Active Directory Tag Index

One common administrative challenge in Windows environments involves configuring user-based credentials that provide arbitrary security context to non-core services. Active Directory schema extensions incorporated into Windows Server 2008 R2 introduced a new feature, managed service accounts, which eliminate a number of drawbacks associated with such configuration.
Tags: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, OS, Active Directory, server os

Active Directory is one of the primary infrastructure components of many Windows environments. Its resiliency and recoverability are inherently linked to operational continuity. Issues affecting its availability translate into monetary losses. Since Microsoft introduced this technology, it has continually improved native restore capabilities, most recently in Windows Server 2008 R2.
Tags: Microsoft, Windows Server 2008 R2, disaster recovery, Windows Server, Active Directory

Managing mixed Window, Linux and Mac environments is getting a speed boost with latest release of the open source software, Likewise.
Tags: Microsoft, open source software, Active Directory, Likewise

In Windows Server 2008, Group Policy Preferences simplifies client management to make it possible to reap the chief benefits of an Active Directory environment. The Control Panel Settings nodes in the Group Policy Management Editor makes this possible.
Tags: Windows Server 2008, OS, Active Directory

Cover Your Assets: Help for Active Directory integration for Unix, Linux and Mac OS X has arrived. Here are three products to aid you in the travail.
Tags: Windows, integration, Microsoft, Active Directory, frugality

Group Policy Preferences makes it possible to reap the biggest benefit of an Active Directory environment -- simpler client management.
Tags: Windows, Microsoft, Windows Server 2008, Active Directory, Group Policy

It may be an Active Directory world, but Likewise Open 5.3 makes it possible for Linux and Mac users to join in the conversation.
Tags: open source, Linux, Windows, Mac, Active Directory

The latest iteration of Group Policy templates offer much-improved manageability.
Tags: Windows, Windows Server 2008, Active Directory, Group Policy

Windows Server 2008 brings a host of improvements to Active Directory Group Policies. This article introduces enhancements as well as other Active Directory-related implications.
Tags: Windows Server 2008, Active Directory, Group Policy

With this Active Directory tutorial, find out how to get your servers up and running, and at the same time ensure your network systems retain proper Internet access.
Tags: Windows, how to, Active Directory