Active Directory Videos

A workgroup is a peer-to-peer network setup using the Microsoft Windows operating system. It’s a group of computers on a local area network that share common resources and responsibilities. Learn how to set up a Windows workgroup. Check out a more detailed explanation in our article here 👇 https://www.windows-active-directory.com/what-is-a-workgroup-and-how-is-it-set-up.html For more such…

To apply different settings to sets of users, administrators need to create a new PSO and configure the settings as per requirement. When a PSO is applied to a user, the user no longer uses the password policy deployed by Group Policy. Instead, they use the specified PSO settings. In this video, we discuss how you can go about managing PSO using Active Directory Administrative Center. Check out a…

Local Users and Groups is a part of the collection of tools that an administrator can use to manage single local computers as well as remote computers. Learn how to set permissions and rights on a local user account or group account on that computer, thereby controlling access to files and folders. Check out a more detailed explanation in our article here…

The Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) is a one-stop solution for performing all the Group Policy functions an administrator has to deal with. This MMC snap-in provides all the information about Group Policies and allows one to view all the settings within a Group Policy Object (GPO). In this video, we discuss how the GPMC provides viewing, configuring, and analyzing GPO settings to know how…

Fine-Grained Password Policy (FGPP), gives Active Directory the ability to set different password policies and account lockout policies for a different set of users in a domain. In this video, learn how to create a password policy using administrative tools Check out a more detailed explanation in our article here…

An account lockout policy is a built-in security policy that allows administrators to determine when and for how long a user account should be locked out. It determines what happens when a user enters the wrong password. In this video, we will learn how we can change the account lockout group policy in Windows Server 2012 Active Directory. Check out a more detailed explanation in our article here…

AD objects can be of several types based on what they represent and their function. In this video, we shall understand what AD objects are, learn about the different types of objects in AD, and see how the objects can be created, modified, and deleted. Check out a more detailed explanation in our article here…

Users in an Active Directory (AD) network can gain access to resources of the network, whether they are files and folders, or computers and printers. However, not all users need access to all the resources of the network. In this video, we will take a look at what AD permissions are, permission inheritance to child objects, and dive into how to view and modify permissions in AD. Check out a more…

In this video tutorial, we will discuss how to raise Active directory forest functional level in windows server 2012R2 to 2016 by using Active Directory Users and Computers console and Active Directory Domain and Trust console. For a more detailed explanation, check out our article here 👇 https://www.windows-active-directory.com/forest-functional-level.html For more such articles on Windows…

In this step-by-step video tutorial we discuss how you can raise your domain functional level from 2012R2 to 2016 by using the Active Directory Domain and Trust console. For a more detailed explanation, check out our article here 👇 https://www.windows-active-directory.com/domain-functional-level.html For more such articles on Windows Server Management, visit our website…