Category: Users

• Creating AD User Accounts Using PowerShell

  Whenever someone tells me that my insistence that domain controllers should never have a GUI (Graphical User Interface) I introduce them to the Remote Server Administration Tools, and all is well. Yes, you can manage your Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) from the comfort of your Windows 11 (or Windows 10) PC with the…

  Mitch Garvis

  February 3, 2022

  Active Directory, PowerShell, Users

• Collaboration in Microsoft 365: Crossing organizations

  **DISCLOSURE: While I am contracted to Microsoft Corporation, I am not an employee. The articles that I write are not meant to represent the company, nor are they meant to represent me as an employee or spokesman for the company. As has always been the case, all articles on this website represent me and nobody…

  Mitch Garvis

  June 16, 2021

  Groups, Microsoft 365, Users

• User Account Options in Windows 8

  Earlier today I discussed the Picture Password and PIN codes in Windows 8.  What I didn’t mention is that for non-corporate users (who will still continue to log on using domain accounts) you have a new option in Windows 8… and that is to use your Microsoft Account to log on to your system. Cool,…

  Mitch Garvis

  August 29, 2012

  Accounts, Credentials, Password, Users, Windows 8

  Hotmail, Microsoft, Microsoft Account, Microsoft Windows, Personal computer, Windows, Windows 8, Windows Live ID