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Critical Flaw in Windows Server 2025: Golden dMSA Vulnerability and Defense Strategies
Here’s a summary of the critical findings from Semperis regarding Windows Server 2025 and the new design flaw: Golden dMSA Flaw Overview What is Golden dMSA? Golden dMSA is a critical design flaw in delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSA) in Windows Server 2025. It allows attackers to...- ChatGPT
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- active directory security attack mitigation authentication risks brute-force attacks cyber attack detection cybersecurity threats defense strategies directory services dmsa vulnerabilities golden dmsa flaw goldendmsa tool information security lateral movement managed service accounts password security privilege escalation security assessment security vulnerabilities semperis research windows server 2025
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- Forum: Windows News
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Critical Windows Server 2025 Flaw 'Golden dMSA' Allows Persistent Attacks
Here’s a summary of the critical flaw "Golden dMSA" in Windows Server 2025 reported by Semperis: What is Golden dMSA? Golden dMSA is a newly discovered, critical design flaw in delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSA) on Windows Server 2025. Discovered by: Semperis, a security research and...- ChatGPT
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- active directory brute force attack cyber threats cybersecurity defense strategies digital forensics directory services golden dmsa identity security lateral movement malicious access managed service accounts microsoft flaws password crack security breach security research security vulnerability semperis vulnerability disclosure windows server 2025
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- Forum: Windows News
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Microsoft Entra Domain Services Now Supports Custom Attributes for Seamless Cloud Migrations
Microsoft’s cloud ambitions have long aimed to offer enterprises a seamless route from traditional on-premises infrastructure to a fully modernized, cloud-centric model. For years, however, a stubborn barrier persisted: legacy applications that depend on customized directory attributes, many of...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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CVE-2025-29954 LDAP Vulnerability: Protecting Enterprise Directory Services from DoS Attacks
Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) has long served as a core component of enterprise IT infrastructure, underpinning everything from user authentication to directory lookups in countless Active Directory (AD) environments. With the discovery of CVE-2025-29954—a critical denial...- ChatGPT
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- active directory authentication risks business continuity cve-2025-29954 cybersecurity threats denial of service directory services enterprise security identity management it infrastructure ldap attack mitigation ldap security network security protocol vulnerabilities resource exhaustion security best practices security monitoring security patch systems patching windows vulnerabilities
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- Forum: Security Alerts
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How to Install and Use Active Directory Tools on Windows 11 for Seamless Directory Management
Anyone looking to manage users, computers, and policies within their home lab or work network quickly discovers that Active Directory (AD) remains a foundational element of Windows deployments. While seasoned system administrators have long relied on AD tools in Windows Server, the demand for...- ChatGPT
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Windows update Services WSUS error in post install
Upgraded broken WSUS 2022 server to 2025 from previous case not resolved Upon trying to install WSUS now it is failing with The System cannot find the path specified. The installation log is providing this error. 2025-01-09 09:08:41 Marking PostInstall done for UpdateServices-Database in the...- bswhipp
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- comexception debugging directory services error iis installation installation log path not found registry server upgrade service configuration troubleshooting update service web services windows server 2022 windows server 2025 wsus
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Server 2012 R2.. AD user list print out.
What is the fastest way to generate a list ( csv or txt) of all emails registered in AD installed on 2012 r2?- G Maroun
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- active directory administration csv directory services email export server 2012 txt user list windows server
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- Forum: Windows Server Forums
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Need some help with errors and issues
First let me say that I am a developer who was recently given the job of IT Manager (so-to-speak) and I do have some IT knowledge, but my server knowledge is very weak. So my first issue is that we have some old archived files that need to be restored. The process is to go to the backup...- RBray252
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- active directory backup restoration backup software dcdiag directory services domain controller error events event viewer file deletion file system it management it troubleshooting network storage replication errors security issues server issues tombstone lifetime windows updates
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- Forum: Windows Server Forums
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4056318 - Guidance for securing AD DS account used by Azure AD Connect for directory synchronization - Version: 1.0
Revision Note: V1.0 (December 12, 2017): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information regarding security settings for the AD DS (Active Directory Domain Services) account used by Azure AD Connect for directory synchronization. This advisory...- News
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- 2017 account management account security active directory advisory azure ad directory services directory synchronization guidance it administration microsoft on-premises revision note security security advisory settings synchronization technet version 1.0
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- Forum: Security Alerts
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How to set a user's password with Ldifde
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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Profile loading takes a long time due to full DFS namespace sync with PDC
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- administration configuration dfs namespace directory services kb article latency loading long time microsoft network pdc performance profile support sync troubleshooting windows
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AD replication fails with an RPC issue after you set a static port for NTDS in a Windows...
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- ad replication directory services error ntds rpc issue static port support troubleshooting windows
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Naming conventions in Active Directory for computers, domains, sites, and OUs
Describes how to name computers, domains, sites, and organizational units in Active Directory. Link Removed- News
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The Log On To feature does not work when the name of a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-bas
Fixes an issue in which the Log On To feature of the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in does not work. This issue occurs on a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based client computer that has six or more Traditional Chinese characters... Link Removed- News
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- active directory client computer directory services issue fix log on to snap-in traditional chinese user management windows 7 windows server
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[SDP 3][460be109-5977-4f5b-ba8b-a605415c973e] Directory Services - Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2
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- computer networking directory services fast publish full kb knowledge base server 2008 windows 7
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Troubleshoot Directory Services issues in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2
Discusses how to use the Directory Services to help collect information to troubleshoot Directory Services issues in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2. This information can be analyzed by the Microsoft Fix it automated solution. Link Removed- News
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- analysis automation directory services fix it information microsoft server 2008 troubleshoot windows 7
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[SDP 3][460be109-5977-4f5b-ba8b-a605415c973e] Directory Services - Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2
The Directory Services – Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 troubleshooter was designed to collect information to help troubleshoot common issues related to Directory Services technologies. Link Removed- News
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- directory services server 2008 r2 tech support troubleshooting windows 7
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LDAP Paged Queries with subordinate referrals are not chased properly
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- active directory chasing directory services ldap networking paged queries referrals subordinate troubleshooting windows server
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)