Microsoft's introduction of ADAM has set the stage for a major shift in the way directories are used for application authentication. META Trend: Driven by compliance and cost, organizations will focus ...

On Oct. 14, Microsoft announced the preview release of Azure Active Directory Domain Services or, as I like to call it, a domain in a cloud. What is really interesting about this preview is that ...

Installing this month's Windows Server security update has knocked some enterprise domain controllers into continuous reboot ...

Microsoft is making available to its volume licensing customers, as of September 15, a second paid version of Azure Active Directory. Azure Active Directory Basic, the newest version, sits between ...

In this ESG Technical Review, ESG validated how Quest Recovery Manager for Active Directory Disaster Recovery Edition (RMADDRE) simplifies, accelerates and automates backup and recovery of Microsoft ...

Microsoft has a gaggle of tools for syncing Active Directory accounts. But the company knows that to continue gaining market and mind share for its cloud platform, Microsoft Azure, it needs to make ...

Microsoft this week announced a preview of custom claims providers for Azure Active Directory users. Custom claims providers let organizations map claims into a token via an API. Microsoft's example ...

Microsoft plans to beef up Active Directory’s security with machine learning technology from a startup it has acquired. The security technology from Aorato will give Microsoft customers “a new level ...