How, When, and to Whom GPOs Are Applied
Discover how Group Policy Objects (GPO) work in Active Directory: LSDOU processing order, inheritance, security filtering, preferences, and execution context.
Feb 14, 2026 Juan Antonio González Mena
Active Directory
14 articles
Introduction to Group Policy Objects (GPO) in Active Directory
Discover what Group Policies are in Active Directory, how GPOs work, their components (GPC and GPT), and how they enable centralized management of user and computer configurations.
Jan 19, 2026 Juan Antonio González Mena
How to Install Game of Active Directory (GOADv3) on Windows
Complete guide to install GOADv3, the best Active Directory lab for practicing pentesting, using VMWare and Python on Windows.
Apr 12, 2025 Juan Antonio González Mena
Types of Groups in Active Directory
Discover the different types of groups in Active Directory, their scopes, differences with OUs, and the most important groups for domain security.
Dec 10, 2024 Juan Antonio González Mena
What are Security Identifiers (SIDs)
Discover what Security Identifiers (SIDs) are in Windows, their structure, types, and how they are used in the security system to identify users, groups, and sessions.
Nov 19, 2024 Juan Antonio González Mena
Active Directory - Directory and Schema
Explore the internal structure of Active Directory: NTDS database, naming contexts, schema, classes, attributes, and the Global Catalog to understand how information is organized and managed in AD.
Oct 16, 2024 Juan Antonio González Mena
Trusts in Active Directory
Complete guide on trusts in Active Directory: trust types, direction, transitivity, Trust Domain Objects (TDO) and how to enumerate trust relationships with PowerView.
Sep 10, 2024 Juan Antonio González Mena
Introduction to Active Directory
Learn the fundamental concepts of Active Directory, from its origins to its hierarchical structure with domains, forests, group policies, and domain controllers.
Sep 2, 2024 Juan Antonio González Mena
Constrained Delegation and Resource-Based Constrained Delegation (RBCD) - Kerberos
Complete guide on Constrained Delegation and Resource-Based Constrained Delegation (RBCD) in Kerberos, including S4U2Proxy and S4U2Self extensions, enumeration, and exploitation techniques.
Apr 15, 2024 Juan Antonio González Mena