When Active Directory first came out, we were all happy just to have a few levels of administrative granularity. There were the domain admins, a few admins over servers, local admin privileges across all the workstations, and — if you were really cutting edge — perhaps some kind of custom delegation to a specific service…
In many organizations, groups are properly seen as the foundation for security and accessibility to resources and email functionality. They therefore require regular attention to ensure that they are updated properly. In some cases, this task is performed by IT when a new employee joins the company and when one leaves. In other cases, it…
I love those ridiculous commercials for the new selling service LetGo. People are holding onto an item that they just can’t seem to part with, despite the peril it may be putting them in. Like the one where the guy has the heavy bowling ball in one hand, and the other is grasping the bumper…
I know what you’re thinking: “They’re just going to say buy.” Admittedly, given that we make the best group management solution in the industry, we are a little biased. However, we also recognize that using a third-party solution to simplify the management of Active Directory groups doesn’t necessarily fit every environment. So, the answer isn’t…
I remember standing in front of a group of IT pros, talking about how to handle daunting tasks, and I jokingly asked, “By a show of hands, does anyone want to work for a living? Anyone?” I think we all know that working in IT can sometimes involve working with some very cool technologies, but…
Now more than ever, scripting in the Microsoft world has extended the administrative abilities of an IT pro well beyond the simple use of built-in tools. You have, in essence, an unlimited ability to automate just about any part of the administration of your Microsoft environment — including Active Directory — with Powershell and other…