Active Directory Connector for Fortigate: FSAE – Fortinet Server Authentication Extension

If we want to integrate the firewall with our Active Directory (Active Directory – AD), so we don't always have to use local users, if not take advantage of those that the domain controllers database has, we'll use a tool called FSAE. This procedure explains, How to install the FSAE, How to configure domain controllers and firewall, Then we'll create a policy and they'll just browse the internet (or the rule that interests us) Active Directory Users.

A little organization of Active Directory

This procedure explains the basics of how to organize your active directory with OUs, how to create users for people so they can log in to all posts, Create Groups, and at the end of the whole the most interesting properties of the users. To open the Active Directory main console, we have to be on an MS Windows 2000 or 2003 Server version, Then you have to go to: “Beginning” > “Programmes” > “Administrative Tools” > “Active Directory Users and Computers”

Migrate Microsoft Windows Active Directory 2003 to Microsoft Windows 2008

This document will show you how to successfully migrate a Microsoft Windows environment 2000 o Microsoft Windows 2003 to Microsoft Windows 2008. Being the migration of Active Directory 2000 or 2003 a 2008. Active Directory will be migrated to this new version to new domain controllers. Old domain controllers will disappear. So you'll need a new server to install Windows 2008, Make it a domain controller, pass the roles to it and then unpromote the old domain controllers. Finally, the functional level of the domain and the forest will be raised to 'Windows 2008'. The correct steps to follow will be: