What is Active Directory?
Active Directory is a way to centralize a business, and group their computers and devices to be controlled to one server.
Active Directory is a way to centralize credentials policies and security The Server actually running Active Directory is called a Domain Controller, This is the server IT uses to control and manage. AD DS - Active Directory Domain Service is a catalogue or a list of information called “Objects” objects can be, Users, Groups, Machines, Printers and much more. These are the things that are listed and can be controlled.
Users - They are an object that can be assigned privileges over resources
Machines - a computer that joins AD Domain they are signed an account how are they named? machine passwords are rotated and compromised of 120 random characters Easy: if a machine is named DC02 the account will be called DC02$
In the following picture, you will see if i double click the OU THM there are 5 Child OU’s. or nested OUs. Organizational Units inside of a Organizational Unit. This is good for organization. OU’s are relatively named according to their actual business location or Role. A Domain Admin usually administers all of this
Right click or M2 on white space inside of an OU > New > Organizational Unit > Name: Students click OK.
All we need to do is find the User in the OU > M2 and click Reset Password