Locate the user whose password you want to change. Depending on how your company has set up the Active Directory, you may need to open several nested folders to find the user.

A regular reset of the KRBTGT account password will help prevent golden ticket attacks that allow wide unauthorized access to your network. Most large enterprises regularly change their Kerberos ...

I know I'm behind times. I still use the NT tools (srvmgr, usrmgr). I am now forcing my self to learn the Windows 2000 mmc. I wanted to change my domain administrators password from my desktop and ...

Regular reviews of the effectiveness of user, admin, and service passwords stored in Active Directory is a good idea. Here's how one password review tool works.

The Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell, which is included with Windows Server 2008 R2, can be used to perform password and account search operations against Active Directory Domain ...

This is a powerful password that's the key to the entire Active Directory structure. In this edition of Security Solutions, Mike Mullins tells you how to update this password to make it more secure.

Microsoft's widely used software for brokering network access has a critical design flaw, an Israeli security firm said, but Microsoft contends the issue has been long-known and defenses are in place.

News Critical design flaw in Microsoft’s Active Directory could allow password change By Jeremy Kirk Jul 15, 2014 6:20 am PDT ...

Aorato contends that more could be done around logging events that might indicate malicious behavior, such as specifying the encryption algorithm used for a password change.