Windows Active Directory (AD) service accounts are prime cyber-attack targets due to their elevated privileges and automated/continuous access to important systems. Windows Administrators should ...

Service accounts play a critical role in enabling machine-to-machine communication in Active Directory (AD) environments. Numerous email systems, databases, and applications rely on service accounts ...

Federated identity management, or FIM, is just one of the latest networking buzzwords to hit mainstream. FIM involves a set of agreements for trusting repositories of accounts located in two or more ...

Windows 2000 has been available for more than a year, but many people are still struggling with how to implement the most promising and most complex part of Microsoft Corp.’s new operating system: ...

Active Directory account lockouts happen when too many failed login attempts trigger security limits. Common causes include outdated cached credentials, expired service account passwords, mobile ...