Active Directory (AD)
The Microsoft directory service that centralizes users, computers, groups and rights of, access to, an organization….
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Administrative Template (ADMX)
An IT concept in the Windows / Windows Server domain associated with Administrative Template (ADMX).
View →Autopilot Device Preparation
An IT concept in the Windows / Windows Server domain associated with Autopilot Device Preparation.
View →Credential Guard
An IT concept in the Windows / Windows Server domain associated with Credential Guard.
View →Delivery Optimization
An IT concept in the Windows / Windows Server domain associated with Delivery Optimization.
View →Domain Controller
The server that hosts Active Directory and authenticates users and computers of a Windows domain.
View →Event Viewer
The Windows tool that centralizes many system logs, security and applications.
View →FSMO
Active Directory roles assigned to some domain controllers for specific operations.
View →GPO
A group strategy used to automatically apply parameters to Active Directory users and computers.
View →GPResult
An IT concept in the Windows / Windows Server domain associated with GPResult.
View →Group Policy Preferences (GPP)
An IT concept in the Windows / Windows Server domain associated with Group Policy Preferences (GPP).
View →Hypervisor-Protected Code Integrity (HVCI)
An IT concept in the Windows / Windows Server domain associated with Hypervisor-Protected Code Integrity (HVCI).
View →Kerberos
A par tickets authentication protocol widely used in Active Directory domains.
View →LDAP
A protocol for interviewing and modifying a directory service.
View →Local Administrator Password Solution (Windows LAPS)
An IT concept in the Windows / Windows Server domain associated with Local Administrator Password Solution (Windows LAPS).
View →Local Security Authority (LSA)
An IT concept in the Windows / Windows Server domain associated with Local Security Authority (LSA).
View →Loopback Processing GPO
An IT concept in the Windows / Windows Server domain associated with Loopback Processing GPO.
View →LSASS
An IT concept in the Windows / Windows Server domain associated with LSASS.
View →Netlogon
A Windows service essential to trust relationships and authentication in a domain.
View →NTDS.dit
The main database file of Active Directory Domain Services.
View →NTFS
The main file system used on many Windows volumes.
View →Organizational Unit (OU)
An Active Directory container used to classify users, computers and other objects.
View →PowerShell
Microsoft command line environment and object-based scripting.
View →PowerShell Constrained Language Mode
An IT concept in the Windows / Windows Server domain associated with PowerShell Constrained Language Mode.
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