Using Azure's "virtual machine agent," you can reset the local administrator password without even hitting the Windows OS itself. Here's how. When a Windows server is located on-premises and you ...

Hi all, looking for a little scripting advice here. I have a basic script that will pull all the computers in an OU and change their local passwords. It works ok but takes forever to run since it has ...

Our department has seen 5 different leaders in the last 3 years. And of course each one wanted to use their own password combination to the domain and local machine admin accounts.<BR><BR>Now I come ...

Microsoft’s Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) enables local admin passwords to be set, reset and validated periodically. Here is how to make the best use of LAPS. Passwords have always been ...

Windows administrators have a problem — passwords. Specifically, administrator passwords that lurk out there, identical across machines, just ready to be compromised. But there is finally a solution ...

Windows finally includes a tool to manage local admin passwords, but admins will still need to do some work to make it useful. Explore Get the web's best business technology news, tutorials, reviews, ...