Most of the day-to-day operations of managing an Active Directory environment can be done from the Graphical User Interface (GUI), but the commands available from a command prompt can be very powerful ...

Part one reviewed the Ntdsutil utility in Windows Server 2008 and R2 and the changes made since Windows 2000. This article continues the discussion with a deeper look at some of the most useful ...

Previously, we looked at how PowerShell can be used to manage Active Directory in Windows Server 2008 R2. In this article, we'll cover some alternatives to the Microsoft cmdlets. The benefit to these ...

In an Active Directory environment, you can create a logon script that can be applied to user accounts that automatically goes to work once a user logs in. Logon scripts can be used to assign tasks ...

Windows Server 2008 R2 includes an Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell. This new feature enables you to perform Active Directory administrative tasks by using Windows PowerShell. Let’s take ...

Jack Wallen shows you how to join Fedora Desktop to an Active Directory domain controller. Recently, I covered how to connect Ubuntu Desktop to an Active Directory domain. The domain controller I ...

Organizations with an AD infrastructure in place that wish to provision Linux computers can bind those devices to their existing domain. I’m not as strong with Linux distributions as I am with Windows ...