Microsoft has updated its PowerShell local user management commands. You can find them at https ://gallery. technet
Powershell Scripting and Disasters!
So I am at a conference recently in Arizona and an attendee says to me that they used Powershell to update the email address for 100 existing Active Directory users. This is quite simple using Powershell , according to the attendee
Active Directory Delegation: It Does Not Need to Be Hard!
One of the most important and powerful reasons that organizations consider Active Directory is the fact that delegation is built into the product. W indows NT did not have delegation, unless you want to call membership in the Account Operators group delegation! Windows Active Directory provides a simple method , using the Delegate Control Wizard, to grant a group of users granular control over all or even just a subset of your Active Directory objects. For example, if you have a help desk that should have the ability to reset passwords for all users except for those in IT, you can delegate this permission to the OU that contains the non-IT employees
One Product Line, Three NSS Labs Awards
Fortinet has earned three NSS Labs’ coveted “Recommend” ratings by delivering outstanding enterprise management, security effectiveness and TCO in three group tests: 2013 Next Generation Firewall 2013 Network Firewall 2012 Network Intrusion Prevention NSS Labs put the FortiGate-3600C, FortiGate-800C and FortiGate-3240C appliances through extensive real-world tests and awarded each the “Recommend” rating for providing “a very high level of protection, manageability and value for money.” These awards are a big deal for several reasons. First, NSS Labs provides solid insight into the true performance of network security devices and their ability to protect against a wide range of threats. Network security professionals understand the need to balance the potentially competing requirements of more performance and more security at an abstract level, but often lack the information they need to make informed buying decisions.