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Microsoft has shipped Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3, along with related releases of System Center 2016 TP3 and the RSAT Tools for Windows 10.

In the second part of this two-part series, I show you how to synchronize password hashes between AAD and Domain Services, and how to join a Windows Server VM to the new domain.

Russell Smith shows us how to add or remove Active Directory attributes from read-only domain controllers (RODCs) in this edition of Ask the Admin.

Learn how to manage servers using Server Manager in Windows 8.1 in this how-to article by Petri IT Knowledgebase Contributing Editor Russell Smith.

I’m probably revealing a little too much about my age, but when I first started working with Windows Server, the current version was Windows NT Server 3.5. One of the interesting things about that version of Windows was that like all of its successors, it had the ability to host network print queues. At the…

Russell Smith shows us how to easily back up and restore Group Policy Objects with the help of PowerShell.

One of the biggest security issues that organizations face with Windows Server Active Directory is the proliferation of privileged accounts.

Russell Smith shows how to create new Active Directory users with three different administrative tools.

Need to know if someone’s trying to sneak onto your system? Discover how to use last interactive logon information in Windows Server 2008/2012 to track those attempts.

Are the GUI management tools still relevant for Windows Server? Russell Smith explains how we’re moving away from the traditional GUI in lieu of PowerShell.