Short definition: Active Directory OU delegation is granting scoped, task-specific permissions on Organizational Units (OUs) to security groups—without domain-wide admin rights—so teams can safely manage only what they must.
Why OU delegation matters now
Modern AD…
Auditing nested group memberships for security risks: the expert’s comparison guide
Reading time: ~14–18 min • Last updated: 2025-09-29
Nested groups are convenient, flexible, and dangerously opaque. This guide shows how to audit them properly in…
A production-grade playbook for hybrid Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) inactive user account cleanup: signals, staged actions, reversibility, and governance—backed by copy‑paste runbooks.
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Why the usual approach…
Quick definition: SID filtering is a trust-side control that removes foreign SIDs—including values in SIDHistory—from a user’s authorization data as it traverses a trust. It prevents privilege escalation by honoring only the SIDs the trusting side expects.
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Active Directory high availability
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Definition (snippet-ready): AD high availability with RODCs and…
Active Directory
The schema is your forest’s data contract. When you raise its version—via adprep or app extensions—you change what can exist and how it behaves. This self-contained guide explains the why, the risks, and a precise runbook you can use in…
Short definition: Active Directory OU delegation is granting scoped, task-specific permissions on Organizational Units (OUs) to security groups—without domain-wide admin rights—so teams can safely manage only what they must.
Why…
Auditing nested group memberships for security risks: the expert’s comparison guide
Reading time: ~14–18 min • Last updated: 2025-09-29
Nested groups are convenient, flexible, and dangerously opaque. This…
Active Directory behaves as if that DC never existed. This guide goes beyond “delete in ADUC” and covers DNS SRV/CNAME integrity, KCC recomputation, lingering objects, and RODC specifics.
Focus: metadata cleanup
Covers…
Quick definition: SID filtering is a trust-side control that removes foreign SIDs—including values in SIDHistory—from a user’s authorization data as it traverses a trust. It prevents privilege escalation by honoring only the SIDs…
Active Directory
The schema is your forest’s data contract. When you raise its version—via adprep or app extensions—you change what can exist and how it behaves. This self-contained guide explains the why, the risks, and a…
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