Active Directory
GPO: installation of definitions for Office
Through this article, I will show you how to set up the necessary files to set up Office 2016 using GPOs in an Active Directory environment. It is possible to add settings to the Group Policy system by adding ADMX and ADML files. The explanations below can be applied to any definitions you may download …
Rename an Active Directory domain
The following procedure shows you how to rename an Active Directory domain. 1. Open a command window in “administrator” mode and enter the following command which will generate a Domainlist.xml file : 2. Edit the xml file, changing your old domain to the new one: In the file, I modified rdr-it.intra to rdr-it.com. 3. Enter …
Active Directory: Copy Group Policy – GPO
In this tutorial, I will explain how to copy / duplicate / clone a Group Policy (GPO). To do this, you have two solutions, either go through the GUI and the Group Policy Management console or use PowerShell. I’ll show you both, then it’s up to you to choose which one is right for you. …
Update Group Policy Definitions – ADMX
In this tutorial, I’ll explain why and how to update Group Policy Definitions (GPOs) in an Active Directory environment. Before explaining how to do this, we will see why to update the files, for understanding I will start from an example. You are in an Active Directory environment which is composed of 2 Windows Server …
Windows Server: DNS enable zone cleaning
In this “how to” tutorial, I will explain how to enable DNS zone cleanup on Windows Server.
Active Directory: configuring dynamic access control – DAC
In this tutorial, I suggest you discover the dynamic access control available on Windows Server in an Active Directory environment. Before getting to the heart of the matter, I will introduce you to dynamic access control also called DAC (Dynamic Access Control). DAC adds additional control over NTFS access rights which allows rights to be …
Windows Server : join an Active Directory domain
In this tutorial “how”, we will see how to join a Windows server with graphical interface to an Active Directory domain.
Active Directory: Restore default GPOs Default Domain Policy / Default Domain Controller Policy
In this tutorial, we will see how to restore GPO Default Domain Policy / Default Domain Controller Policy to default. On domain controllers, a DCGPOFIX command line tool is available to restore the 2 default policies. Before proceeding with the restoration of the policies, I advise you to make a backup of this one before. …
Active Directory : password policy – PSO
This tutorial explains how to configure password policies in Active Directory with Password Setting Objects (PSO).