I need to stand up a domain controller as a prerequisite for another piece of software (so there is no real desire to have AD set up other than to get this other software up and running). If I was ...

Lost in the noise over the release of the beta 3 build of Windows Server 2008 was this gem: the read-only domain controller, or RODC. Created especially for branch offices or other environments where ...

It’s back to the future – remember the Windows NT Backup Domain Controller (BDC)? It could log you on, but you couldn’t make any changes to it. The 2008 version of the BDC goes by the new name of Read ...

I'm having trouble with a MS win2003 SBS server that was set up as a domain controller but is having issues. Looking at the netdiag output, I figure it's something to do with the DNS config but not ...

Microsoft is investigating LSASS memory leaks (caused by Windows Server updates released during the November Patch Tuesday) that might lead to freezes and restarts on some domain controllers. LSASS ...

A recent report from Microsoft reinforces warns of the critical role Active Directory (AD) domain controllers play in large-scale ransomware attacks, aligning with U.S. government advisories on the ...