Microsoft had taken their first approach to information rights management (IRM) by introducing Windows Right Management Service with Windows Server 2003. This was fully compliant with Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-1. The update version of Windows Right Management was renamed as Active Directory Rights Management Services and re introduced with Windows Server 2008. It continued…
Users or groups access and permissions to a shared folder is controlled by its Access Control List (ACL). Similar way we can define permissions to Active Directory Objects. This can apply to individual object or apply to AD Site/Domain/OU and then inherit to lower level objects.
As an Example, I have a security group called “First Line Engineers” and Liam is a member of this…
When we talk about active directory we refer it as one service but AD DS attached to many other components as well. DNS, Group Policies, SYSVOL replication are few example for this. Each of these components need to operate well in order to run healthy active directory environment. It doesn’t come easy, its involve with investment on resources, time and skills. In Active Directory Service…
RODC are a great feature which is introduce with windows server 2008 in order to maintain a low risk domain controller in locations where it cannot guarantee physical security and the maintenance. Though out article we have discussed possible scenarios where we required a domain controller in a remote site. When considering a domain controller in remote site, the link between site is not the only…
