Greetings. Anyone know how to disable replication (that is, replication of AD data from one domain controller to another) under Windows Server 2003? Under Windows 2000 there was a tool included in the ...

I’m going to be setting up a small server in a remote location that will be a Domain Controller for our network, and eventually a replica of our Exchange server. There are only going to be a few users ...

One of the critical aspects of any administrator's job is his or her ability to recover from an unexpected failure – be it intentional or accidental. Active Directory disaster recovery has many facets ...

DCSync is one of the more important identity abuse techniques to understand if you run Active Directory. It does not rely on malware on the domain controller itself, and it can be carried out using ...

When an organization upgrades its domain controllers to Windows Server 2025, the primary focus will undoubtedly be on planning for and performing the actual upgrade. However, there might be various ...

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 ...

NTDS.dit is the Active Directory database on a domain controller. It holds directory objects, password hashes, and other identity data that make it a high-value target. If an attacker can copy or ...