AD Domain ServicesReplication, Sites & Domain Controllers

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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AD Domain ServicesReplication, Sites & Domain Controllers

How to seize FSMO roles

August 3, 2022
It is a reasonably simple operation to move one or more FSMO roles from one Domain Controller to another. However, given that all DCs are functioning properly and are online. Learn more about FSMO roles here. What occurs if a DC that is currently performing an FSMO role crashes or shuts down for an extended period of time? Due to the server being offline, FSMO role transfer cannot be…
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AD Domain ServicesReplication, Sites & Domain Controllers

How to transfer FSMO roles

August 3, 2022
What is FSMO? A flexible single-master operation (FSMO) is a set of AD (Active Directory) operations or roles designed to help eliminate replication conflicts. FSMO is used when standard data transfer and update methods are inadequate in a specialized domain. Single-master model Updates to specific objects in the Active Directory are made in a single-master method to avoid conflicting…
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Identity News & UpdatesNews & Updates

FBI issues alert: A lethal ransomware that breached 60 companies

April 25, 2022
The FBI has issued a warning on the lethal Blackcat/ALPHV ransomware as a service (RaaS), which is currently on prowl. The malware family was responsible for compromising accounts spanning over sixty organizations, with attacks spanning from November 2021 till March this year. In their flash report, the FBI detailed the indicators of compromise (IOC) and tactics, techniques and procedures…
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AD Domain ServicesArchitecture & Design

Access Control List (ACLs) and Access Control Entries (ACEs)

May 17, 2021
What you will learn: In this article, we will take a look at what an access control list (ACL) and an access control entry (ACE) are, the components that make up an ACL and ACE, and also dive into the types of ACLs and ACEs, and their purposes. What are Access Control Lists, and why do we need them? In an Active Directory network, not all users or computers would require access to all the…
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AD Domain ServicesArchitecture & Design

Difference between Disabled, Expired and Locked Account

May 17, 2021
Introduction: The process of administering and monitoring the activities of the Active Directory service, which is typically found in Windows Server operating systems, is known as Active Directory management. The major goal of AD management is to automate Active Directory user provisioning operations, compliance with rules and audits, security, and centralized access to each user’s…
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AD Domain ServicesArchitecture & Design

What are Domain Functional Levels and how do you raise them?

May 17, 2021
Domain Functional Levels – An overview Domain functional level (DFL) determines the features of a Domain Controller (DC) based on the Windows Server Operating System (OS) it runs on. A feature set of a particular DFL will be available for a DC if it runs on the operating system version that is compatible with the functional level. Note that, the OS version constraint is only for the…
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GPO FundamentalsGroup Policy & Endpoint Policy

How to force Group Policy update?

March 3, 2021
What you will learn from this article: Group Policies are a set of security and management instructions that are administered and updated to ensure secure and smooth operations of an Active Directory (AD) network. Sometimes, these Group Policies would need to be updated instantly for various reasons. Hence, Microsoft has provided functionalities to force Group Policy updates. In this article…
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GPO FundamentalsGroup Policy & Endpoint Policy

Group Policy Results

March 3, 2021
What are Group Policy Results?  System administrators have a tough time determining what settings are actually being applied to users and computers because there may be several GPOs linked at different levels of the AD hierarchy. Group Policy Results is a Group Policy Management Console feature that allows administrators to scan local or remote computers and users in order to discover which…
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