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Migrating AD from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2016

December 1, 2021
Active Directory (AD), a service provided by Microsoft, functions as a central database for securely storing and managing information about user accounts, groups, applications, and other critical resources. It primarily functions as a directory service for Windows domain networks. Windows Server 2016, the eighth version of Windows Server operating system, was launched in 2016. In comparison to the…
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Active Directory Sites, subnets, and site links| How to Active Directory

August 31, 2021
Lear how to create the building blocks of Active Directory with this step-by-step guide to configuring sites, subnets, and site links. Check out a more detailed explanation in our article here 👇 https://www.windows-active-directory.com/active-directory-sites.html For more such articles, visit our website 👇 https://www.windows-active-directory.com/ Subscribe to our monthly…
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Active Directory WMI filtering | How to Active Directory

August 30, 2021
WMI filtering allows administrators to target specific computers based on filters that are provided to them, and then apply GPOs to the targeted computers. Learn how to add a WMI filter to GPO to reduce the hassle of searching for computes, organizing them under separate containers, and then creating separate group policies for them. For a more detailed explanation, check out our article here…
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Active Directory security filtering | How to Active Directory

August 30, 2021
A security filter is an AD functionality that allows you to specify the users or computers to which you want a particular GPO to be applied. Learn how to apply security filters to negate the frustration of dealing with authenticated users having excessive or insufficient security policies being applied to them. Check out a more detailed explanation in our article here…
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How to set up a Windows workgroup

August 25, 2021
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…
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Managing Password Setting Objects (PSO) | How to Active Directory

August 25, 2021
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…
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Active Directory Account Policies | How to Active Directory

August 20, 2021
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…
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How to view and modify object permissions | How to Active Directory

August 18, 2021
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…
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How to raise your forest functional level | How to Active Directory

August 17, 2021
In this video tutorial, we will discuss how to raise Active directory forest functional level in windows server 2012R2 to 2016 by using Active Directory Users and Computers console and Active Directory Domain and Trust console. For a more detailed explanation, check out our article here 👇 https://www.windows-active-directory.com/forest-functional-level.html For more such articles on Windows…
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