The Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell, which is included with Windows Server 2008 R2, can be used to perform password and account search operations against Active Directory Domain ...

Didn't see an option for it, and the search didn't turn up anything, so: Is there a way to search a 2K Active Directory for only disabled accounts? My boss has been disabling them but not cleaning out ...

Microsoft is updating Microsoft Defender for Identity to allow security operations (SecOps) teams to block attacks by locking a compromised user's Active Directory account. Microsoft Defender for ...

Active Directory is at the center of many attacks as it is still the predominant source of identity and access management in the enterprise. Hackers commonly target Active Directory with various ...

About 30 minutes ago all of our accounts were locked out of active directory. We do have a group policy set to lockout an account after 3 attempts and to reset the account after 10 minutes. I've run ...

That sure is a long title for a blog post. Anyhow, I seem to hear the following question a lot: “In Active Directory, how do I figure out which account objects are valid?” Well, first off, if you ...

Federated identity management, or FIM, is just one of the latest networking buzzwords to hit mainstream. FIM involves a set of agreements for trusting repositories of accounts located in two or more ...

Several years ago I documented Windows updates that needed additional registry keys to be set before you are fully patched. These updates can be hard to keep track of. Microsoft recently released ...

Organizations relying on passwords alone to protect user accounts face a stark gap in defense, one that attackers exploit at ...