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Active Directory Backup vs Replication (And Why You Need to Be Clear on the Difference Now)

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Backup and replication are common data protection concepts, but they serve different purposes. Learn more about their differences and how they can benefit your data management strategy, especially how the backup vs replication argument relates to Active Directory (AD) and protecting it. What are backup and replication? Although backup and replication are both methods of…

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Active Directory outages can cost organizations $100,000 per day

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Nearly every organization has core systems services tied to Active Directory that will go down during an outage, according to Cayosoft. Consequences of system downtime for business operations The impact of just one system being down can devastate busin… Continue reading Active Directory outages can cost organizations $100,000 per day→

Petri.com’s New Active Directory Outage and Disaster Recovery Survey

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Petri.com was recently asked by Cayosoft to conduct a survey amongst our audience regarding Active Directory (AD) downtime and disaster recovery strategies. Petri.com’s extensive experience in the marketplace, coupled with our standing as a representative voice for IT Professionals, allows us to bring distinct insights into prevailing trends and their evolution over time. The survey,…

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5 Reasons to Consolidate Active Directory Domains and Forests

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A Windows Server Active Directory (AD) forest is the topmost logical container in an AD configuration. In this article, Michael Otey explains the role forests play in an AD configuration and why it is necessary to consolidate Active Directory forests and domains to improve security and management. Every Active Directory deployment contains at least one forest, the parent container in…

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What is Azure AD B2B?

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Discover the benefits of using Azure AD B2B in your organization. Learn how it can improve collaboration and streamline access for external partners, and boost your users’ productivity, safely and securely. What is Azure B2B? Microsoft Entra B2B (formerly Azure AD B2B) is a feature/service within the Microsoft Entra ID that allows collaboration between your…

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SOAPHound: Open-source tool to collect Active Directory data via ADWS

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SOAPHound is an open-source data collection tool capable of enumerating Active Directory environments through the Active Directory Web Services (ADWS) protocol. How SOAPHound works SOAPHound is a substitute for various open-source security tools typica… Continue reading SOAPHound: Open-source tool to collect Active Directory data via ADWS→

Active Directory Account Operator Modifying Groups Which Inherit Privileged Groups [migrated]

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In active directory, if an account I have access to has Account Operators group, by default, is possible to add myself to a group which is inherits Domain Admins group?
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