The company I work for has a significant number of "field" laptops (field meaning they are used by employees at remote sites with nothing but Internet access). Currently, each field user has a local ...

Creating a group in the domain containing the domain accounts that are allowed to administer machines, and adding that domain group name to the local administrators group on each machine, let you ...

Outlook 2010-2016 allows you to add multiple Exchange accounts (from the same Exchange server / domain) to a single Outlook Profile. MS has a KB article that says this is unsupported and can cause ...

In Windows XP Home Edition, there are two basic types of local user accounts (in addition to the guest account): administrators and limited users. With XP Pro, things get a bit more complicated. Users ...

The Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell, which is included with Windows Server 2008 R2, can be used to administer Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) objects, including user accounts.

In my Tech Insight article in November, I discussed the issue of managing privileged accounts within an enterprise. One area I didn't really touch on was how to protect the local administrator ...

People often use domains to showcase their work online, like creating a digital portfolio. Domain names are also often set up to share events and news with close friends and family members. By adding ...

Windows Active Directory (AD) service accounts are prime cyber-attack targets due to their elevated privileges and automated/continuous access to important systems. Windows Administrators should ...