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In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith uses a PowerShell script to populate Active Directory with test user accounts.

Don’t be a security sucker! Pick up on some of the best security hardening best practices for Windows Server 2008 R2 in this comprehensive guide.

Learn how to create new Active Directory users in bulk with Excel and PowerShell in Russell Smith’s latest article.

This page contains a collection of tweaking tips & tricks, articles and how-to guides, all related to Windows Vista.   Recommended Reading: Disable User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista Although UAC clearly improves the security on Windows Vista, under some scenarios you might want to disable it, for example when giving demos in front…

PowerShell Problem Solver Jeff Hicks demonstrates better techniques for get user account details from members of an Active Directory group.

Use DHCP policy-based assignment in Windows Server 2012 to simplify network management.

Need new sysadmin-friendly apps? Check out our favorite apps for Windows 8 Pro tablets!

Active Directory is an essential part of Windows Server. It allows IT pros to manage computer resources on the network. In this guide, we’ll show you how to install Active Directory Users and Computers and the basics of working with it so you can manage Active Directory. Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) is built…

In this PowerShell Problem Solver, Jeff Hicks shows us a way to find disabled or inactive user accounts in Active Directory with the help of the Search-ADAccount cmdlet.

We’re back with our series on managing network adapters with PowerShell! Learn to get addressing and configuration info with this tutorial.