A Domain Controller (DC) responds to authentication requests. It has an hierarchical structure called domains. In this article, I will be discussing how to Setup a Domain Controller as Recommended by Microsoft in HyperV. Please see Pleasant User Group Permission and User Access, Domain Name System Protocol: Client Registration Issue, Domain Name System: How to…
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The Server Configuration tool (SConfig) can be used to configure and manage a Windows Server. When you select the Server Core installation option during Windows Server installation, you can use SConfig as the main route to configure and manage all the parts that belong to the operating system like setting up the Domain network, Remote access…
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In Part 1 of the article, I demonstrate how to grant local admin permissions to a group on a domain computer in Windows Server using Group Policy and manually using the Windows Command Prompt and PowerShell. This is helpful when you want to give some users administrator access to domain computers without giving them domain…
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Organizational units (OUs) in an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) managed domain to let you logically group objects such as user accounts, service accounts, or computer accounts. In this article, I will show you how to Delete or Rename and Create a Protected Organisation Unit in AD. Please see these related guides: How to add…
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In the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides scalable computing capacity. Using Amazon EC2 reduces the need to invest in hardware upfront, allowing you to develop and deploy applications more quickly. You can launch as many or as a handful of virtual servers as you need, configure security and…
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Windows Defender Credential Guard can be enabled either by using Group Policy (GPO), Windows registry, the Hypervisor-Protected Code Integrity (HVCI), or the Windows Defender Credential Guard hardware readiness tool. Credential Guard can also protect secrets in a Hyper-V virtual machine, just as it would on a physical machine. In this article, we shall discuss how…
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In this article, you learn how to add an account with the same name exists in Active Directory: Re-using the account was blocked by a security policy. When attempting to add a pre-created PC to a domain or reuse an existing computer account. Please see Active Directory Ports: Service and network port requirements for Windows,…
Windows Hello for Business (WHFB) is a modern two-factor authentication that replaces password authentication on devices. It uses key-based or certificate-based authentication and at least two unique factors “something the user knows (PIN) or something the user is (biometrics), combined with something they have (physical access to their device)”. WHFB offers secure, convenient single sign-on…
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In this article, you will learn how to demote and remove a Domain Controller on Windows Servers. According to techdirectarchive a domain controller (DC) is a server computer that responds to authentication requests. It participates in the replication and contains a complete copy of all directory information for its domain. If you want to know…
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With man-in-the-middle activities constantly on the rise worldwide, it’s more important than ever for businesses to have a firm password policy in place. In this guide, we will discuss “how to Create a Password Policy with Group Policy Object”. You can also read about Windows Active Directory Administrative tools Shortcut command Keys, and how to…
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Organizational units (OUs) in an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) managed domain enables you to logically group objects such as user accounts, service accounts, or computer accounts together. You may also be interested in learning about how to create Organisation Units, Service Accounts, and Active Directory Security Groups, and Active Directory Structure: Forest Trees,…
MSAL is the acronym for Microsoft Authentication Library; according to Microsoft, (MSAL) can provide secure access to Microsoft Graph, other Microsoft APIs, third-party web APIs, or your web API. Furthermore, MSAL supports many application architectures and platforms, including .NET, JavaScript, Java, Python, Android, and iOS. Microsoft provides a robust identity ecosystem, but applications must be…
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In this article, I will show you how to Perform the Time of day restriction: How to Configure logon hours for users in Active Directory. Please see how to Resolve Account restrictions are preventing this user from signing in: User Account Password has expired. There are times you may want to restrict users’ access to…
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