Active Directory Archive
Installing Active Directory Users and Computers MMC Snap-in on Windows 10
One of the main Active Directory domain management tools is the MMC snap-in Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC). The ADUC snap-in is used to perform typical domain administration tasks and manage users, groups, computers, and organizational units in the Active Directory domain. By default, the Active Directory Users
Using Quest Active Directory Cmdlets for PowerShell
Almost 10 years ago Quest Software released a free set of cmdlets to simplify interaction with Active Directory. This set of cmdlets provides quite flexible options for administering Active Directory, managing AD objects, AD ACLs, password settings, and security. Up to version 1.5.1 Quest Active Directory cmdlets were provided
Active Directory Organizational Unit (OU)
Organizational Unit (OU) is a container in Active Directory domain that can contain different objects from the same AD domain: other containers, groups, user and computer accounts. Active Directory OU is a simple administrative unit within a domain on which an administrator can link Group Policy objects and assign
How to Install and Import PowerShell Active Directory Module
Today we’ll show you how to install and use the Windows PowerShell Active Directory Module. You can use the cmdlets of this module to retrieve information and manage Active Directory. This module in the server OS is installed as a separate feature. On the desktop OS (Windows 10, 8.1,
Active Directory Groups Types
The Active Directory groups is a collection of Active Directory objects. The group can include users, computers, other groups and other AD objects. The administrator manages the group as a single object. In Windows there are 7 types of groups: two domain groups types with three scope in each
Add User to Active Directory Group Using Add-ADGroupMember
The Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell includes the Add-ADGroupMember cmdlet, which can be used to add user to Active Directory security or distribution groups. In order to use cmdlets from the ActiveDirectory module, at first you must load this module into your PowerShell session (on domain controllers with
Active Directory Migration to Windows Server 2016
In this article we’ll take a closer look on how to migrate Active Directory domain from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2016. Suppose you have an Active Directory domain named contoso.com and one domain controller dc.contoso.com. You want to install a new DC dc01.contoso.com with Windows Server
AD Replication Error 1722 The RPC server is unavailable
In this article we’ll take a look at the basic ways to fix Error 1722: The RPC server is unavailable when performing replication between Active Directory domain controllers. You can face an error 1722 The RPC server is unavailable both in the domain controller logs and when you try
Upgrading Active Directory Schema
An Active Directory Schema is a description of all directory objects and attributes of the Windows domain. The AD schema reflects the basic structure of the catalog and is critical for its proper functioning. Typically, the AD schema is extended/upgraded for several reasons, the most common of which in
Fix: Active Directory Domain Controller Could Not Be Contacted
In this article, we’ll take a look on why it’s not possible to join a new computer to the Active Directory domain with an error Active Directory Domain Controller could not be contacted. What does Active Directory Domain Controller Could Not be Contacted Error Looks Like? A user or
