AdminSDHolder – Delegate administration of admin accounts?
Every now and then, the user administration staff (UA) has to administer groups for which domain admin rights are required. However, “admin accounts” of the […]
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. […]
Microsoft Azure: Change Static IP Address of a Virtual Machine
Sometimes it can be necessary to change the network structure of the virtual machines in Azure, e.g. to move VMs into a virtual network for […]
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 […]
Exchange: Distribution Lists with Multiple Managers
It is common knowledge that by setting the configuration “Managed By” and “Manager can update membership list”, users can be authorized to administrate members of […]
Use .Net Code (C#) and DLLs in Powershell
Many know that you can use .Net-classes in Powershell directly. These are then compiled into terms. But what many do not know is that it […]
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 […]
PowerShell Log File Monitoring – AD Migration
A lot of log files need to be analyzed during an Active Directory migration. In case there is a log, you mostly have to write […]
AD Account Logout Strategy
Settings in the Account Lockout Policy of the Active Directory Default Domain Policy can lead to unexpected account lockings. This article explains why…
New-PSDrive – Credential Parameter doesn’t work in PowerShell 2.0
Some PowerShell scripts have to build a temporary drive connection. For example to get a file from a share. I like to use the “New-PSDrive” […]
Inconsistent permissions in Global Catalogue
If you want to use AD groups to assign permissions for ressources, you usually do it this way: Bind permissions to local groups Nest global […]
Novell Client 2 for Windows 7: disable or remove?
There are a lot of reasons why customers want to migrate from Novell eDirectory to Microsoft Active Directory. I would like to use this article […]
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, […]
Group Managed Service Accounts
As already explained in the article about ADFS 3.0, Windows Server 2010 supports Group Managed Service Accounts (GMSA) are supported under Windows Server 2012. The […]
Automated Group Memberships in Active Directory
In Microsoft’s Active Directory groups are used to manage permissions and access to shares and apps. But with a big number of users accounts the […]
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