Windows Server 2016

How to Extend the Active Directory Schema on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Extend the Active Directory Schema on Windows Server 2016

How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 Schema Extensions The Active Directory schema defines all object classes and attributes that can exist in a directory. Every user, group, computer, or custom object in Active Directory must conform to a class defined in the schema. Windows Server 2016 allows administrators and application developers to extend the […]

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How to Use the Active Directory Migration Tool on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use the Active Directory Migration Tool on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure Windows Server 2016 Active Directory Migration Tool The Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) is a Microsoft utility used to migrate users, groups, computers, and service accounts between Active Directory domains. In Windows Server 2016 environments, ADMT version 3.2 is the supported release and is commonly used for domain consolidation, domain restructuring, mergers […]

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How to Configure a Forest Trust in Active Directory on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure a Forest Trust in Active Directory on Windows Server 2016

How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 Forest Trust A forest trust is a special type of trust relationship in Windows Server 2016 that establishes authentication and authorization between two complete Active Directory forests. Unlike domain trusts that connect individual domains, a forest trust connects all domains in both forests through a single trust relationship […]

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How to Configure Domain Trusts in Active Directory on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Domain Trusts in Active Directory on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure Windows Server 2016 Domain Trust Relationships Domain trust relationships in Windows Server 2016 enable users in one domain to access resources in another domain without requiring separate accounts in each domain. Trusts define the authentication relationships between domains and forests, determining how Kerberos and NTLM authentication flows across domain boundaries. Properly configuring […]

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How to Set Up Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) on Windows Server 2016 — Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) on Windows Server 2016

How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) is a role in Windows Server 2016 that provides directory services for applications without requiring a full Active Directory domain deployment. AD LDS uses the same LDAP-based directory technology as Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), […]

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How to Configure LDAP on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure LDAP on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure Windows Server 2016 LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is the standard protocol used to query and modify entries in Active Directory on Windows Server 2016. Applications, scripts, and management tools communicate with Active Directory over LDAP on port 389 (unencrypted or with STARTTLS) and LDAPS on port 636 (LDAP over SSL/TLS). […]

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How to Configure NTLM Authentication on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure NTLM Authentication on Windows Server 2016

How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 NTLM Authentication NTLM (NT LAN Manager) is a challenge-response authentication protocol that predates Kerberos in the Windows ecosystem. While Kerberos is the preferred authentication protocol in Windows Server 2016 Active Directory environments, NTLM is still used in several scenarios: when clients connect using IP addresses instead of DNS […]

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How to Configure Kerberos Authentication on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Kerberos Authentication on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure Windows Server 2016 Kerberos Authentication Kerberos is the primary authentication protocol used by Windows Server 2016 in Active Directory domain environments. It replaced NTLM as the default authentication method starting with Windows 2000 and provides mutual authentication, stronger security guarantees, and better scalability than its predecessor. Kerberos uses tickets issued by the […]

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How to Configure Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) on Windows Server 2016

How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 Group Managed Service Accounts Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSAs) extend the benefits of standalone Managed Service Accounts to multi-server environments. Introduced in Windows Server 2012, gMSAs are fully supported in Windows Server 2016 and allow multiple servers to share a single managed service account with automatic password rotation. […]

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How to Configure Managed Service Accounts on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Managed Service Accounts on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure Windows Server 2016 Managed Service Accounts Managed Service Accounts (MSAs) were introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2 to address the administrative overhead of managing service account passwords. In Windows Server 2016, MSAs continue to provide automatic password management and simplified Service Principal Name (SPN) management for services running on a single computer. […]

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