Group Policy should be a no-brainer for organizations running Microsoft Active Directory. It lets IT control changes and a variety of settings for all users and computers in AD from a central console.

Some technologists have described Group Policy as one of the best features within Microsoft’s Active Directory software. Group Policy, which is supported on Windows 2000, Server 2003 and XP, enables ...

Microsoft has released emergency Windows updates to address a known issue affecting local audit logon policies in Active Directory Group Policy. Microsoft has acknowledged a known issue where copying ...

Creating enforceable, common-sense password policies has become increasingly critical in today’s business world. One major variable in that equation is terminology. While some words (or strings of ...

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ManageEngine, the real-time IT management company, today announced the addition of the password policy enforcer in ADSelfService Plus, its integrated self-service ...

Generative AI is accelerating password attacks against Active Directory, making credential abuse faster and more effective. Specops Software explains how AI-driven cracking techniques exploit weak and ...

To learn more about these steps, continue reading. First, you need to open the Server Manager. You can open it from the Start Menu or by searching for it in the Taskbar search box. Then, choose the ...

Most Windows administrators are familiar with client management in the form of Active Directory group policies. Group policies are incredibly flexible and can be used to define environment settings ...

I have a room full of 30 XP machines that will all be running the same setup. They have the all the software they need installed, but now I'd like for them all to have the same apperance and same, ...

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, ...