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Integrating vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 and its ESXi hosts in Active Directory

In this post we will be able to see how to configure authentication against our Active Directory in the VMware vSphere virtual platform. We'll enable it on the vCenter Server Appliance and ESXi hosts, so that you can assign access permissions to Active Directory users or groups. And so instead of using the default credentials (As we do wrongly); each employee will use their DA account, with the privileges that he should have, It will also be useful to see 'Who does what'.

Nagios – Monitoring Active Directory Status with NRPE

Another critical item that we will monitor will be the status of our respectable Active Directory, although we know that we will have him in cotton wool and we will pamper him, because Nagios or Centreon will also monitor it. Thanks to a script we will test your health on a scheduled basis, monitoring its status at all times, as well as that of the Domain Controllers, Therefore, another thing that we will get out of our heads and an automated system will do it for us, And if it fails… He warns us!

Nagios – Checking the status of Users in Active Directory

When we have enough users in our organization, or above all, When they are a bit of moles, we can try and control your Active Directory accounts, to prevent and monitor possible failures, This is, We will be able to control whether user accounts are disabled, Your passwords have expired or are close to expiring, as well as if they have become blocked, among other options.

Nextcloud – Integrating with Active Directory

Continuing with a series of posts about Nextcloud, we will see how easy it is to integrate it with Active Directory, in order for our users to use their accounts and passwords directly, avoiding using a different authentication database. Following these steps, We will allow, so that the users we indicate from our domain can be validated with their credentials!

Citrix ShareFile integration with Active Directory

We will be able to integrate Citrix ShareFile Enterprise accounts with our Active Directory users to allow Single Sign-on and validate the login of users with their DA credentials, so obviously our dear users will not have to remember two different passwords!

Upgrading Active Directory to Windows Server 2012

In this document we will see how to update the infrastructure of our Active Directory to the latest version, Windows Server 2012, this process is much simpler than in previous versions since the promotion process will prepare the D.A. and install necessary requirements,

Enable the Recycle Bin in Windows Active Directory 2012

Another feature that Windows brings 2012 is the possibility to more easily enable a recycle bin in our Active Directory. In order to be able to recover any object that we have accidentally deleted, whether you are a user, group, Ou… It's nothing new, ya vimos cómo esta característica estaba disponible en Windows 2008 R2.

Enabling the Recycle Bin in Windows Active Directory 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2 brings an improvement at the Active Directory level, Finally it will let us recover a deleted element without losing its settings, has introduced the Recycle Bin or 'Recycle Bin Feature' feature. In this document, We'll see how to enable it, since by default it is not enabled or activated if we come from an Active Directory prior to Windows 2008 R2.

Preparing Active Directory for Windows 2008 R2

Requirement to be met before promoting an additional domain controller in our domain. We must prepare our active directory using the ADPREP utility that we will have on the Windows Server CD/DVD 2008 R2 to prepare each domain, The forest, Group Policies and if we are interested in having RODC (Read Only Domain Controller).

Preparing Active Directory for Exchange Server 2010

In this document we will see the commands that we have to execute to prepare our Active Directory and be able to host a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, whether for a new installation or migration, we will also look at the requirements at the Active Directory level.