An Active Directory ACL permissions report is excellent to look at when you need to tighten an account for security. In addition, such a report can work fantastic when you want to compare AD ACL permissions between accounts. This article…
How to change AD DS Connector account in Azure AD Connect? After creating an AD DS Connect account with the correct permissions, it's time to use the new AD DS Connector service account. Let's look at how to change AD…
There are unknown SIDs in Active Directory (AD), and you like to remove them. However, going through all the AD objects and removing bad SIDs will take you months to accomplish. That's when you want to use a PowerShell script…
Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect is a great tool to sync on-premises objects to the cloud. What if you want to install Azure AD Connect and use a service account or change the service account in Azure AD Connect instead…
Azure AD Connect uses 3 accounts to synchronize information from Windows Server Active Directory to Azure Active Directory. You sometimes want to check if these accounts have the correct permission or write them down before migrating Azure AD Connect to…
After you install Windows Server, you're not ready yet to add software on it. Therefore, you have to go through Windows Server post-installation configuration tasks and ensure that the Windows Server is ready. The best way to go through the…
Microsoft Windows Server is a popular operating system that you see running in almost every company. What if you want to install Windows Server in your home lab or an organization? Most of the time, you have a template that…
Azure Active Directory is excellent when you want to protect the organization from weak user passwords. That's because Microsoft constantly analyzes Azure AD security telemetry data looking for commonly used weak or compromised passwords, and maintains a list of globally…
When was the last time you changed the KRBTGT account password? If you don't know the answer, it most likely means it's a bad sign. Did you know that Microsoft recommends resetting the KRBTGT account password at least every 180…
The monitoring software is triggering you with the error Event ID 36871: A fatal error occurred while creating a TLS client credential. The internal error state is 10013. In this article, you will learn why this is happening, and the…
