In this article, we’ll look at how to create new users in an Active Directory domain. You can create new user accounts in your domain using the graphical MMC snap-ins (…| 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
In this GPO troubleshooting guide, I’ll try to tell you about the typical reasons why a certain Group Policy Object (GPO) might not apply to an organizational unit (OU) or…| Windows OS Hub
In this article, we’ll show you how to track user account lockout events on Active Directory domain controllers, and find out from which computer, device, and program the account is…| Windows OS Hub
SID (Security IDentifier) is a unique identifier that is assigned to users, groups, computers, or other security objects when they are created in Windows, an Active Directory domain, or an…| Windows OS Hub
The read-only domain controller (RODC) feature was first introduced in Windows Server 2008. The main purpose of the RODC is the secure installation of the own domain controller in remote…| Windows OS Hub
The Saved Queries in Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) MMC console allow you to create complex LDAP filters to select Active Directory objects. These queries can be saved, edited,…| Windows OS Hub
A separate account of type Computer is created for a computer when you join it to an Active Directory domain. A computer object in AD has several mandatory attributes: sAMAccountName,…| 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
Active Directory user accounts have a special thumbnailPhoto attribute that can be used to store a user’s photo. These photos can be displayed as user avatars in apps such as…| 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
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
In this article we will look at how to find out the date a user was created in Active Directory; how to use PowerShell to get information from the domain…| Windows OS Hub
This article describes how to join a Windows 10/11 or Windows Server 2022/2019/2016 computer to an on-premises Active Directory domain. Contents: Before You Join Windows to an AD Domain Add…| Windows OS Hub