At our organization I'm responsible for our Windows infrastructure and another guy looks after all the Linux/*nix stuff. We're currently running a domain using Windows 2003 R2 Domain Controllers with ...

I'm exploring replacing a NT4 server which is the domain controller and file server for a small network of 6 client machines. However, I've never used samba before, or anything else to do it.<BR>The ...

Microsoft is investigating LSASS memory leaks (caused by Windows Server updates released during the November Patch Tuesday) that might lead to freezes and restarts on some domain controllers. LSASS ...

Security researchers have devised a way to block the recently disclosed PetitPotam attack vector that allows hackers to take control of a Windows domain controller easily. An new version of the ...

In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...

Microsoft has released the latest update on the Domain Controller (DC) hardening roadmap. In case you are not familiar with it, hardening essentially refers to the process of securing the operating ...

Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday update is triggering authentication errors. Microsoft is alerting customers that its May Patch Tuesday update is causing authentications errors and failures tied to ...

In Windows Server, a child domain is a subdomain under a parent domain, inheriting policies and trust relationships. For example, if the parent domain is example.com, a child domain might be ...