Since 2012, Jonathan Blackwell, an engineer and innovator, has provided engineering leadership that has put GroupID at the forefront of group and user management for Active Directory and Azure AD environments. His experience in development, marketing, and sales allows Jonathan to fully understand the Identity market and how buyers think.
When it comes to dealing with Active Directory Domain Services, and it is crucial for network and directory administrator to: Understand directory services in depth Manage objects like users, computers, and groups efficiently Microsoft has provided many tools to manage Active Directory Domain Services; these tools are also available for client Windows operating systems and…
Active Directory allows administrators to manage assets across networks. No matter how big or small your organization is, managing objects, authentication, and authorization across the networks can be a daunting, time-consuming task. Active Directory helps by keeping tabs on the network objects, access to resources, and permissions. However, even with Active Directory in place, these…
Imagine that you work in a large organization, for instance, a large school system with hundreds of branches, or a multinational firm where new employees are hired every day. You get a list of new users to create in Active Directory every day; sometimes less than 10 and sometimes more than 100. Typically, like most…
Groups are an important part of an organization’s Active Directory. For sharing information, distribution lists are quite handy. For assigning permissions and granting access to resources based on their roles and designations, security groups are indispensable. When it comes to managing Active Directory groups, small organizations may need to create groups occasionally, but in larger…
95% of Fortune 500 companies rely on Active Directory (AD). Launched in 1999, AD is a foundational component of all business – you’ll find it in government, at schools, and in IT environments of every type. Of course, it’s also in the cloud with Azure AD. Creating users in AD and Azure AD is easy.…
To understand the concept of the access control mechanism, consider an organization’s network and resources as a building. It has only one entry gate protected by a security guard. To enter the building, visitors must prove their identity to the security guard. Those who fail to prove their identity are denied entry to the building.…
While authentication and authorization are often used interchangeably, both are considered as separate processes that are used to protect an organization from cyber-attacks. Authentication and authorization are significant parts of the first line of defense against data theft. As data breaches continue to increase in frequency and scale, strong authentication and authorization techniques should be…
We are all familiar with the scenario: where a user calls the helpdesk to request a password reset after complaining that the computer won’t accept their current one or HR sends you an email with a list of recent hires who require new passwords to be created. Both situations can be handled utilizing the following…
Adding or removing users from Active Directory groups is a routine task for system administrators, but when it comes to large organizations, it is a time-consuming task if you do it manually. By ‘manual’, I mean using ADUC (Active Directory Users and Computers) or ADAC (Active Directory Administrative Center). However, the fact is: It’s perfectly…
Table Of Contents What is Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC)? How is ADAC Different from Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC)? How to Install Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC)? What New Features are Introduced in Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC)? Active Directory Recycle Bin Fine-Grained Password Policy Windows PowerShell History Viewer How to Access Active…