A few posts back, I revealed my eight predictions for 2021. Since then, I’ve dived into the details of the first five:
A few posts back, I revealed my eight predictions for 2021. Since then, I’ve dived into the details of the first five:
Thanks for sticking with me as I dive into the details of my eight predictions for 2021! We’ve already covered half of them:
Let’s continue stepping through my eight predictions for 2021! So far, we’ve covered why ransomware victims will face penalties, how your digital reputation will come under attack and why Zerologon will continue to cause pain for IT pros.
…Let’s continue stepping through my eight predictions for 2021! So far, we’ve been talking mainly about attacks like ransomware and digital reputation attacks. Today, we’re going to switch it up by discussing not an attack to defend against…
Sean Metcalf, Microsoft Certified Master, and I took your AD security questions during Microsoft Ignite. Sean kicked off this Q&A with six timeless AD security public service announcements for any hybrid AD environment. I’ll review Sean’s specific…
The gooey sentimentality and biting sarcasm for what I got right in my 2020 predictions is over. Now it’s time to focus on 2021 and what awaits Active Directory and Microsoft 365 admins who are tasked with securing, managing and migrating users and data…
In the previous posts in this “What is Active Directory?” series, we have explored:
In my first post in this series, I explained what Active Directory (AD) is and what it’s used for. We saw that, basically, Active Directory is a database and set of services that help users get their work done in a on-premises Microsoft IT environment…
Ever try to look up a term (like, say, Active Directory), only to get a definition that’s so complex and convoluted that you have to go look up all the words in it, and then half of the terms in those definitions, until you feel like you’re trapped…
Pellegrini is an Italian contact catering company that provides vending machines, cleaning and integrated services, food supplies, and welfare services such as meal vouchers. They serve 45 million meals a year at various companies, religious communities…
“Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise, fear and surprise...”
Leave it to a 1970 Monty Python sketch to perfectly sum up 2020! No one expected a global health pandemic and its impact on every aspect of our lives…
This blog is cutting out the chitchat and giving you exactly what you’re searching for: The top seven Hybrid Active Directory Security sessions at Microsoft Ignite.
You have limited time but want to join the best Active Directory sessions at Ignite…
The Experts Conference (TEC) is back – virtually and for free – November 17-18. TEC 2020 will be the virtual Microsoft training event of the year, with practical Active Directory and Office 365 education that you can apply the moment you get…
Great value for a great price. That’s what fans of Costco (myself included) praise about the retail giant. While strolling down its aisles, it’s very easy to find yourself mesmerized by all the quality offers calling for your attention. A…
In an earlier blog post, I detailed why you need to be prepared to perform a phased recovery in case of a complete Active Directory disaster: By ensuring you can quickly restore at least one domain controller in each domain (phase 1), you can get your…
In 2017, all of Maersk’s 150 or so online domain controllers were destroyed as collateral damage in the NotPetya attack, stopping all critical business functions that depended on Active Directory for authentication1. In order to get the shipping…
Choosing the right Active Directory backup methodology is crucial for a successful disaster recovery plan. There are three primary ways to back up Active Directory:
Active Directory is as mission-critical as it gets. If your AD is down, your business is down. It’s that simple.
With 95 million AD attacks every day — along with natural disasters, hardware failures, faulty scripts and the occasional devastating…
One way organizations are enabling work-from-home during the COVID-19 pandemic is via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). RDP gives employees access to internal corporate resources remotely, like those sitting on Windows servers. This type of remote access…
When Active Directory (AD) goes down, it’s the same as the electricity going off – productivity stops. Active Directory is the single authoritative source of users within your organizations and controls access to mission-critical business applications…
Active Directory migrations are just one of the many IT projects impacted by this pandemic crisis. Resources and priorities are in a fluid state right now as organizations work to minimize the operational risks related to a workforce suddenly forced to…
In my previous two posts in this series, I made the case for why you need a solid Active Directory disaster recovery plan. The dramatic increase in COVID-19-related malware attacks around the world makes this need even more urgent — IT staff are being…
In my last blog post, I explained why it’s critical to be prepared to restore your data and systems after a malware attack: Every minute your business is down, the more revenue you lose and the greater the chances that customers will jump ship for your…
If you haven’t heard of the many Fortune 500 companies suffering malware attacks recently, you must have been living under a rock! These attacks are becoming more frequent and more sophisticated — and they’re not limited to the big companies blazoned…
In the early days of Active Directory, a decision had to be made as to whether you were going to do an in-place upgrade of your existing Windows NT 4.0 environment, or if you were going to do a “greenfield” migration. Some organizations had multiple…