As locking down information becomes a more critical priority for IT organizations, securing individual files or shares is completely dependent on effectively setting up security groups. Because ...

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But migrating your Windows Server 2003 Active Directory DCs to Windows Server 2012 R2 -- the most recent and, hence, recommended target platform to replace the decommissioned servers -- doesn't have ...

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 ...

Microsoft is rolling out a fix for Active Directory issues affecting some Windows Server 2025 systems after installing security updates released since September. As Redmond explained when it ...

Microsoft's 'Blue' wave of tools and technologies is more than just a user interface refresh. It's the next step on Microsoft's journey to becoming a devices and services company, and the first of ...

Customers that haven't upgraded to Windows Server 2012 are either living in denial or under a rock. Those that don't migrate off Server 2003 face a range of consequences from security issues, no ...

Q: A company's administrator is needs to configure a series of Windows Server 2012 servers as Global Catalog servers. Which of the following administrative tools is used to add a Global Catalog server ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the September 2025 security updates are causing Active Directory issues on Windows Server 2025 systems. As the company explains in a Windows release health dashboard ...