Category Archives: Active Directory

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Assigning admin privileges on Domain Controllers

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Russell Smith

Active Directory (AD) is the core of a Windows Server network and consists of a database that stores usernames and passwords, plus several technologies that work together to provide security and management services to clients and servers. Domain controllers (DCs) … Continue reading →

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What is the Right Amount of GPOs?

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Jeremy Moskowitz

This is a question I get all the time, so I thought I’d take a moment and share some thoughts on this question. Before we get to “What is the right amount of GPOs”, let’s start off with “Can I … Continue reading →

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Deploying Privilege Guard with NetIQ GPA

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Mark Austin

Avecto Privilege Guard is implemented as a Group Policy Extension, which allows it to integrate seamlessly with solutions that enable advanced management of Group Policy. This includes Microsoft’s Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM), which is part of the Microsoft Desktop … Continue reading →

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Embrace Group Policy, It Makes Sense…

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Mark Austin

It surprises me how few vendors use Active Directory Group Policy as a mechanism to centrally manage and deploy policy settings for their Windows based products, and instead build their own backend infrastructure for this purpose. I could rattle off … Continue reading →