The simplest recommendation from this blog is, as the title states—reboot your Windows machines every 30 days and apply the latest business approved patches before each reboot to ensure the lowest risks from vulnerabilities and potential exploitation.

1. Stop AD DS using the net stop ntds command. (During execution of the command, all dependent services, including the File Replication Service, the Kerberos Key Distribution Center, Intersite Messaging, and the DNS Server, will be stopped after receiving a confirmation.)

Active Directory (AD) is a database and set of services that connect users with the network resources they need to get their work done. … For example, the database might list 100 user accounts with details like each person’s job title, phone number and password. It will also record their . . . Read more

Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) uses Domain Name System (DNS) name resolution services to make it possible for clients to locate domain controllers and for the domain controllers that host the directory service to communicate with each other.

While DNS domains and AD DS domains typically have the same name, they are two separate objects with different roles. DNS stores zones and zone data required by AD DS and responds to DNS queries from clients. AD DS stores object names and object records and uses LDAP queries to . . . Read more

The 5 FSMO roles are: Schema Master – one per forest. Domain Naming Master – one per forest. Relative ID (RID) Master – one per domain. Primary Domain Controller (PDC) Emulator – one per domain. Infrastructure Master – one per domain. Apr 23, 2018

Why is Active Directory so important? Active Directory helps you organize your company’s users, computer and more. Your IT admin uses AD to organize your company’s complete hierarchy from which computers belong on which network, to what your profile picture looks like or which users have access to the storage . . . Read more

Also known as Adventure Sync 2.0 or Adventure Sync v2, the Nearby functionality lets you know when Pok?mon are nearby by sending you a push notification. … Instead, it’s intended to let you know that a Pok?mon you haven’t caught is close, hypothetically encouraging you to open up the game . . . Read more

How to Enable (or Disable) Motion & Fitness Tracking with iPhone Open the “Settings” app on iPhone and head to “Privacy” Scroll down and choose “Motion & Fitness” Toggle the switch next to “Fitness Tracking” to the OFF or ON position as desired. Exit out of Settings, the change will . . . Read more

For Android: Access the Pok?mon GO App permissions from your device’s Settings -> Apps & notifications -> Pok?mon GO -> Permissions -> and toggle on “Location”, and make sure “Location” is toggled on. Please note that some phones may require a different path to enabling location permissions in the settings . . . Read more