When a user closes the RDP/RDS session window in a terminal client (mstsc.exe, RDCMan or Remote Desktop HTML5 web client) by simply clicking the cross in the top right corner…| Windows OS Hub
NTLM (NT LAN Manager) is a legacy Microsoft authentication protocol that dates back to Windows NT. Although Microsoft introduced the more secure Kerberos authentication protocol back in Windows 2000, NTLM…| Windows OS Hub
Any Windows user can run a program in his current session on behalf of another user using RunAs. This allows you to run a script (.bat, .cmd, .vbs, .ps1), an…| Windows OS Hub
You can use the Get-ADDomainController PowerShell cmdlet to get information about the domain controllers in Active Directory. This cmdlet is a part of PowerShell Active Directory module and requires RSAT…| Windows OS Hub
Active Directory provides several methods for determining when a user has logged on to the domain. The time of a user’s last successful authentication in Active Directory can be retrieved from…| Windows OS Hub
The task of searching for objects in Active Directory (users, groups, or computers) by name using some pattern, regular expression, or wildcard is not as obvious as it seems. The…| Windows OS Hub
Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC or DSA.msc) is one of the most commonly used tools for managing objects in an Active Directory domain. You can install ADUC on both…| Windows OS Hub
Sometimes you may want to find out which domain controller your computer is authenticated to (your Logon Server). This can come in handy when there are issues applying Group Policies…| Windows OS Hub
Quite an often task of an Active Directory administrator is to make a list of disabled or inactive user and/or computer accounts. You can use both saved LDAP queries in…| Windows OS Hub
Sometimes, local administrator permissions may not be sufficient to manage certain system files, registry keys, processes, and services in Windows. In such cases, an administrator can take ownership of files/other…| Windows OS Hub
Domain users can change their password either via the Windows Security menu after logging in, or directly from the Windows login screen if their password has expired. If a user…| Windows OS Hub
Every Windows system administrator should be able to use not only graphical AD snap-ins (usually it is ADUC, Active Directory Users and Computers), but also PowerShell cmdlets to perform everyday…| Windows OS Hub
The Get-ADUser is the most commonly used PowerShell cmdlet for retrieving Active Directory user information, including attributes like usernames, email addresses, account activity, group memberships, contact details, job titles, organizational…| Windows OS Hub
In this article, we’ll look at what UPN (UserPrincipalName) suffixes in Active Directory are, how to add alternative suffixes in an AD forest and change UPN suffixes of Active Directory…| Windows OS Hub
The Active Directory Attribute Editor is a built-in graphical tool to manage the properties of AD objects (users, computers, groups). It is the Attribute Editor where you can view and…| Windows OS Hub
To apply new local or domain Group Policy (GPO) settings to a Windows computer, the Group Policy Client (gpsvc) service must read the policy files and apply the setting to…| Windows OS Hub
The Local Group Policy Editor console (gpedit.msc) is used to configure Windows settings. Gpedit.msc is a built-in MMC snap-in available in all Windows editions (Pro/Enterprise/Education) except Home and Single Language.…| Windows OS Hub
Active Directory Group Policies allow you to centrally apply the same settings for multiple computers and/or domain users and greatly simplify configuration management in an AD domain environment. The Group…| Windows OS Hub