Tag Archives: Active Directory
Top 10 Conclusions Taken from Tech-Ed Session about Active Directory Auditing by Don Jones
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Quick summary of Don Jones recent session on Tech-Ed about Active Directory Auditing pains and solutions. The session was vendor-neutral and it was done in the format of an open discussion with more than 100 IT pros participating (mostly from large organizations). Continue reading
Posted in Articles | Tagged Active Directory, Active Directory Audit, Active Directory change, Active Directory Restore, Active Directory Rollback, auditing, Don Jones | Leave a commentNetWrix Welcomes Don Jones as Contributing Blogger
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NetWrix is pleased to introduce renowned industry expert Don Jones as the newest member of the NetWrix blogging crew. As a guest contributor, Don will bring his more than 15 years of IT experience, along with a wealth of industry knowledge, … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Active Directory, Don Jones, Don Jones industry expert, IT management, IT professional, NetWrix | Leave a commentFree Tool of the Day: NetWrix Inactive Users Tracker
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Today’s Free Tool of the Day, NetWrix Inactive Users Tracker, periodically checks all user accounts in specified domains and reports all accounts inactive for more than specified number of days, streamlining the management and deactivation of AD user accounts deemed … Continue reading
Posted in Events | Tagged Active Directory, audit deletion of inactive users, audit inactive user AD accounts, disable AD users, free tools for IT pros, inactive AD users, inactive users tracker, monitor old ad accounts, NetWrix | Leave a commentFree Tool of the Day: NetWrix AD Object Restore Wizard
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Today’s Free Tool of the Day, NetWrix AD Object Restore Wizard, allows administrators to quickly restore deleted and modified objects in Windows 2003 or 2008 Active Directory without rebooting a domain controller. This freeware tool goes beyond the standard … Continue reading
Posted in Events | Tagged Active Directory, Active Directory disaster recovery, Active Directory recovery, Active Directory Restore, Active Directory Rollback, AD Object Restore, AD recovery, AD rollback, IT management, NetWrix | Leave a commentNetWrix Corporation Wins Unprecedented Nine Windows IT Pro Awards
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We are thrilled to have taken home nine honors from this year’s annual Windows IT Pro Awards. The Six Community Choice Awards (voted on by the readers of Windows IT Pro Magazine) and three Editors’ Best Awards (voted on by the writers and editors of Windows IT Pro Magazine) represent our commitment to meeting the needs of all industry professionals. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Active Directory, Community Choice Awards, Editor's Best, IT management, Magazine, NetWrix, Windows IT Pro | Leave a commentWho Changed What, When and Where
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Have you ever wondered who made what changes within your IT infrastructure—who changed permissions on folders, or who added new members to your AD users group, for example? Are you aware of critical changes that can and do impact security and compliance within your organization? Can you answer these questions quickly, without jumping through hoops to find resolution? If not, you risk losing control of your IT environment. Continue reading
Posted in Events, News | Tagged Active Directory, Active Directory change, audit, Change Reporter Suite, Compliance, NetWrix, Regulatory Compliance, security | Leave a commentUser Provisioning: Right Access at the Right Time
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User provisioning has revolutionized the practice of identity management, as it was once known. Essentially, user provisioning is what enables organizations to better manage their infrastructures in a way that promotes security by allowing employees to see and access precisely what they need to execute within their roles, but nothing more.
More specifically, user provisioning is in place to guarantee that all the necessary resources will be available for all the necessary people at all times– and no on else. As a result, when used correctly, it can trigger productivity and limit risk. Continue reading
Why the Microsoft Active Directory Recycle Bin feature falls short?
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The need for an Active Directory object restoration tool has become of growing concern for IT professionals across the world and it is no coincidence, as a result, that the recently released Windows Server 2008 R2 includes a feature that Microsoft hoped would appease technological and infrastructural administrators everywhere—unfortunately for Microsoft, however, it did not.
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