In small companies, generally System Administrators change User’s password on their request. But in big enterprise, it’s not possible to do in same way. As a solution, we can setup a global web page and let Users change their password by themselves. This we can do in any Windows Server, part of the domain. Let’s… Read More »
I hope you are aware of a concept of Service Accounts. It’s a special account which is used to run a service in one or multiple servers. Unlike other accounts in Active Directory, the password of service account never expires. To understand Service Principal Name in one line, SPN is the unique (in entire Forest)… Read More »
I hope from our previous posts, you got fair idea about how to promote your server as a domain controller. Right after promoting your domain controller, the first thing you have to check if your server is properly promoted as DC or not. There are few things which we can check to confirm the proper… Read More »
I hope you all are enjoying the initial posts about Active Directory. So far we have understood the concept, installation and configuration of AD. In this post, we will discuss about the most common Active Directory objects. Many of us know what they are, let’s have a basic understanding. Users: The most common object belongs… Read More »
In last post, we have seen the installation of your first Domain Controller. Till Windows Server 2008 R2, we had a utility called “dcpromo” which installs and configure the Active Directory in one shot. After Windows Server 2012, AD can be installed through “Server Manager” only. Also it’s devided into two parts – installation and… Read More »
In last post, you got some basic idea about Active Directory. As I told, Active Directory is huge and no one can limit it in few posts. There will be lot many other topics will come for AD, but for now, we will see how to install and configure the Active Directory. This post will… Read More »
Microsoft’s Active Directory is perhaps the most undisputed product in the industry. There is absolutely no other alternative of the Active Directory. Whether you are using Windows or Linux-Like Operating System, you must need AD to setup your organizational structure from scratch. It was introduced with Windows 2000 Server and till Windows 2003 Server, we… Read More »