In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...

A recent report from Microsoft reinforces warnings about the critical role Active Directory (AD) domain controllers play in large-scale ransomware attacks, aligning with U.S. government advisories on ...

The False Sense of Security SMB signing on domain controllers has become standard practice across most Active Directory ...

I’ve been working with some companies on their “business continuity” plans (that’s what we call disaster recovery these days), and I’ve run across some interesting problems and misconceptions ...

Following a failed DCpromo I now find myself with a domain with no controllers... Some background - domain was running for years in production, two Win 2003 DCs, Win 2003 functional level. Hardware ...

Sounds funny, but believe it or not, it's real. Since its release in Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V supports cloning of Domain Controller VMs. Cloning may seem an incredibly naughty task for a domain ...