Change Active Directory TombStone Behavior
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By default, without Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory Recycle Bin, when you delete an object, it goes to the tombstone. This is a special container with all deleted objects from the current domain. Continue reading
Active Directory Metadata PowerShell
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Active Directory metadata are a very interesting subject. In the old days, we used to use repadmin.exe tool to access them. Nowadays, PowerShell is here to help. Continue reading
Windows Server 2016 New AD Schema Objects
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With Windows Server 2016, Active Directory Domain Services got some new attributes. The schema got updated through the Technical Preview : Continue reading
Active Directory Users Computers Statistics
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If you administer an Active Directory domain, you may want to know about some statistics of it. Like the total number of users, how many of them are disabled, password expire, used to be an admin ? Continue reading
Find Mail Domain Used Exchange
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All Exchange and Skype addresses for each user are stored in Active Directory. All those information are stored in the “ProxyAddresses” attribute. This is a multi-valued attribute with one address per line. Continue reading
Sync UsageLocation from Active Directory
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When using Office 365, you need to have some kind of sync engine. the preferred one from Microsoft is “Azure Active Directory Connect” (AADConnect). By default, it sync a lot of attributes, but each time you assign a license on a user, you still need to specify a “Usage location”, and then, a license SKU. Continue reading
Windows Server 2016 TP 5 Active Directory
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Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 introduced two new Active Directory schema attributes from the 4th TP : Continue reading
Trigger Active Directory Bitlocker Key Backup
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Bitlocker has features that allow you to backup the keys in your Active Directory, or to a SQL database if you have access to Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP). Continue reading
Get last Active Directory Backup date
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Backing up your Active Directory is an essential step you need to perform on a regular basis, this will ensure that you can restore individual object, or previous state of individual objects. Continue reading
Privileged Access Management Directory Services
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In Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4, Microsoft unveiled a brand new feature, very much welcome. Privileged Access Management feature, this will allow you to replace your dynamic objects. This feature allow you to give group membership based on a time to live. Continue reading