Connor Anderson is vice president of Riverfront Technology in Clinton, Iowa. Security at the edge of the network is typically geared toward guarding against external threats. But Fortinet’s latest ...

Melissa Januszko knows her Directory Certificate Services: She's coauthor of The DSC Book with Don Jones and a veteran automation expert and enterprise architect. We got a chance to talk with her ...

Both modern Windows systems (e.g., Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2) and Active Directory, like Linux and Solaris systems, allow you to configure password policies that determine how long and complex ...

All DCs must be running Windows Server 2008 All DCs must be running Windows Server 2008 R2 There must be at least one writable domain controller in the domain The functional level for the domain and ...

Be prepared for performance-based exams from Microsoft. First up: How will you do under pressure configuring Active Directory in a Windows 2008 environment? You might think you've seen this exam ...

Microsoft’s Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) enables local admin passwords to be set, reset and validated periodically. Here is how to make the best use of LAPS. Passwords have always been ...