Backing up Active Directory should be part and parcel of creating a forest, however an often overlooked area is GPO settings. Of course these are backed up along with AD, but restoring settings from an AD backup is pretty traumatic. GPO settings should be backed up so that you can quickly apply an older version or […]
Active Directory Authentication – Part 2
In part 1, we talked about authentication via NTLM and how the domain controllers that are used to authenticate you are the ones near the service that is being consumed. Now let us move onto Kerberos. Just like last time I need to point at a TechNet Article, How DNS Support for Active Directory Works. […]
Active Directory Authentication – Part 1
Today we are deviating away from the more Messaging related threads and we will be looking at authentication. The reason for writing this article is that I am often asked to troubleshoot authentication issues and to my surprise there are not many simple explanations about how authentication works. Also I find time and again that […]