Active Directory (AD) is Microsoft’s directory service. It runs on Windows Server and helps administrators manage permissions and access to network resources. To backup and restore Active Directory in ...

Here's how to apply a server role, along with a brief description of the multiple roles that can be chosen. In this article, we will look at the different roles available to install on a server in an ...

Active Directory (AD) is an excellent file and folder permissions, security, and management tool. It allows administrators to give permission to access specific folders to specific users. Simply put, ...

Windows Server admins should establish one authoritative time source for their organization. Rick Vanover explains how to configure the authoritative time source. Time management is one of the more ...

Microsoft's free tool lets IT keep an eye on the overall health of an on-premises Active Directory environment through Office 365. Organizations that choose to adopt Office 365 very often have an ...

In this blog post on IPv6, I’m going to cover Active Directory support for IPv6. This is the fourth technical blog post on configuring IPv6 in a Windows networking ...

i have a single DAG with 3 members (2xCAS, 2xMB, and a remote multi-role). i have previously patched from cu4 to cu10 without any problems but that is without the remote multi-role server. now, i have ...

In the next few weeks, we are going to be deploying a new Win2K Advanced Server box, replacing an old NT4 Server box. When AD is setup, we're going to run our own DNS server. Soon after that, we'd ...