Setting up a Domain Controller (DC) in a Windows server is crucial in managing a secure and centralized network. A Domain Controller handles authentication, enforces security policies, and enables ...

Microsoft is investigating LSASS memory leaks (caused by Windows Server updates released during the November Patch Tuesday) that might lead to freezes and restarts on some domain controllers. LSASS ...

Update March 22: Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band (OOB) updates to fix this known issue. The March 2024 Windows Server updates are causing some domain controllers to crash and restart, ...

I have my DHCP server (on Sonicwall) configured to give out the domain controller/DNS server ip as primary DNS, for secondary DNS I have set to give out 1.1.1.1, for tertiary 8.8.4.4 Does this comply ...

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 brings a number of new capabilities plus updates and performance improvements to its server operating system. The question for most IT administrators will be whether to ...

In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...

The Kerberos authentication method originated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1980s, as part of a project called Athena. The project involved integrating the computers on the MIT ...

Microsoft is warning IT administrators that their Windows Server 2025 domain controllers (DC) may lose network connectivity after they are restarted. In a Windows release health dashboard update ...

In Windows Server, a child domain is a subdomain under a parent domain, inheriting policies and trust relationships. For example, if the parent domain is example.com, a child domain might be ...

I set up a small server 2003 domain with 5 machines. One PC is a domain controller and the remaining 4 are windows XP machines.<BR><BR>I set up DNS on the domain controller. The computer name of the ...