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Using Existing User Properties for User Creation Templates

Identity and access management | December 1, 2016

Using Existing User Properties for User Creation Templates

When creating new Active Directory users, all administrators want and need flexible...

Identity and access management | October 6, 2016

Display name for users in Active Directory

Have you noticed that in Windows not everything is as it seems? For example, Group Policy...

Managing the creation of new Active Directory user accounts with duplicate usernames

ADManager Plus | August 25, 2016

Managing the creation of new Active Directory user accounts with duplicate usernames

I keep getting questions about how to handle duplicate usernames during new Active...

Delete or disable users who have not logged in

ADManager Plus | March 31, 2016

Delete or disable users who have not logged in

Nearly every Active Directory database has at least one – a user account that was created,...

Managing photos for Active Directory user accounts

ADManager Plus | March 3, 2016

Managing photos for Active Directory user accounts

Many organizations want to make working with their employees easier and friendier. One...

Identity and access management | January 7, 2016

Windows Active Directory security hardening: Honeypot #1

To catch an attack and an attacker, both the administrator and the organization need to be...

Receive alerts when an executive user account is locked out

Identity and access management | November 24, 2015

Receive alerts when an executive user account is locked out

We all know that executives (the people in the wooden offices) are important. Executives...

Determine when an Active Directory user account expires

ADManager Plus | October 29, 2015

Determine when an Active Directory user account expires

Organizations often have user accounts that are configured to expire. ​Administrators do...

Windows service account finder and reporter

Active Directory Free tools | July 16, 2015

Windows service account finder and reporter

Stop the presses! Hold on to your hats! Are you sitting down? We at ManageEngine have just...

User Creation Templates on Steroids: Pre-configured Properties

ADManager Plus | January 29, 2015

User Creation Templates on Steroids: Pre-configured Properties

​In my first two installments regarding user creation templates, I showed how user...

User Creation Templates: They Are Just Amazing!

ADManager Plus | January 22, 2015

User Creation Templates: They Are Just Amazing!

In my last installment, I showed you how to make a user property mandatory. This is vital...

User Creation Templates on Steroids!

ADManager Plus | January 15, 2015

User Creation Templates on Steroids!

​I will be honest. When I tell most people about what I do, Active Directory evangelism,...