Active Directory Security Best Practices: Protect Your Environment. Active Directory (AD) is a vital and critical component of most enterprise IT environments, providing authentication, authorization, and access control services to a wide range of applications and services. As such, ensuring the security of the Active Directory environment is paramount to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and […]
ADSI Edit: How To Edit Active Directory Using ADSI Edit. Firstly, ADSI (Active Directory Service Interface Editor) Edit allows access and modifies the underlying and unexposed directory service data through ADUC (Active Directory Users and Computers). In this article, we discuss the usage of ADSI Edit, including how to access the tool, primary navigation, and […]
DCDiag: How to Check Domain Controller Health using Powershell. DCDiag is a powerful command line tool used to diagnose problems with domain controllers in a Microsoft Windows Active Directory environment. We use it to check the health of domain controllers, identify errors or inconsistencies, and troubleshoot replication issues. DCDiag also helps administrators detect and resolve […]
How to Setup and Manage Active Directory Password Policy. Organizations need a strong password policy now more than ever with the rise in cyberattacks throughout the globe. Sadly, hackers use users and administrators to access company networks, which results in security breaches and compliance failures. This article covers the development and upkeep of a solid […]
Get Members of Active Directory Group and Export to CSV using PowerShell. The Windows PowerShell AD module is one of the most used modules for managing Active Directory (AD) domains and objects and retrieving data about users and computers. The AD module gathers several cmdlets used to control various objects, obtain AD group members, and […]
How to Add Domain Controller to an Existing Domain. Having one Domain Controller (DC) is not recommended because it creates a single point of failure (SPOF) risk. For example, if the only Domain Controller goes down in the organization, extensive outages result in a loss of operations. Therefore, we need to have a secondary Domain […]
Install and Configure DHCP Server on Windows Server is essential for managing network IP addresses. Well, DHCP allows administrators to automatically assign IP addresses to clients on the network, reducing the amount of manual configuration required. This service helps ensure that clients communicate with each other and access network resources. Well, installing and configuring a […]
Install and Configure DNS Server on Windows Server. Surely, to install Domain Name System (DNS) on Windows Server is straightforward. Still, it is essential to understand DNS and how it works to set up a robust and effective DNS infrastructure. That includes installing DNS and creating and managing our first DNS records. Also Read Active Directory […]
How to Find and Export Azure AD Users with PowerShell. Beginning in June 2023, we must use the Get-MgUser cmdlet to retrieve and export Azure AD users. We import the Get-MgUser command in the Microsoft Graph SDK for PowerShell. It enables us to communicate with all Microsoft Services via a single endpoint. We store all […]
How to Check Active Directory Replication Status Health. Active Directory (AD) replication is an essential process that ensures data consistency across all domain controllers (DC) in an organization. If replication is not functioning correctly, it leads to various issues, including authentication failures and data inconsistencies. In this article, we discuss and test how to check […]