According to a recent study, administrators in Windows environments are still doing much of their administrative legwork the old-fashioned way: by hand.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 07/20/2010
Microsoft this week released Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3, which lets IT pros run the mail server on Windows Server 2008 R2.
IT pros mostly manage their Active Directory groups manually, according to an industry-sponsored study published late last month.
Read-only domain controllers (RODCs), a new feature of Active Directory Domain Services, represent a fundamental change in how you'll use DCs -- for security and otherwise. Here's what you need to know to implement them in your enterprise.
Active Directory is obviously a critical part of your infrastructure -- so what are you doing to protect it?
Upcoming federated ID management technology promises to improve authentication across both server and cloud.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/23/2010
Active Directory can crash your whole computing environment if it goes down, but following some tips and performing a few best practices will keep it running smoothly.
- By Greg Shields
- 02/01/2010
Managing service accounts can tedious, but Windows Server 2008 R2 and Window 7 take some of the load off.
- By Joern Wettern
- 11/01/2009
A few hints you might not be familiar with can help you spot and fix problems in AD.
Microsoft is providing three free vouchers toward any MCP exam for first 3,000 test takers as an incentive to take this pilot exam.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/30/2008
Microsoft offers up version of exam that tests new performance-based questions covering Active Directory implementation with Windows Server 2008.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/30/2008
The blogosphere is awash with talk about the possible overall weakness of the Domain Name System (DNS) architecture.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/22/2008
Speculation continues as to what the ultimate systemic Domain Name System (DNS) flaw could be.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/22/2008
Directory Update puts users in charge of their own Active Directory administration.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 07/01/2008
Microsoft released seven patches for its June rollout of security fixes. As expected, three are labeled "critical," three "important" and one "moderate."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/10/2008