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SubInACL: A complete solution to configure security permission

Managing security permission in a Windows environment is a challenging task.

The task becomes more complex if any / all of the below scenarios are true :

There are large folders with size in TBs or GBs, along with numerous sub-folders with a deep folder hierarchy.
Permission inheritance is disabled in many subfolders and exclusive permissions are defined on those subfolders.
The owners of many subfolders have been changed and our account is removed from ACL, so we are not able to see the existing ACL. We are also not able to see that subfolder size (Might be in TBs ! )
There are a few thousand users, who are using those folders.

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Active Directory Certificate Services: Digital Certificate Overview

Before we start our discussion on AD CS, we need to understand how Digital Certificate works. Once we discuss and understand all the relevant terminologies and concepts related to Digital Certificate, our discussion on AD CS would be fruitful.

This article is dedicated to the understanding of the Digital Certificate and associated terminologies.

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Active Directory: Automate System State Backup

Active Directory (AD) is one of the most critical component of any IT infrastructure. In a Windows-based environment, almost all the applications and tools are integrated with Active Directory for authentication, directory browsing, and single sign-on.

Due to this heavy dependency, it is necessary to have a well-defined process for AD Backup.

In this article, we will discuss some of the key points related to Active Directory Backup. We will also see how to automate the AD Backup without using any third party backup solution.

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