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 UA usually don’t have these...
Articles related to Active Directory administration. (user, computer and group management)
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. From April 7, 2016 –...
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 the setting up of VPNs....
Manage Azure Virtual Machines with PowerShell
With Microsoft Azure you can set up virtual machines with a great range of operating systems quickly and easily. For the administration, Microsoft Azure offers a Web Management interface. But...
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 script to create sites in...
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 a mailing list in Microsoft...
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 helpful tool: it supports you...
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… (more…)
Windows 10 Update Branche
With Windows 10 Micrsoft changed the procedure for the distribution of updates. Each edition of Windows 10 belongs to one of the so called “Windows 10 Update Branches”. The update...
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 or universal groups into the...
Dynamic AD Groups
Dynamic Entra ID Groups
