Read all of the ATA Learning tutorials on Active Directory here!

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!

Adam Listek 04/19/2022 - 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 02/22/2022 - 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!

Arvid Larson 02/09/2022 - 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!

Adam Bertram 11/30/2021 - 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.

Stuart Squibb 11/26/2021 - 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 10/27/2021 - 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!

Anthony Metcalf 10/22/2021 - 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 10/20/2021 - 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 09/27/2021 - 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 09/20/2021 - 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.

Adam Bertram 09/01/2021 - 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 08/11/2021 - 6 min. read

Active Directory

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 08/04/2021 - 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 07/21/2021 - 3 min. read

Active Directory

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 07/15/2021 - 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.

Chaitanya 06/29/2021 - 9 min. read

How to Set Up an Azure File Share with On-Prem AD Authentication

Learn, step-by-step, how to configure and Azure file share to use Active Directory authentication for your on-prem AD users.

Ryan Kowalewski 06/02/2021 - 10 min. read

Discover the Set Adaccountpassword to Reset an AD Password

If you've been resettings AD user passwords in ADUC, then you've been missing out. The Set-ADAccountPassword cmdlet opens up possibilities to reset not just a single user password, bulk user passwords through scripting. Learn how in this step-by-step tutorial.

Chaitanya 05/31/2021 - 5 min. read

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