Active Directory (AD) is an excellent file and folder permissions, security, and management tool. It allows administrators to give permission to access specific folders to specific users. Simply put, ...

Active Directory Object Permissions 101 10/01/2001 "I need more circuits in this room," I told him. "Oh, computers don't draw that much electricity," Bob the electrician said. I think he just didn't ...

To say Windows is a huge platform is an understatement. At a high level it seems so large because everything tends to work together in a way that makes sense for both administrators and employees ...

New Technology File System (NTFS) permissions are available on every file, folder, registry key, printer, and Active Directory object. First introduced with Windows NT to replace the File Allocation ...

Depends on what you mean by 'permissions'. Do you mean NTFS permissions? If so, they do take effect immediately. Do you mean permissions against an AD object? That requires a replication interval (a ...

Understanding the ins and outs of AD and object permissions is no simple task, but your efforts can help avoid catastrophe. "I need more circuits in this room," I told him. "Oh, computers don't draw ...