Microsoft Active Directory Documentation Team recently published Capacity Planning for Active Directory Domain Services based on Windows Server 2012 on TechNet. This document has a detailed and comprehensive set of guidelines to help optimize computing resources for DCs, including considerations for...

Windows Server 2012 can be seen as a major release for Windows Server. Not just in terms of virtualization (Hyper-V 3.0), storage (SMB 3.0 and Storage Spaces) or manageability, but also in terms of Active Directory. There’s a load of new features, improving the lives of many Active Directory admins...

Check out the the latest version of the " Group Policy Search " GPS version 1.1.4 includes: Registry-based policy settings from Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Performance improvements, Bug fixes It's the easiest way to search for a Group Policy setting. Check it...

The Active Directory Replication Status Tool (ADREPLSTATUS) analyzes the replication status for domain controllers in an Active Directory domain or forest. ADREPLSTATUS displays data in a format that is similar to REPADMIN /SHOWREPL * /CSV imported into Excel but with significant enhancements. ...

The Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer reads an Active Directory configuration using LDAP, and then automatically generates a Visio diagram of your Active Directory and /or your Exchange Server topology. The diagramms may include domains, sites, servers, organizational units, DFS-R, administrative...