Badri Narayanan

Have you ever been frustrated why your account is getting locked out frequently in active directory? If your AD account keeps getting locked out, then you have come to the right place. Account lockouts are the biggest problem experienced by Active Directory (AD) users. They also account for the highest number of calls to IT support. Apart from users forgetting their login credentials, using a…

Introduction When sharing resources in a common network, the biggest concern is delegating access levels to those resources. Permissions management is a critical security process since any pitfalls can make the organizations prone to data breaches. For example, consider a scenario where a new sales employee joins an organization. They need to be provided with access to things like sales…

Introduction  Active Directory (AD) is a directory service that stores information about objects on the network in a logical and hierarchical manner. Administrators control and manage access to network resources based on the permissions assigned to the AD user role. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a simplified version of the Directory Access Protocol (DAP). LDAP’s primary…

Active Directory (AD), a service provided by Microsoft, functions as a central database for securely storing and managing information about user accounts, groups, applications, and other critical resources. It primarily functions as a directory service for Windows domain networks. Windows Server 2016, the eighth version of Windows Server operating system, was launched in 2016. In comparison to the…