Hybrid onboarding in Entra ID, AD and third-party systems
Hybrid onboarding refers to the process of integrating new users into both on-premises Active Directory (AD) environments and cloud-based identity services such as Microsoft Entra […]
LastLogon vs. LastLogonTimestamp
If you want to retrieve the last logon time of an Active Directory user, the question arises: which attribute should be used—LastLogon or LastLogonTimestamp?
AD DS vs AD LDS – Active Directory solutions compared
This article describes the differences between the directory services Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and the lightweight variant: AD DS vs AD LDS.
Active Directory: Temporary Permissions
The installation of an application requires elevated rights. At first, the administrator might try to decline the request. But quite often colleagues return with an […]
Nesting groups in Active Directory
I frequently get asked which group type can be member of which group. For this reason I decided to explain the nesting of AD groups […]
Retrieve Active Directory subnets with PowerShell
To create a list of all subnets belonging to an AD site requires a lot of manual work, especially as the environment gets larger. However, there is of […]
IsMember – Check group membership in Active Directory
The PowerShell function “IsMember” checks if the user who runs the PowerShell script is a member of a certain group. This has advantages compared to using […]
Anonymous Access to Active Directory
Usually there is an option to access Active Directory anonymously- anonymous access. Normally you do not need it. But there are exceptions to every rule. […]
Active Directory FAQ – Relaunch 2016
We have updated and relaunched our tech blog activedirectoryfaq.com for you. Like our software, we wanted to make it more user friendly for our readers. […]
Create Active Directory Sites with PowerShell
I thought about how to automate AD sites with PowerShell – and found a solution. At the end of this article, I provide a complete […]
Active Directory Structure Diagram in Visio with ADTD
Documentation is a very important issue – nevertheless it’s not a favorite one. With the Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer (ADTD), Microsoft offers a very […]
Active Directory – SID Filtering
Everyone planning a domain migration probably has to deal with Active Directory SID Filtering sooner or later. While setting up an Active Directory Forest Trust, […]
Simplified Active Directory Reporting – AD Inspector 2015
If a company grows, the Active Directory proportionally grows with it. New groups, organizational units, group policies, users and computer…– even an experienced admin will […]
Active Directory Migration – Exchange First
Most Active Directory migrations deal with the consolidation of domains or the incorporation of new business units. The most important goal of these projects is […]
Active Directory and Office 365 coexistence
Office 365 comes with an own portal and therefore requires an own user administration. Most companies, however, already have their individual AD infrastructures 211. Is […]
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