Adding a Windows Server 2019 domain controller is not complicated, but deciding whether to move this integral infrastructure component to a new version of Windows Server or put it in the cloud is ...

A proof-of-concept exploit for "Certighost," a Windows Active Directory Certificate Services vulnerability, has been released that can allow authenticated attackers to potentially compromise a Windows ...

A domain controller is a server that processes authentication requests from users and computers within a computer domain. Domain controllers are most commonly used in Windows Active Directory (AD) ...

Microsoft is investigating LSASS memory leaks (caused by Windows Server updates released during the November Patch Tuesday) that might lead to freezes and restarts on some domain controllers. LSASS ...

I set up a small server 2003 domain with 5 machines. One PC is a domain controller and the remaining 4 are windows XP machines. I set up DNS on the domain controller. The computer name of the domain ...

If the hardware behind your domain controllers has become outdated, here's a step-by-step guide to performing a hardware refresh. Although most of the resources on my network are virtual, I have a ...

When you log in to a Windows 11/10 domain-joined machine and try to connect to the already mapped drive or multiple client workstations are unable to correctly ...

Had a power cut today, which took out one of my ESXi hosts on which a Server 2019 domain controller VM was running. It started up on the second ESXi server but now it's not working properly. For ...

Although domain controllers can be configured to obtain an IP address from DHCP, it’s best practice to configure a static IP address so that it can be reliably discovered across the network. You may ...

It’s back to the future – remember the Windows NT Backup Domain Controller (BDC)? It could log you on, but you couldn’t make any changes to it. The 2008 version of the BDC goes by the new name of Read ...