Manager can update membership list with PowerShell
The management of AD groups does not have to be in IT hands. The ‘Group-Manager’ function is often used when a non-IT employee in the company has to manage a...
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. (more…)
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 it possible to use or...
Powershell: Bulk import AD users from SQL Server tables
The following example shows how to set up users in the Active Directory whose name is saved in a SQL-database with the help of PowerShell. The result of the bulk...
Active Directory Sites and Services – Bridge all site links
I reviewed the AD configuration at a customer’s lately and had to deal the option “Bridge all site links”. You can find the option in the Active Directory Sites and...
Authoritative Restore – Tutorial to back up deleted AD objects
Authorative and non-authorative restore Individual Active Directory objects that have been deleted accidently can be backed up proceeding an authoritative restore. You can restore single objects (OU, containers) and integrate...
Reset computer account password in Active Directory
Not only user accounts, but also computer accounts use passwords to log on to the domain. The computer password is set by the client and changed every 30 days. Computer...
Active Directory FAQ Blog
The new blog by FirstAttribute will start in November 2013
Dynamic AD Groups
Dynamic Entra ID Groups
