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Dishan Francis
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Dishan Francis

Dishan Francis is an IT professional with over 15 years of experience. He was a six-time Microsoft MVP in enterprise mobility before he joined Microsoft UK as a security consultant. He has maintained the RebelAdmin technology blog over the years, with lots of useful articles that focus on on-premises Active Directory services and Azure Active Directory. He has also written for other Microsoft-managed blogs such as canitpro and ITopsTalk. When it comes to managing innovative identity infrastructure solutions to improve system stability, efficiency, and security, his level of knowledge and experience places him among the very best in the field.
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Best practices

Here, we will look into some of the best practices that can be used to manage Active Directory objects:

  • Housekeeping: It is important to review the validity of Active Directory objects from time to time. There can be objects that are no longer active in operations. There are several ways to handle these objects:
    • If it's possible to confirm that objects are not in use 100% of the time, objects can be completely deleted from Active Directory.
    • If it's not possible to confirm, the object can be disabled and monitored for events. If there are no events, the object can be removed from Active Directory.

    To manage disabled objects, it is advisable to create a different OU and move the disabled objects to that. This will allow you to keep track of them and allow easy access when required.

    In Active Directory, there can be objects that are only used for a limited time. As an example, there can be contractors who...

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Dishan Francis

Dishan Francis is an IT professional with over 15 years of experience. He was a six-time Microsoft MVP in enterprise mobility before he joined Microsoft UK as a security consultant. He has maintained the RebelAdmin technology blog over the years, with lots of useful articles that focus on on-premises Active Directory services and Azure Active Directory. He has also written for other Microsoft-managed blogs such as canitpro and ITopsTalk. When it comes to managing innovative identity infrastructure solutions to improve system stability, efficiency, and security, his level of knowledge and experience places him among the very best in the field.
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