Regular reviews of the effectiveness of user, admin, and service passwords stored in Active Directory is a good idea. Here's how one password review tool works.

A regular reset of the KRBTGT account password will help prevent golden ticket attacks that allow wide unauthorized access to your network.

So, you think you know how password policies work in Active Directory? Well, you might ... or you might not. Find out how to manage Active Directory password policies in Windows Server 2008 and ...

I know I'm behind times. I still use the NT tools (srvmgr, usrmgr). I am now forcing my self to learn the Windows 2000 mmc. I wanted to change my domain administrators password from my desktop and ...

Password reset processes are often a point of vulnerability in an organization's Active Directory security, especially when they involve sending a reset link or code to the user's email or phone.

There can be only one password policy for domain users in a Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Active Directory domain.

Locate the user whose password you want to change. Depending on how your company has set up the Active Directory, you may need to open several nested folders to find the user.

The Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell, which is included with Windows Server 2008 R2, can be used to perform password and account search operations against Active Directory Domain ...

The default settings for passwords on Windows and Active Directory are quite reasonable, though I would change the 7-character minimum password length to something higher.

Alleviate the headaches associated with manual password resets by providing this Windows-based Active Directory solution for Remote Desktop Services.

Microsoft's widely used software for brokering network access has a critical design flaw, an Israeli security firm said, but Microsoft contends the issue has been long-known and defenses are in place.