Tech Stack

1. Active Directory (AD) Active Directory is a centralized database used to manage users, computers, and security settings in a network. It allows administrators to control access and enforce policies. 2. Group Policy Group Policy is used to manage and configure user and computer settings centrally in Active Directory, improving security and consistency. 3. Why not restore a 9-month-old DC backup? Because AD backups older than 180 days can cause lingering objects due to expired tombstones, leading to replication issues. 4. Hardware Experience Experience includes installing, upgrading, troubleshooting, and replacing hardware components like RAM, HDD, and servers. 5. Forest, Tree, Domain Domain : Collection of users/computers Tree : Group of domains in hierarchy Forest : Collection of multiple trees 6. WINS Server WINS resolves NetBIOS names to IP addresses , mainly used in older Windows networks. 7. System Admin Skills Proble...

Basic GUI-based Active Directory admin tool What this tool can do: Create a new AD user Reset a user’s password Disable a user Show output/logs in the GUI Ad GUI Tool (power Shell) # Active Directory GUI Tool (PowerShell) # Requires: RSAT ActiveDirectory module Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing Import-Module ActiveDirectory # Create Form $form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form $form.Text = "Active Directory Admin Tool" $form.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(500,400) $form.StartPosition = "CenterScreen" # Username Label $lblUser = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label $lblUser.Text = "Username" $lblUser.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(20,20) $form.Controls.Add($lblUser) # Username TextBox $txtUser = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox $txtUser.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(150,20) $form.Controls.Add($txtUser) # Password Label $lblPass = New...