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Microsoft states: “Beginning with Windows Server 2025, you can use Active Directory Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) client performance counters to monitor the performance of LDAP clients.”
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Microsoft states: “As is the case with the Enterprise Admins (EA) and Domain Admins (DA) groups, membership in the built-in Administrators (BA) group should be required only in build or disaster recovery scenarios.”
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Microsoft states: “Beginning with Windows Server 2025, you can use Active Directory Domain Service Domain Controller (DC) Locator performance counters to monitor the performance of DC locator clients.”
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Microsoft states: “The _Database 32k pages optional feature_ offers a huge improvement in scalability.”
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Microsoft states: “However, it has not undergone the same editing passes, so some of the language may seem less polished than what is typically found on TechNet.”
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Microsoft states: “After you create your Active Directory forest and domain designs, you must design a Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure to support your Active Directory logical structure.”
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Microsoft states: “On all versions of Windows currently in mainstream support, the local Administrator account is disabled by default, which makes the account unusable for pass-the-hash and other credential theft attacks.”
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Microsoft states: “Before you can raise domain and forest functional levels, evaluate your current environment and identify your target functional level.”
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Microsoft states: “The steps up to this point apply to all forests: find a valid backup for each domain, recover the domains in isolation, reconnect them, reset the global catalog, and clean up.”
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Microsoft states: “This article for IT professionals introduces the group Managed Service Account (gMSA) by describing practical applications, changes in Microsoft’s implementation, and hardware and software requirements.”
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