead, they use the specified PSO settings. In this video, we discuss how you can go about managing PSO using Active Directory Administrative Center. Check out a…

Fine-Grained Password Policy (FGPP), gives Active Directory the ability to set different password policies and account lockout policies for a different set of users in a domain. In this video, learn how to create a password policy using administrative tools Check out a more detailed explanation in our article here…

An account lockout policy is a built-in security policy that allows administrators to determine when and for how long a user account should be locked out. It determines what happens when a user enters the wrong password. In this video, we will learn how we can change the account lockout group policy in Windows Server 2012 Active Directory. Check out a more detailed explanation in our article here…

Users in an Active Directory (AD) network can gain access to resources of the network, whether they are files and folders, or computers and printers. However, not all users need access to all the resources of the network. In this video, we will take a look at what AD permissions are, permission inheritance to child objects, and dive into how to view and modify permissions in AD. Check out a more…

Manually digging through thousands of users, groups, and computers to find the required objects can be quite time-consuming. In this explainer video, we’ll look into how AD objects can be located using the command line and the Active Directory Users and Computers console. Check out a more detailed explanation in our article here…

An account lockout policy is a built-in security policy that allows administrators to determine when and for how long a user account should be locked out. It determines what happens when a user enters the wrong password. In this video, we will learn how we can change the account lockout group policy in Windows Server 2012 Active Directory. Check out a more detailed explanation in our article here…

To ensure a high level of security for user accounts in the Active Directory domain, an administrator must configure and implement a password policy that provides sufficient complexity, password length, and the frequency of changing user and service account passwords. Learn how to change the default password policy on Windows Server 2012. Check out a more detailed explanation in our article here…