Active Directory Objects

Active Directory Object Attributes

March 2, 2021
What are Active Directory object attributes? Active Directory (AD) object attributes are pieces of information or data that define the properties of the objects. For example, a computer object would have AD attributes such as computer name and DNS name. All AD attributes have an LDAP name that can be used in LDAP queries, such as displayname for ‘Full Name’, givenname for…
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Active Directory Objects

AD object classification

March 2, 2021
Active directory objects can be classified into two broad types. 1. Security principal objects 2. Resources Security principal objects The objects that can be authenticated by AD are called security principal objects. These objects have unique identifiers across the domain called SIDs (security Identifier). User accounts, computer accounts and security groups are the security principal…
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Active Directory Objects

Creating objects in Active Directory

March 1, 2021
What are Active Directory Objects? Active Directory (AD), Microsoft’s proprietary directory service for Windows Server, allows administrators to control permissions and network resource access. In AD, data is stored as objects. An object is a fundamental unit of data and is typically defined as a resource, such as printers or computers, or a security principle, such as…
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Password Setting Objects (PSO): Explained

February 4, 2021
Administrators are well aware of the fact that usersand groups occupy different levels of their organization’s hierarchy and do not all have the same privileges. Some accounts demand a stronger password policy than others for obvious security reasons. Fine-grained password policy and PSO Fine-grained password policy (FGPP) brings with it the capability of setting…
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