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Hybrid onboarding in Entra ID, AD and third-party systems

Hybrid onboarding in Entra ID, AD and third-party systems

Dec 17, 2024

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

LastLogon vs. LastLogonTimestamp

Jan 20, 2021

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? (more…)

AD DS vs AD LDS – Active Directory solutions compared

AD DS vs AD LDS – Active Directory solutions compared

Nov 26, 2019

This article describes the differences between the directory services Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and the lightweight variant: AD DS vs AD LDS. (more…)

Active Directory: Temporary Permissions

Active Directory: Temporary Permissions

May 18, 2018

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

Nesting groups in Active Directory

Oct 3, 2017

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

Retrieve Active Directory subnets with PowerShell

Jun 22, 2017

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

IsMember – Check group membership in Active Directory

Feb 28, 2017

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

Anonymous Access to Active Directory

Sep 8, 2016

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

Active Directory FAQ – Relaunch 2016

Apr 7, 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

Create Active Directory Sites with PowerShell

Feb 17, 2016

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

Active Directory Structure Diagram in Visio with ADTD

Dec 17, 2015

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

Active Directory – SID Filtering

Oct 21, 2015

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

Simplified Active Directory Reporting – AD Inspector 2015

Sep 15, 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

Active Directory Migration – Exchange First

May 7, 2015

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

Apr 9, 2015

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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