In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people ... GPO would not only be directly applied to the objects contained in the Domain Controllers ...

computers or other objects were added to the Active Directory database, and when. The Change Logging Tab answers the question of “what”--specifically, what Structural, Replication, Security ...

One of the advantages of Microsoft's Active Directory is that it allows users to search objects in the database by performing Lightweight Directory Access Protocol queries. LDAP is an industry ...

Unprivileged users with permission to create objects inside an Active Directory organizational unit can abuse the new ...

One way to quickly restore Active Directory objects is by enabling the Recycle Bin. This should not be considered an alternative to traditional backup, which should still be performed. You can ...

However, to go get the objects from all the domains in the forest would have required me to create a DirectorySearcher object for each domain, and then search that domain. In other words, doable ...

When you need to manage objects in those domains and already have opened the Active Directory Domains And Trusts Console, it’s often easier to open and manage the domain from there. To manage a ...

Worse yet, an audit record would show the attempt as failed! Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS00-026) and Knowledge Base Q259401, "Active Directory Objects May Be Modified Programmatically," explain the ...

The Free version lets you manage up to 100 objects on one Active Directory domain. The Standard version enables you to manage multiple domains, and the Professional version includes Help Desk modules.

In this white paper, you will learn more about recovering Active Directory objects. It explores different options for performing those tasks, including native Windows tools and external tools like ...