To ensure a high level of security for user accounts in the Active Directory domain, an administrator must configure and implement a domain password policy. The password policy should provide sufficient complexity, password length, and the frequency of changing of user and service account passwords. Thus, you can make it hard for an attacker to brute-force or capture user passwords when send over a network.
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016
How to Enable/Disable the Built-in Administrator Account on Windows 10?
March 24, 2021As you know, during Windows 10 installation the system prompts creating a user account and grants local administrator privileges to this account. However, during the installation another built-in (hidden) administrator…
- Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2016
How to Map Network Drives (Shared Folders) with Group Policy?
February 27, 2023You can use Group Policies to flexibly map shared network folders from your SMB file servers as separate Windows network drives. Traditionally, .bat logon scripts containing the net use M:…
Windows File Recovery (winfr.exe) is a new free Microsoft tool to recover deleted files on different types of media. The tool is available since Windows 10 2004 (May 2020 Update) and…
In this article we’ll look on how to install and configure the KVM hypervisor on a server running Linux RHEL or CentOS. We will show how to create a virtual…
- ExchangePowerShell
How to Cleanup, Truncate or Move Log Files in Exchange Server 2013/2016/2019?
June 19, 2023After you deploy Exchange, you may notice that free disk space starts to decrease very quickly. In addition to the growth of the mailbox databases themselves, the various logs take…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2016
Using PowerShell Invoke-Command to Run Scripts on Remote Computers
September 9, 2022In this article we will learn how to use the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run PowerShell commands or scripts remotely. You can use PowerShell to run commands remotely on one or…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016
Remote Session Disconnected: No Remote Desktop License Servers/Client Access Licenses Available
March 12, 2021In this article, we’ll look at several common issues related to RDS licensing, when RDP clients cannot connect to Windows Server with the Remote Desktop Services Host role installed. Licensing…
- ExchangePowerShell
How to Create and Manage Distribution Groups (Lists) in Exchange?
February 20, 2023Distribution groups (lists) are a special type of recipients in Exchange. A distribution group has an email address but doesn’t have a mailbox. Emails sent to the distribution list are…
- Windows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
How to Enable Windows Auto Login without a Password
September 22, 2023A user must enter a password for a local or Microsoft (online) account each time they log on to Windows. This allows you to restrict access to your computer. In…