Finding password-protected Office files on a large file server isn't as straightforward as it sounds. Two common PowerShell methods either open every file in Office or consume enough RAM to bring a server to its knees. Here's the method that actually works.

Duplicate SPN Active Directory issues cause Kerberos authentication to fall back to NTLM, a weaker protocol vulnerable to relay attacks, pass-the-hash, and brute force cracking. Finding and removing duplicate SPNs is a straightforward fix that most environments overlook entirely. What is a Service Principal Name? Service principal names (SPN) is used by Kerberos to link a service to a service account. This allows a user to access a service without knowing the service account

Do you need to search all of your group policies to find a setting and do not want to spend a lot of time clicking around? Well, I did. I...