Active Directory

Step-by-Step guide to create custom Active Directory Attributes

In active directory schema, it is allowed to add custom attributes. In organizations, there are situations where this option is useful. It is most of the time related to application integration requirements with active directory infrastructure. In modern infrastructures, applications are decentralizing identity management. Organization’s identities can sit on active directory as well as…
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Mastering Active Directory – 3rd Edition

Step-by-Step Guide: How to sync Custom Active Directory Attributes to Azure AD?

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Review Active Directory Domain Service Events with PowerShell

There are different ways to review Active Directory service related logs in a domain controller. Most common way is to review events under Event Viewer mmc. We can review events using server manager too. We also can use PowerShell commands to review event logs or filter events from local and remote computers without any additional service configurations. Get-EventLog is the primary…
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Step-by-Step Guide : Process Entra ID Entitlement Management Access Package on-behalf of another user (preview)

Step-by-Step Guide: Configure Entra ID lifecycle workflow to trigger mover task on user profile changes

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Active Directory Health Monitoring with OMS (Operation Management Suite)

System Center Operation Manager (SCOM) is the Microsoft solution to monitor application and systems health in detail. It applies to Active Directory monitoring as well. Using relevant management packs, it can monitor health of active directory services and its activities. Microsoft introduced Operation Management suite to bring monitoring to the next level with advanced analytics…
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Step-by-Step Guide : Process Entra ID Entitlement Management Access Package on-behalf of another user (preview)

Step-by-Step Guide: Configure Entra ID lifecycle workflow to trigger mover task on user profile changes

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Active Directory Lingering objects

If you are maintaining healthy AD infrastructure it is very much unlikely to see lingering objects in AD. Let’s assume a Domain Controller has been disconnected from Active Directory environment and stayed offline more that the value specified tombstone lifetime attribute. Then it was again reconnected to replication topology. The objects which were deleted from Active Directory during the…
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Step-by-Step Guide : Process Entra ID Entitlement Management Access Package on-behalf of another user (preview)

Step-by-Step Guide: Configure Entra ID lifecycle workflow to trigger mover task on user profile changes