Tag: passthrough

How to Track Down Inactive Users in Active Directory

We can all fall behind on our “simple” tasks in lieu of accomplishing more difficult duties. One such task is ​staying on top of ​user accounts in Active Directory that have not been used in a while. These user accounts need to be managed to ensure ​that​ security is maintained around the use of these accounts

World Cup Soccer Meets World-Class Help Desk!

Soccer stirs the passions of fans throughout the world. And with the opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil just hours away, people from every field of endeavor find themselves united by a common bond that sends their emotions surging with excitement and anticipation

​Auditing with Advanced Audit Policy Configuration

Within the confines of the Windows Server environment lies the group policy settings, which are the security configuration powerhouses controlling every security event. The​ legacy audit settings and advanced audit settings — subsets of the group policy settings — are the lifelines that help administer many events and their permissions

How ServiceDesk Plus Helps S&K Technologies Manage Its Distributed IT Infrastructure – Customer Talk

Managing a globally distributed IT infrastructure could be a difficult task, if not for ServiceDesk Plus . Now, one our customers, S&K Technologies, offers a video testimonial on how ServiceDesk Plus makes it an easy task to manage such distributed IT infrastructures. S&K Technologies is a federally chartered corporation owned by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Along with its five subsidiaries, S&K Technologies is one of the most successful ​tribally owned, professional and technology services companies in the United States. Steven Klepzig, senior communications engineer at S&K Technologies, talks about the ServiceDesk Plus benefits enjoyed by his IT support team

Passwords, King of Authentication: Long Live the King!

This post is a reproduction of an article I wrote that was originally published in  Business Computing World . “When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die”. One thing that we have learnt from the popular TV show and books is that no one is safe on the throne for long before a younger, stronger, and more entitled claimant comes along to throw you off