Active Directory Security: Understanding the AdminSDHolder Object

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains how this mechanism works and how you can change the way that it works.

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Mount an Active Directory Backup Using the Database Mounting Tool

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains how to use the ADDS Database Mounting Tool to look at backups of AD.

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Do You Need Third-Party Antimalware in Windows?

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In today’s Ask the Admin, we discuss whether it’s necessary to use third-party antimalware in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 on your company’s PCs.

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Change the System Partition From MBR to GPT in Windows 10

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to change the system disk partition type from MBR to GPT in Windows 10 Creators Update using a command-line tool.

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Secure Active Directory Using the Clean Source Principle

Russell Smith explains how to integrate the clean source principle into your Active Directory design and management practices to keep your systems secure.

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Protect Users Against Malicious Websites Using Windows 10 Application Guard

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how Windows Defender Application Guard can protect enterprise users against malicious websites.

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Infrastructure-as-Code Part 3: Deploy Active Directory and Certificate Services in Azure

In the final part of this series, Russell Smith shows you how to use the code I created in the previous two installments to provision the resources in Azure.

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Deploy Active Directory and Certificate Services in Azure Using Infrastructure-as-Code — Part 1

In this three-part series, Russell Smith discusses how he deployed an Active Directory forest with 2 domain controllers and a member server running certificate services in Microsoft Azure.

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