Just a quick question as a sanity check. According to Microsoft you shouldn't use a made-up DNS suffix when setting up a domain (.local or whatever) and should use a subdomain using the TLD instead.

How do Active Directory domains relate to DNS subdomains? I've gotten myself confused. We're expanding out from the corporate office to new facilities. The first thing that comes to mind is to create ...

In Windows 2000, domains exist in trees. A domain tree consists of a root-level domain and child domains, each of which can contain other child domains. Parallel directory trees are called forests.

On Oct. 14, Microsoft announced the preview release of Azure Active Directory Domain Services or, as I like to call it, a domain in a cloud. What is really interesting about this preview is that ...

The proliferation of new top-level domains (TLDs) has exacerbated a well-known security weakness: Many organizations set up their internal Microsoft authentication systems years ago using domain names ...

NOVATO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Radiant Logic announced support for Azure AD, further strengthening the value of its flagship RadiantOne Federated Identity Service for the Microsoft installed ...

In AD Domains and Trusts, right-click the domain name and then select Raise Domain Functional Level. If it shows anything less than Windows Server 2003 as the current domain functional level, drop ...

In "Mastering Active Directory Domains," I explained the importance of good domain naming and discussed the concept of nesting domains. In this article, I'll discuss two more Active Directory ...

Microsoft is urging customers to patch two Active Directory domain controller bugs after a PoC tool was publicly released on Dec. 12. A proof-of-concept tool has been published that leverages two ...