Keep in Sync with Microsoft Azure AD Sync Password Writeback

Discover how to synchronize your Active Directory and Microsoft Azure AD passwords with the password writeback capability!
June Castillote Avatar
June Castillote 8 min. read

Kickstart AD with the Active Directory Administrative Center

Learn efficient, powerful, and flexible management of AD with the Active Directory Administrative Center in this ATA Learning tutorial!
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James Berrisford 11 min. read

A Weak Password List Says Hack Me: Protect Yourself

Learn how easy cracking an NTLM password is and how to avoid hacked accounts by using a weak password list to ban insecure passwords!
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Adam Listek 7 min. read

How to Protect Passwords with an Azure AD Password Policy

Learn how to set up Azure AD Password Protection and create an Azure AD password policy in this step-by-step guide!
June Castillote Avatar
June Castillote 8 min. read

How to Connect with Samba to Linux Active Directory

Learn how to add Linux systems to a flexible Samba Linux Active Directory environment in this step-by-step tutorial!
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Arvid Larson 11 min. read

How to Find Locked Out Users in Active Directory with PowerShell

Do the users in your organization ever forget their passwords? Surely not! Has an Active Directory user locked out their account? No way! Let's see what we can do to find locked out users in Active Directory with PowerShell!

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Adam Bertram 3 min. read

Master your LDAP Filters in PowerShell while Learning AD

One of the most common hangups when querying Active Directory with PowerShell is how to properly build filter syntax. The Filter and LDAP Filter parameters on all ActiveDirectory PowerShell module cmdlets is a black box to many.
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Stuart Squibb 5 min. read

Learn With Me: Specops – User Verification with Secure Service Desk

Secure Service Desk is a tool specifically built to quickly and securely identify an individual to get to what's important; helping users be more productive.
Adam Bertram Avatar
Adam Bertram 6 min. read

How to Export Active Directory Users to CSV and Build Reports

Learn how to export active directory users to CSV with PowerShell by querying AD with the Get-ADUser cmdlet and invoking Export-CSV!
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Anthony Metcalf 7 min. read

Using Repadmin To Detect Active Directory Replication Changes

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to detect Active Directory changes by learning about USNs and repadmin.
Faris Malaeb Avatar
Faris Malaeb 6 min. read

Finding Weak AD Passwords with Specops Password Auditor

Expose weak AD passwords by building your own PowerShell tool and by leveraging Specops' free Password Auditor tool!
June Castillote Avatar
June Castillote 10 min. read

Learn With Me: Specops – Managing AD Password Resets

Come with me on a journey to learn all about securely managing AD password resets using Specops' uReset service.
Adam Bertram Avatar
Adam Bertram 6 min. read

Learn With Me: Specops – Enforcing AD Password Best Practices

Get a peek at Specops' Password Auditor tool to help keep your AD passwords secure! This tool provides useful information not only from AD but by pulling from other industry-standard sources.
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Adam Bertram 6 min. read

Learn With Me: Specops – How to Perform an Active Directory Cleanup

If Active Directory user and computer accounts have gotten out of control, learn how to use Specops' AD Janitor tool to perform an Active Directory cleanup.
Adam Bertram Avatar
Adam Bertram 6 min. read

The Reliable Repadmin for Managing AD Replication

Learn how to show and troubleshoot replication with the handy repadmin tool with tons of examples in this tutorial.
Faris Malaeb Avatar
Faris Malaeb 8 min. read

Learn With Me: Specops – Active Directory Password Management

Join me as I start learning about the various tools that Specops offers to manage AD accounts and securely control passwords!
Adam Bertram Avatar
Adam Bertram 3 min. read

5 Active Directory Tools to Help Control AD

Compare five of the most common Active Directory tools to help you control users, groups, permissions and more with these handy tools.
Elly Obare Avatar
Elly Obare 7 min. read

How to use RSOP to Inspect Applied GPO Settings

Learn how to find all of the policy settings those GPOs applied to a computer and user locally or remotely with the RSOP (resultant set of policy) tool.
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Chaitanya 9 min. read