Understanding the ins and outs of AD and object permissions is no simple task, but your efforts can help avoid catastrophe. "I need more circuits in this room," I told him. "Oh, computers don't draw ...

One of the advantages of Microsoft's Active Directory is that it allows users to search objects in the database by performing Lightweight Directory Access Protocol queries. LDAP is an industry ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Managing user privileges in a ...

Editor’s Note: This story is reprinted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld’s Macintosh Knowledge Center. Centrify’s Direct Control for Mac is a complete solution for Active ...

Not all of the available attributes for the User Object in Active Directory are available via the Computers and Users management interface. While we could populate those attributes using various ...

You will need to allow the user to connect to the computer you are trying to connect via remote desktop, i.e., unless the user has permission, they cannot connect to that PC. To do this, the ...

“[LAPS] mitigates the risk of lateral escalation that results when customers use the same administrative local account and password combination on their computers. LAPS stores the password for each ...

Understanding and maintaining this stuff is sort of like the job you have implementing and maintaining Active Directory in your enterprise. You gotta know what you're doing (and what others have done) ...

One of the advantages of Microsoft's Active Directory is that it allows users to search objects in the database by performing Lightweight Directory Access Protocol queries. LDAP is an industry ...