On the surface, Active Directory groups are a simple and straightforward way to manage identities (users and/or computers) and assign permissions. Users or computers are added as group members, and ...

In an Active Directory environment, Group Policy is an easy way to configure computer and user settings on computers that are part of the domain. An Active Directory environment means that you must ...

Editors' Note: This article is the second of two parts in a series that aims to help reduce group management overhead in your directory. In part 1 of this series (read Manage and Administer Groups in ...

For better or worse, Microsoft’s Active Directory frequently serves as a central repository for security policy information for organizations that widely deploy Windows 2000 and 2003 as a core server ...

Some things in life, like death and taxes, are guaranteed. There are other things in life that you think are guaranteed, or at least you think you know how they work -- such as Active Directory ...