Active Directory and Group Policy Articles

Microsoft Active Directory In The Cloud: Windows Azure Active Directory Is Expanding Its Capabilities

Sean Deuby — Sun, 27 May 2012 12:56:37 GMT

By Sean Deuby
You didn’t actually think Microsoft, with deep investments in cloud services like Office 365, was standing on the sidelines in the identity-as-a-service market, did you? In a couple of blog posts over the last few days, Microsoft chief identity architect Kim Cameron and technical fellow John Shewchuk have begun sharing more information on work the company has done over the last several years on the direction of the Windows Azure Active Directory service and how it will interact with on-premises AD.

Q: What is the krbtgt account used for in an Active Directory (AD) environment?

Jan De Clercq — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:22:28 GMT

By Jan De Clercq
The krbtgt Active Directory account is a special account used with the Kerberos protocol for user authentication.

Searching and Managing AD Groups with PowerShell

Mark Minasi — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:57:00 GMT

By Mark Minasi
Use get-adgroupmember and its related cmdlets to retrieve sets of users based on group membership