Active Directory is a very necessary application and platform in the life of entrepreneurs and people who communicate with each other to perform certain tasks. You may currently need to install the Active Directory on your Windows 10 computer and you don’t know how to do this.

Certain things sometimes take us a little off guard and complicate certain plans a lot. However, do not complicate yourself with the installation of Active Directory on your computer and follow all the steps that we will give you below to download it on your PC. In short, you will see what Active Directory is for, how to install it and how to create a group within the platform.

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1. Features that Active Directory has for Windows 10 users
   1. Manage your teams and users remotely
   2. Manage elements in a general way
   3. Configure usage policies
   4. Cmdlets de Windows PowerShell
   5. MMC add-ons
   6. Command line tools for role management
2. What is the correct way to download and install Active Directory on your PC?
3. What are the tools that can be used when installing Active Directory?
   1. Modify your groups
   2. configure users
   3. Manage teams
   4. Manage domains
   5. Organizational Units (OUs)
4. How can you create your first group in Active Directory?

Features that Active Directory has for Windows 10 users

The Active Directory is a program that allows you to create work groups in order to work in an easier and simpler way . With such a platform, you can remotely create users, create general items, change group conditions, and use certain tools such as managing online lists.

Manage your teams and users remotely

When you have in your hands the possibility of taking care of the creation of users or work teams, things flow better. Now, the Active Directory allows you to manually configure or adjust each of the users that will be active within your group.

It is true that many times it is a bit hard to create each one of the users, but if you do everything calmly it will be fine.

Manage elements in a general way

Each of the elements within the group that you make, you can modify manually. Such a thing is very useful when the elements are long or a bit complicated. It should be noted that if your computer has Windows 10 you can now switch to Windows 11 , in order to enjoy all its new features.

Configure usage policies

Group use policies is also something that can be changed within Active Directory, by doing this the other users will be comfortable and will be able to follow the imposed rules. Of course, the terms of use can only be modified by the person who has administrator access to the Active Directory group.

Cmdlets de Windows PowerShell

The PowerShell within Windows is something worth using. And with Active Directory, you can use PowerShell Cmdlets whenever you need to, which is very helpful. Now, another of the best features of Active Directory happens to be the MMC snap-ins.

MMC add-ons

These types of plugins make the database that contains the Active Directory flow better and the stored data remain as protected as possible. It should be noted that the Active Directory has a highly protected database where you will not have to worry about information theft.

Command line tools for role management

Role management tools are used to improve the functioning of Active Directory as such and also to increase the protection of the data stored in the Active Directory database. With these kinds of tools, you won’t have to worry about anything at all, when it comes to the information saved there.

What is the correct way to download and install Active Directory on your PC?

The best way to download the Active Directory compatible with Windows 10 is from the official Microsoft page. First, you have to download the Active Directory from Microsoft 32-bit or 64-bit depending on the version of your system. Second, then put it to install and accept the license. Finally, install all the features of the program and restart the computer.

If after installing it, your computer shuts down by itself, you will need to fix this problem , in order to get the most out of Active Directory.

What are the tools that can be used when installing Active Directory?

The Active Directory has many relatively attractive features and functions, but the most used are domain management, computer management, configuration of all users and also groups. We’ll talk to you in detail a bit about such functions shortly.

Modify your groups

When you are the person who created the group , you can modify it however you want until you see that it doesn’t need any more changes. In addition, with these modifications you can also better order certain things that were not right within Active Directory.

configure users

The configuration of the users and also of each of the user data is very important and even necessary. And with the Active Directory you can modify this type of data whenever you want when you are the creator of the group or who created each of the users.

Manage teams

Groups that have been created a bit messy or have some kind of wrong data can be managed and the users within those teams can also be managed. It should be noted that to complement the use of Active Directory , you can download the XPS Viewer for the Windows 10 operating system .

Manage domains

Each of the domains of the database computers turns out to be necessary for the storage of the data . With Active Directory domain management, you can manage domains whenever necessary.

Organizational Units (OUs)

Another of the tools that Active Directory offers are the OUs that, although sometimes they are not usually used, may be useful to you in the future. However, leaving this type of tool aside, it is important that you learn to create groups within Active Directory once you have it installed on your computer.

How can you create your first group in Active Directory?

When you have the Active Directory on your computer, you must proceed to create a group so that in this way you can open the way to use all its other functions. To make a group, first open the program and look for the ‘Active Directory’ section. When you find that section, look for the ‘New’ section, click on it and then do the same with the one that says ‘Group’.

Finally, you will have to configure things such as the number of users that will be in that group, the security of the group and also its name. When you finish modifying all these things, click on ‘Ok’.