5 Best FTP Servers for Windows
Are you looking for the best FTP server for Windows? Then you’re in the right place. An FTP server runs a program that utilizes FTP (File Transfer Protocol ) and allows you to upload and download files. By default, the FTP protocol is insecure as it transmits data unencrypted. All FTP servers on this list…
Continue ReadingHow To Configure a Domain Password Policy
In this article, you will learn how to configure the Active Directory Domain password policy. You will also learn: What is the default domain password policy Understand password policy settings Password policy best practices Modify the domain password policy What is The Default Domain Password Policy? By default, Active Directory is configured with a default…
Continue ReadingTop 11 Windows Audit Policy Best Practices
This is the ultimate guide to Windows audit and security policy settings. In this guide, I will share my tips for audit policy settings, password and account policy settings, monitoring events, benchmarks and much more. Table of contents: What is Windowing Auditing Use The Advanced Audit Policy Configuration Configure Audit Policy for Active Directory Configure…
Continue ReadingHow to Configure Group Policy Central Store
In this post, you will learn how to configure and manage the group policy central store. What is the Group Policy Central Store? The group policy central store is a central location to store all the group policy template files. This eliminates the need for admins to load and open group policy template files on…
Continue ReadingActive Directory Glossary – Terms and Fundamental Concepts
In this post, I’m going to list and explain the most commonly used terminology in Active Directory and related technologies. If you are new to Active Directory, this will be a great resource for you to get familiar with Active Directory basics and fundamental concepts. I’ve grouped terms together in different sections to make it…
Continue ReadingHow to Configure DNS Aging and Scavenging (Cleanup Stale DNS Records)
In this tutorial, I’ll show you step by step instructions for setting up DNS aging and scavenging on Windows DNS Servers. What is DNS Aging and Scavenging? It is a Windows DNS Server feature that will automate the cleanup of stale dynamically registered DNS records. DNS Scavenging will only remove records based on their timestamp.…
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