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Month: February 2019

Local Admin Password Solution (LAPS) STEP-BY-STEP

Local Admin Password Solution (LAPS) STEP-BY-STEP

Today we will deploy Microsoft LAPS solution to manage local administrator passwords in computers. Its an excellent tool that takes the burden of rotation of local administrator account password or to avoid cases when all workstation have the same password for local administrator account. First we need to download LAPS from the MS download center and install it on Management Computer (Domain Controller). LAPS is installed to “%ProgramFiles%\LAPS”. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=46899 For “Managed computers” we can run the installer to install same…

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Active Directory Group Nesting

Active Directory Group Nesting

Group Scope There are four group scopes: Local Global Domain Local Universal The characteristics that define each scope fall into these categories: Replication. Where is the group defined, and to what systems is the group replicated? Membership. What types of security principals can the group contain as members? Can the group include security principals from trusted domains? Availability. Where can the group be used? Is the group available to add to another group? Is the group available to add to…

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