Windows domains

How Windows proves who you are: the NT domain trust maze before Active Directory, then AD, Kerberos and NTLM, hybrid identity, and the passwordless endgame.

6 parts · 2015-04-14 → 2024-10-08

1. Part 1Windows domains before Active Directory: NT domains, master domains, and the trust maze2015-04-14
2. Part 2AD 2000 changed everything — forests, trees, and transitive trust2016-09-08
3. Part 3Kerberos and NTLM — how Windows actually proves who you are2017-11-21
4. Part 4the feature arc — Server 2008 R2 to 20192019-06-04
5. Part 5hybrid identity — Entra Connect, the PRT, and the seam between two worlds2022-05-17
6. Part 6NTLM retirement, Server 2025, and the passwordless endgame2024-10-08

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