Computerworld

Active Directory mistake: Moving domain controller objects into a child OU of the domain controller is unsupported

In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...
Campus Technology

Reports Highlight Domain Controllers as Prime Ransomware Targets

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

Hyper-V and the Cloneable Domain Controller

Sounds funny, but believe it or not, it's real. Since its release in Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V supports cloning of Domain Controller VMs. Cloning may seem an incredibly naughty task for a domain ...
Redmond Magazine

Domain Controllers and Disaster Recovery

I’ve been working with some companies on their “business continuity” plans (that’s what we call disaster recovery these days), and I’ve run across some interesting problems and misconceptions ...
The Journal

Reports Point to Domain Controllers as Prime Ransomware Targets

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 ...