In an Active Directory environment, Group Policy is an easy way to configure computer and user settings on computers that are part of the domain. An Active Directory environment means that you must ...

Active Directory health assessment is a challenge, especially for small and midsize companies that can't afford a full-time Active Directory admin or costly third-party tools. The first indication ...

If you’re not concerned about the magnitude of the task required to migrate to Active Directory, you probably don’t run Windows NT. But the reality is that if you’re planning a migration, don’t plan ...

In-Depth 12 Mighty Labors of Active Directory Management Administering and managing AD encompasses a multitude of activities. Although you can do the job with built-in services and tools, four ...

Group-management vendor Imanami this week unveiled GroupID 5, a tool for managing distribution and security for groups in Windows, and said the software would be released later this year. The company ...

Active Directory (AD) is an excellent file and folder permissions, security, and management tool. It allows administrators to give permission to access specific folders to specific users. Simply put, ...

Semperis, the pioneer of identity-driven cyber resilience for enterprises, today announced the availability of Purple Knight, a free security assessment tool that allows organizations to safely probe ...

Editor’s note: When originally published this article said that by using dynamic user identification (UID) generation, users might be assigned a different UID number each time they logged onto a ...

Editor’s Note: This story is reprinted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld’s Macintosh Knowledge Center. Supporting Mac users can be a challenge to systems administrators in ...