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.

No matter how many tools you buy or how many alerts flood the SOC, your security strategy is only as strong as its administration. If attackers can bypass an admin, they can own the system.

Learn how to clean up Active Directory before enabling SAML-based SSO to ensure secure authentication, accurate user mapping, and smooth identity integration.

Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is the most common directory services product in the world, used by most of the Fortune 1000 for identity and access management. Unfortunately, it can also be a ...

When you need to manage Active Directory from your mobile device, these apps and workarounds will make the process much easier. One of the most common and necessary IT tasks is managing Active ...

Microsoft unveiled its Azure portal's new Azure Active Directory features for administrators, which is having a debut today as a preview release for testing purposes. Of course, it might seem that the ...

Microsoft on Monday announced a preview of IT roles management improvements in the Azure Portal for organizations using the Azure Active Directory identity and access management service. The preview ...

Microsoft Active Directory is the basis for every Microsoft‑oriented networking environment. However, it’s not always a solid basis. With thousands of network environments under their belts, Sander ...

Windows Server 2008 introduced the most significant changes to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) since its inaugural release in Windows 2000 Server. Microsoft has continued along this path with ...

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, ...

IT pros should switch Azure Active Directory conditional access policies that were created using the "classic" Azure portal to policies supported by the new Azure Portal. The new Azure Portal is also ...

Compromised Active Directory credentials allow attackers to log in without exploits, driving modern authentication-based initial access.