While connecting to a domain or changing the computer name, if you are getting An Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain “domain-name.com” could not be contacted error, here ...

Looking for some pointing in the right direction as a mostly Linux admin. Big picture what I'm trying to do is take about 50 Windows client PCs that aren't part of a domain, join them to a domain ...

Related reading: Migrate your active directory, don’t split it. If your company wants to spin off one of its departments into a separate business, and needs to divvy up its single-domain Active ...

Microsoft is urging customers to patch two Active Directory domain controller bugs after a PoC tool was publicly released on Dec. 12. A proof-of-concept tool has been published that leverages two ...

Back in the day, we would be using ADSI to connect to our Active Directory forest/domain to gather information about a variety of things. Today I will completely ignore ADSI and focus solely on the ...

Secura digital security advisors and researchers, have discovered a highly critical vulnerability with Active Directory domain controllers. Rated as a 10 of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring ...

From there, you can configure Active Directory domain controllers with the PDC emulator role in a domain to use this list of servers explicitly for their time. Read this TechNet article to learn ...

Hackers commonly target Active Directory with various attack techniques spanning many attack vectors. Let's consider a few of these attacks and what organizations can do to protect themselves.

Reports Point to Domain Controllers as Prime Ransomware Targets. By Chris Paoli; 05/20/25; A recent report from Microsoft reinforces warns of the critical role Active Directory (AD) domain controllers ...

Reports Highlight Domain Controllers as Prime Ransomware Targets. By Chris Paoli; 05/20/25; A recent report from Microsoft reinforces warnings about the critical role Active Directory (AD) domain ...