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How to Find Users Last Logon Time
In this post, I’m going to show you three simple methods for finding active directory users last logon date and time.
Every time you log into a computer that is connected to Active Directory it stores that users last logon date and time into a user attribute called lastlogon.
Updated: Aug 1, 2023
Find Local Administrators on All Computers
Updated: July 26, 2022
Bulk Import New Users in Active Directory
Updated: May 19, 2023
Export Users to CSV Using PowerShell or the AD PRO Toolkit
Updated: May 23, 2023
Export Users Group Membership to CSV with PowerShell
Updated: June 20, 2023
How to Check Domain Controller Health
Updated: June 29, 2023
How to Hide Users from the Global Address List
Updated: Aug 8, 2023
Best Practice Guides
Top 25 Active Directory Best Practices
This is the most comprehensive list of Active Directory Security Best Practices online.
10 Active Directory Cleanup Best Practices
In this guide, I share my best practices for how to perform an effective Active Directory cleanup, including cleanup tips for users, computers, groups, and OUs.
10 NTFS Permissions Best practices
This is a list of 10 best NTFS permissions management tips, techniques, and best practices.
Top 11 Windows Audit Policy Best Practices
This is the ultimate guide to Windows audit and security policy settings.
15 Group Policy Best Practices
This is the most thorough guide to group policy best practices on the web.
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How to Sync On-Prem AD With Existing Azure AD Users
Do you have existing Azure AD Users using Office 365 and you need to sync them with on-premises Active Directory?
In this guide, I’ll walk through how to sync on-premises AD Users with existing Azure AD Users. You can sync on-prem users to Azure using a soft match or a hard match.
Published: Sep 28, 2023
Copy Group Membership from One Users to Another
Updated: Aug 27, 2023
How to Force Sync Azure AD Connect Using PowerShell
Updated: Aug 27, 2023
Azure AD Connect: Install and Setup Guide
Updated: Aug 23, 2023
How to Create Groups in Active Directory
Updated: Aug 14, 2023
How to Reset User Password in Active Directory
Updated: Aug 8, 2023
Search and Find Email Addresses in Active Directory
Updated: Aug 1 2023
Group Policy
GPO Cleanup: The Definitive Guide
This is a step by step guide to cleaning up group policy. In this guide, I’ll show you how to review your GPOs to determine if they can be deleted or not.
Disabled GPOs are ones that have their status set to “All settings disabled”. This means the GPOs are doing nothing. Even if the GPO is linked to the site or an OU the GPO is not applying any settings.
Updated: Sep 10, 2023
Restrict Control Panel Access using Group Policy
Updated: Sep 10, 2023
Group Policy Management Guide
Updated: Sep 10, 2023
Group Policy Backup and Restore Steps
Updated: Sep 10, 2023
How to Deploy an EXE file using Group Policy
Updated: Aug 14, 2023
Remove Local Admin Rights Using Group Policy
Updated: Sep 10, 2023
How to use RSoP to check and troubleshoot group policy settings
Updated: Sep 10, 2023