Identity disaster recovery: restoring Active Directory, Entra, certificates, and privileged access before workloads return.
Guide to syncing user accounts from Entra ID to Active Directory using Entra Cloud Sync, including setup and attribute mapping.
Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync now supports provisioning users from Entra ID to Active Directory, with setup steps and prerequisites.
Guide to using GPO Policy Analyzer for detecting conflicts, drift, and missing settings in Active Directory Group Policy Objects.
Guide to scheduling Winget Auto Updates for production, covering GPO configuration, package verification, and centralized management.
Technical guide to deploying Winget Auto Updates (WAU) via Active Directory GPO for centralized third-party software patch management.
A technical guide on configuring the GPO Central Store in Active Directory to manage Group Policy templates and fix missing PolicyDefinitions folder.
Technical overview of SMAD-X, an open-source Active Directory planning tool for visualizing structures, GPO links, and delegations.
Guide to using Microsoft's free AD Account Lockout tool to troubleshoot and resolve Active Directory account lockout issues.
Explains why password resets alone fail in Active Directory environments due to cached hashes, Kerberos tickets, and hybrid sync gaps.
Summary of Windows Server Summit 2026 Day 3, covering core infrastructure, identity, networking, storage, and virtualization updates for hybrid cloud architects.
Summary of Windows Server Summit 2026 Day 2, covering Azure Arc, hybrid management, and local AI workload integration.
Explores free tools like MockAD and md2ADUC for visualizing and designing Active Directory structures, moving beyond static diagrams.
A guide to implementing 'Quality of Life' Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to streamline Windows administration in lab and development environments.
A guide explaining why and how to disable the Seamless SSO feature in Microsoft Entra Connect to reduce complexity and improve security.
A technical guide to diagnosing and fixing the 'LogoncertTemplateReady: NO (StateNoTemplate)' error in Windows Hello for Business hybrid deployments.
A technical guide on setting up and analyzing DNS within Azure IaaS, including creating a lab with VMs and using Wireshark to inspect DNS traffic.
A technical guide comparing agent options (Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, Defender for Identity) for monitoring Active Directory logs in Microsoft Sentinel.
Explains using an LDAP Proxy with AD LDS to authenticate legacy applications during Active Directory migrations without rewriting them.
Explains how to migrate Active Directory groups between forests using ADMT and Azure AD Connect while maintaining Azure AD links via specific GUID attributes.
