Part of securing Active Directory is ensuring that the groups that have privileges have the correct members. Of course, obtaining the members of a group...
Autoarchiving security logs in Event Viewer
A small, nearly hidden feature of the Event Viewer by Microsoft is the ability to autoarchive the logs. Of course, one of the most important...
Securing Active Directory: A Glimpse into the Future
As an MVP in Directory Services, I feel it is my job, duty, and responsibility to share, explain, and provide feedback into past, current, and...
Overcoming Active Directory Group Bloat!
Most Active Directory environments are riddled with a common problem. That problem is group bloat! Group bloat is the concept that too many people have...
Creating perfect ADManager Plus CSV files
ADManager Plus blows away any other Active Directory management tool by letting administrators create custom user creation templates and powerful CSV user definition files. In...
Active Directory Object LDAP Syntax
A typical day of an Active Directory administrator entails working within a tool, such as Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC), Active Directory Sites and Services...
Windows 10 Telemetry Intelligence: Defending Active Directory Against the Unknown
I’d like to bring your attention to the reality of the Microsoft world we live in. I am sure that most of you will know...