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Oct 22, 2026
Active Directory Explorer: Find Hidden AD Changes Faster
Petri IT Knowledgebase • Oct 22, 2026 Cloud & Identity

Microsoft Sysinternals Active Directory Explorer is a tool for quickly inspecting Active Directory attributes, tracing unexpected directory changes, reviewing permissions, and comparing the directory at two points in time.   Without a baseline comparison, you can’t easily determine what changed.  What is Active Directory Explorer?  Active Directory

Oct 21, 2026
Microsoft Brings Metrics Usage Insights to Azure Monitor Workspace
Petri IT Knowledgebase • Oct 21, 2026 Cloud & Identity

As Azure environments grow, organizations collect increasing amounts of monitoring data, but many teams struggle to understand which metrics are consuming Azure Monitor workspace capacity, why ingestion volumes are changing, and where optimization opportunities exist. It becomes difficult to control observability costs, manage workspace limits, and

Oct 20, 2026
CJIS v6.1 Compliance: 5 Practical Priorities for Agencies
BleepingComputer • Oct 20, 2026 Cloud & Identity

CJIS v6.1 requires agencies to maintain strong authentication, account security, and audit controls while demonstrating ongoing compliance. Specops outlines five practical priorities covering MFA, account management, passwords, logging, and audit readiness. [...]

Oct 16, 2026
Microsoft Highlights New Entra Features for Authentication and Access Management
Petri IT Knowledgebase • Oct 16, 2026 Cloud & Identity

Microsoft has introduced new Entra capabilities focused on authentication, identity governance, external user access, and secure connectivity.

Oct 15, 2026
Microsoft Releases Open-Source Tools for SQL Server and Azure SQL Workload Testing
Petri IT Knowledgebase • Oct 15, 2026 Cloud & Identity

Organizations frequently need to evaluate how database changes will affect performance, but creating realistic test workloads and reproducing production scenarios can be difficult with older tools. As SQL environments become more complex, traditional testing approaches may not provide the flexibility or visibility needed to accurately assess perfor

Oct 01, 2026
Stop Asking Security Questions: What Modern Service Desk Identity Verification Should Look Like
Petri IT Knowledgebase • Oct 01, 2026 Cloud & Identity

For too many service desks, identity verification still relies on asking the caller questions that only the real employee should be able to answer.

Best Active Directory Group Management Tools
Petri IT Knowledgebase • Oct 01, 2026 Cloud & Identity

The best Active Directory group management tools help automate changes, delegate, strengthen governance, and manage hybrid environments.

Sep 14, 2026
Delete Failed DCs from Active Directory
Petri IT Knowledgebase • Sep 14, 2026 Cloud & Identity

How can I delete a failed Domain Controller object from Active Directory?