WHITE PAPER - Active Directory (AD) plays a central role for many organizations’ Windows Domain architecture and access control, so it’s essential to maintain a clean and correct AD to avoid any potential security and operational risks. View now to explore the risks and challenges of AD that organizations face today and uncover best practices to address them.
Posted: April 23, 2012 | Published: April 20, 2012


Topics:  Access Control | Active Directory | Directory Services | Group Policy | Security Management | Windows Security

WHITE PAPER - Discover key tips for protecting, maintaining and recovering your Group Policy infrastructure in this essential resource. Find out how you can secure every desktop and server in your Windows environment with these best practices.
Posted: April 13, 2012 | Published: December 31, 2011


Topics:  Active Directory | Authentication | Authorization | Group Policy | Security | Windows Server 2008 R2

WHITE PAPER - Discover 7 key tips to help you achieve and maintain compliance in Active Directory, including what to keep an eye on, warning signs to look out for and how to leverage auditing tools to simplify the process in this essential resource.
Posted: April 13, 2012 | Published: April 13, 2012


Topics:  Access Control | Active Directory | Authentication | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Identity Management | Security | Windows Server 2008 R2

WHITE PAPER - Native Windows tools alone can't protect your business from the many Active Directory (AD) disasters that can occur. Explore comprehensive AD recovery solutions that can help your business recover quickly from disasters ranging from lost AD objects to widespread corruption.
Posted: April 11, 2012 | Published: December 31, 2011


Topics:  Active Directory | Backup for Virtualized Servers | Backups | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments | Windows Server 2008 R2

WHITE PAPER - In this Quest white paper, get the answers to your authentication questions to help make an informed decision when adopting two-factor authentication for your company. Be ready when two-factor authentication becomes the norm. Read this white paper today.
Posted: March 1, 2012 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Access Control | Active Directory | Authentication | Passwords | Security Management | Security Tokens

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the challenges with local privilege accounts in Windows Server 2003 R3 or 2008 R2 and uncovers an approach to address them, enabling you to centrally provision and administer Windows Server local accounts and easily centralize and implement security policies for the support staff controlling access to privilege accounts.
Posted: February 16, 2012 | Published: February 16, 2012


Topics:  Access Control | Active Directory | Security Audits | Security Management | Security Policies | Windows Server 2003 | Windows Server 2008 R2

WHITE PAPER - In this paper, Microsoft MVP Darren Mar-Elia provides best practices for leveraging native AD auditing. Then, he’ll discuss what auditors and compliance officers look for when it comes to examining your AD environment. He’ll also explore third-party alternatives to native auditing that greatly enhance AD auditing. Read this paper today.
Posted: January 20, 2012 | Published: January 19, 2012


Topics:  Active Directory | Auditing (Finance) | Compliance Audits | Compliance Best Practices | Security | Windows

WHITE PAPER - Most enterprises already have a heavy investment in Active Directory. Find out how your business can leverage AD for a more efficient and responsive identity management system.
Posted: January 6, 2012 | Published: January 6, 2012


Topics:  Access Control | Active Directory | Authentication | Authorization | Directory Services | Identification Systems | LDAP | Security Management | Security Policies

WHITE PAPER - Taking advantage of Group Policy and Active Directory can simplify Windows 7 migration while simultaneously boosting efficiency and cost savings.  Access this white paper to learn how you can gain more control over your Windows 7 migration, enhancing your competitive advantage and increasing your business opportunities.
Posted: October 7, 2011 | Published: October 7, 2011


Topics:  Active Directory | Desktop Management | Group Policy | IT Management | Security Management | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Windows 7 | Windows Server 2008 R2

WHITE PAPER - Disaster prevention is often better and easier to implement than disaster recovery. In Microsoft Server 2008, there are several new built-in disaster prevention capabilities to help you avoid trouble. One of these is accidental object deletion protection.
Posted: September 30, 2011 | Published: September 29, 2011


Topics:  Access Control | Active Directory | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Troubleshooting | Windows Server 2008 R2

WHITE PAPER - A new, more flexible identity infrastructure is on the horizon. With the growing adoption of federation standards and protocols, such as SAML 2.0, OpenID, and WS-Trust, both enterprises and end users will benefit from enhanced security, increased privacy, and a better experience. Read this white paper for more information about the new system.
Posted: April 22, 2011 | Published: April 21, 2011


Topics:  Active Directory | Cloud Computing | Cloud Security | Directory Services | Identity Management | LDAP | SQL | SSO | Virtualization Security

WHITE PAPER - In this Quest white paper, discover best practices - straight from Industry experts Nelson Ruest and Danielle Ruest - to help you have a successful post-migration operation. Learn why you MUST have the same level of post-migration planning that you had for pre-migration, and discover four key aspects of post-migration management you must know.
Posted: April 11, 2011 | Published: April 11, 2011


Topics:  Active Directory | Compliance Audits | Database Administration | Disaster Recovery | Email Management | Email Security | Microsoft Exchange | Server Management

WHITE PAPER - Delivering smarter security and more customized services are at the top of any IT agenda. Both would be easier and cheaper to achieve with a common infrastructure, in what we call an identity and context service. In this paper, we’ll address how such a shared service can serve these two very different IT initiatives.
Posted: April 7, 2011 | Published: April 6, 2011


Topics:  Active Directory | Customer Data Integration | Data Management | Data Security | Identity Management | Identity Management Software | LDAP | SQL | Virtualization Security

WHITE PAPER - In this new Quest white paper, learn about the challenges of managing Active Directory using native tools – and how provisioning in your diverse environment is equally difficult. Then, discover a third-party solution that not only delivers a comprehensive provisioning solution, but one that makes it quick, easy and painless.
Posted: July 1, 2010 | Published: July 1, 2010


Topics:  Access Control | Active Directory | Directory Service Protocols | Server Provisioning | Windows | Windows Security | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - Organizations want to run the apps they want, and not run the apps they don't want. One of the tools Microsoft has given Active Directory administrators to help in this regard, Software Restriction Policies (SRPs), has been re-engineered in Windows 7 as AppLocker.
Posted: January 25, 2010 | Published: January 25, 2010


Topics:  Active Directory | Applications Management | Applications Management Software | Help Desk Management | Help Desk Software | Windows 7 | Windows Server Software