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How to Disable Microsoft Store?

Microsoft Store is a platform used to install applications and games on Windows devices. However, in some corporate or individual cases, it may be necessary to disable Microsoft Store. This ...
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Active Directory Golden Certificate

Golden Certificate is a persistence technique built on top of an Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) breach. What is Golden Certificate? Malicious actors can use an Active Directory Certificate Services ...
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Convert Usernames to Uppercase in Active Directory with Powershell

Active Directory (AD) management can be an essential task for IT professionals in organizations. Many processes, such as user management, security policy implementation, and system integration, require the effective use of AD...
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What is GMSA (Group Managed Service Accounts) and How to Configure It?

Group Managed Service Accounts (GMSA) are an advanced version of Managed Service Accounts (MSA), a feature of Microsoft Active Directory (AD). Today's ...
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GPO: Allow Anonymous SID/Name Translation

Security is one of the most important elements of the digital age. In particular, network security and user authentication processes play a critical role in defending organizations against cyber threats. In this context, ...
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“Domain join processes may fail with error “0xaac (2732)” How to Solve the Domain Rejoining Problem?

Microsoft regularly releases security updates and improvements for the Windows operating system. The KB5020276 update includes some security improvements during the netjoin process. The KB5020276 update brings Windows ...
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What is Group Policy Loopback Processing?

Group Policy Loopback is an addition to the centralized policy management features of Windows Server. This feature provides the ability to specify policies that are applied to users who log on to specific computers. ...
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GPO SMB Signing Configuration

The SMB protocol is used to provide file and printer sharing in a Microsoft-based network. To help detect man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks that could alter SMB traffic in transit, ...
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How to Disable NetBIOS and LLMNR Protocol

LLMNR and NetBIOS protocols are used in most organizations for legacy Windows OS, these two legacy protocols are vulnerable to MITM attacks. (LLMNR and NetBIOS are IPv4 and ...
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