Technological Blog
Archive for January, 2010
audit account logon events
Jan 25th
Posted by technoblogical in Active Directory
audit account logon events
This is a video about auditing account logon events. It records successful and failed account log on events to a Microsoft Windows server 2008 domain. In an Active Directory environment, these events will be recorded to the domain controllers event viewer and must be viewed there. This feature is available on Server 2008, 2003, and 2000. You may also enact these policies on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or 7, if they are a member of the domain. If they are not members of a domain, you may record them locally, but remember they must be viewed locally.
Password Settings Object
Jan 18th
Posted by technoblogical in Active Directory
A PSO is a password policy that is available in a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller. It is more granular than Active Directory group policy because it is applied to a particular user or group. Group Policy Objects (GPO) sre applied to an entire organizational unit (OU). You may try to apply several PSOs to a person, but one will take precedence. The one with the lowest number will be the policy applied. To use the features in this video, you must promote your domain to a Server 2008 level.
control passwords in group policy
Jan 11th
Posted by technoblogical in Active Directory
control passwords in group policy
This is a short video about how to create password policies in a Server 2008 Active Directory domain. The policies are already configured, but this shows how to modify them. You can also use similar methods in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2000 Server. Similar settings are also available in local group policy in an Microsoft Management Console (MMC). You can set these policies locally on Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, XP, or 2000.
The policies are located at…
Computer Configuration / Policies / Windows Settings / Security Settings / Account Policies / Password Policy
The six settings are…
Enforce Password History
Maximum password age
Minimum password age
Minimum password length
Password must meet complexity requirements
Store passwords using reversible encryption