AD Domain ServicesArchitecture & Design

A 3-step plan to ensure critical data protection and compliance

February 5, 2021
With governments tightening restrictions and increasing fines for failing to ensure data integrity, fortifying data has never been more critical. Attacks against sensitive consumer and employee data are at an all-time high from both internal and external threats. Fortunately, a robust approach towards data protection can help enterprises secure their data to avoid legal trouble and reputation…
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How to locate objects in Active Directory

February 5, 2021
What you’ll learn Active Directory (AD) objects are the building blocks of an AD network. They are entities that represent a resource such as users, computers, or printers that are a part of the network. You can learn more about objects here. When initially creating an AD network, it will be easier to search for objects. However, as the network grows, finding users or computers…
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What is Active Directory?

February 4, 2021
Large organizations depend on Windows Active Directory (AD) to maintain order in the chaos that is managing users, computers, permissions, and file servers. Thesheer number of articles available on the internet can disconcert beginners and make AD management seem more confusing than it actually is. This articleaims to demystify AD for the dummies. What is Active Directory? AD is…
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Security Account Manager (SAM)

February 4, 2021
What istheSecurity Account Manager (SAM)? When you log in to your Windows Operating System, you must enter a password to gain access to the system. Have you ever wondered where your passwords are stored when you set up any new user account, create a new password, or update your existing passwords? All the passwords of the Windows operating system are stored in a Security Account…
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Active Directory Sites

February 4, 2021
What you will learn: Active Directory (AD) is a powerful and versatile directory service that allows for quite a bit of customization according to an organization’s needs. Part of the reason that makes AD a powerful tool is that it allows the AD network to be designed based on two distinctly different structures it possesses: a logical structure and a physical structure. The logical…
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Hyper-V Virtualization: An explanation

February 4, 2021
What you will learn from this article: There are many scenarios where something would need to be tested on a server or a computer machine. In such scenarios, instead of using a physical test machine, it would be better to use a virtual representation of a target machine, so that should anything go wrong, this ‘virtual machine’ can be shut down without affecting the real machine.
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NIST and HIPAA compliance: Remediate risks, address compliance gaps, and ensure PHI integrity

February 4, 2021
As healthcare organizations adopt new technologies, they need to ensure compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). However, one drawback of HIPAA is that the clauses can be very abstract and can leave a lot of room for interpretation. To help healthcare organizations covered by HIPAA bolster their security posture, the Office for Civil Rights released a…
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Active Directory Maintenance Checklist

February 4, 2021
What you will learn from this article: There are so many moving parts related to Active Directory (AD). So, it is important to know how to monitor, report, fix and diagnose issues related to the different supporting technologies. Identifying bottlenecks and resolving them before they cause much harm improves productivity, ensures efficient usage of resources, maintains consistency in data and…
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Active Directory fundamentals, and workgroup vs domain: An explanation

February 4, 2021
What you will learn: Active Directory is a powerful directory service that allows organizations to manage all their resources, apply security configurations, and keep everything organized in one place. In this article, we will get an introduction to Active Directory and how it is structured, take a look at the five services of Active Directory, and then dive into what are workgroups, domains…
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