In the past several years, directory services--a singular database repository of all end users, services, devices and network peripherals--have emerged as a core component of the enterprise ...

Last week, at Netpro’s Directory Experts Conference, Stuart Kwan, Microsoft director of Program Management for Identity and Access, delivered the keynote, a roadmap for Active Directory and identity ...

We list the best Active directory documentation tools, to make it simple and easy to control access to your IT resources and monitor usage. Active Directory is a popular directory service developed by ...

In this slideshow, Azaleos identifies tips focusing on Active Directory improvements. They have collected the following best practices from their network operations centers for making Active Directory ...

In an Active Directory environment, you can create a logon script that can be applied to user accounts that automatically goes to work once a user logs in. Logon scripts can be used to assign tasks ...

Windows Server 2008 introduced the most significant changes to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) since its inaugural release in Windows 2000 Server. Microsoft has continued along this path with ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...

First and foremost is Sean Metcalf’s Active Directory Security blog. If you are lucky enough to catch his talks in person, you will find that they are full of tips and explanations of how attacks ...