Hello team, Manuel here. In recent years, Microsoft has introduced Strong Certificate Name Mapping (Strong Mapping) as a requirement for certificate-based authentication in Active Directory environme...

Howdy, everyone! I wanted to write this blog post to discuss the new Kerb3961 library introduced in Windows Server 2025 / Windows 11 24H2. It is (hopefully) making encryption type (etype) usage withi...

In our tech-savvy age, networks are all the rage 🌐;  Joining a domain, though, can sometimes feel like a cage 🖥️.   It makes managing PCs a breeze, with security and ease 🔒,  But troubleshoo...

Note: We apologize for the current viewing experience of these blogs on non-mobile devices.  We are working to resolve this issue as soon as possible.  This is the fourth article in a series: Stop...

Hello, this is Byron from the Microsoft Directory Services Support team. Today, I’d like to share information about an alternative recovery approach for Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) environments. ...

Hello everyone, this is Tagore Nadh, a Sr. Technical Advisor on the Directory Services support team in Microsoft.   In this article, I will explain why scoping is important with a couple of good exam...

Hey! Rob Greene again.  Been on a roll with all things crypto as of late, and you are not going to be disappointed with this one either!    Background    Many know that Remote Desktop Service...