Group Policy is a feature of the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that controls the working environment of user accounts and computer accounts. Group Policy provides centralized management and configuration of operating systems, applications, and users’ settings in an Active Directory environment.
NTLM still appears inside many Active Directory environments. Even when Kerberos handles normal authentication, NTLM often surfaces through legacy applications, services, or fallback behavior. Before blocking anything, visibility matters. The safest place to monitor NTLM usage is the domain controller. Read More …
NTLM stands for NT LAN Manager. Windows uses this protocol for authentication when Kerberos fails or legacy systems exist. Modern Active Directory relies on Kerberos for normal domain logon and access. NTLM remains mainly for backward compatibility. NTLM exists in Read More …
Displaying custom security messages on the logon screen is a valuable feature for system administrators. It allows organizations to provide users with important legal notices, security policies, or other critical information they must acknowledge before accessing the system. This guide Read More …
Group Policies are an essential tool for managing and controlling the configuration of Windows-based computers in an organization. They allow you to define settings, restrictions, and preferences that are applied to users and computers, which helps to ensure consistency, security, Read More …
Setting up wireless networks through Group Policy is a convenient way to ensure that all devices on a network can easily and securely connect to the internet. Group Policy is a feature in Microsoft Windows that allows network administrators to Read More …
When troubleshooting a network issue on a computer one of the first steps is to check whether the device can see other devices and vice versus if other devices can see the device that is being troubleshot. This does mean Read More …
When administrating a remote site one of the biggest problems is not being able to connect to a Remote Server or Workstation because Remote Desktop Services have not been setup. To ensure that all workstations are compliant with this we Read More …
When looking at GPO to uninstall software the answer is really simple. Group Policies can only uninstall software that was installed via Group Policies. Well even though this statement remains true we can still use Group Policies to run PowerShell Read More …
If you are a first-time IT Administrator and you hear about Group Policy Management Console and what it does, you are probably thinking magic has returned to the world. Where Active Directory is an Authentication and Authorization process Group Policy Read More …
Continuing off the previous post where we got the server Ready to Backup Bitlocker Recovery Keys. We now reached the point where we need to push down the Group Policies to the client devices. Just a Reminder this is a Read More …