In December 2016, Microsoft released Azure AD Connect to join an on-premises Active Directory system with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to enable SSO for Microsoft's cloud services, such as Office 365. Azure AD Connect works with systems running Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Wi...
Event banner What's new in Active Directory for Windows Server 2025 Event Ended Tuesday, Mar 26, 2024, 01:30 PM PDT Online Event details bannerTitle Date and Time Mar 26, 20241:30 PM - 2:30 PM PDT
What's New in Certificate Services in Windows ServerActive Directory Certificate Services in Windows Server 2012 R2 supports a policy module for the Network Device Enrollment Service, TPM key attestation, and new Windows PowerShell cmdlets for backup and restore. AD CS in Windows Server 2012 provide...
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2What are the major changes?Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) is a server management tool that is available in Windows Server 2008 R2 for the following server roles:Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) DNS Server...
After you enable Active Directory Recycle Bin in Windows Server 2008 R2, when an Active Directory object is deleted, the system preserves all of the object's link-valued and non-link-valued attributes, and the object becomes “logically deleted”, which is a new state that is introduced in ...
In Windows Server 2012, Administrators can leverage Active Directory Administrative Center to learn Windows PowerShell for Active Directory cmdlets. As actions are executed in the user interface, the equivalent Windows PowerShell for Active Directory command is shown to the user in Windows PowerShell ...
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS), a format and application-agnostic technology, provides services to enable the creation of information-protection solutions. AD RMS includes several new features that were not available in Microsoft Window...
Windows Server 2012 domain controllers For more information, see DirectAccess Offline Domain Join.Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)AD FS v2.0 shipped out-of-band of the Windows Server release. In Windows Server 2012, AD FS (v2.1) ships in-the-box as a server role. This provides:...
Windows Active Directory is a powerful Microsoft service that works by managing and controlling network resources in a Windows Server environment. It offers a wide range of functionalities, including authentication, authorization, directory services, Group Policy management, and DNS integration. ...
Active Directory:Active Directory is a user management service that allows a server to act as a domain controller. Instead of each user logging into a local computer, the domain controller handles all user account authentication. See ourexplanation of Windows domainsfor more on this. ...