Network security: Restrict NTLM: Add server exceptions in this domain

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The Who, Where and When information is very important for an administrator to have complete knowledge of all activities that occur on their Active Directory. This helps them identify any desired / undesired activity happening. ADAudit Plus assists an administrator with this information in the form of reports. In real-time, ensure critical resources in the network like the Domain Controllers are audited, monitored and reported with the entire information on AD objects - Users, Groups, GPO, Computer, OU, DNS, AD Schema and Configuration changes with 200+ detailed event specific GUI reports and email alerts.

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What is Network security: Restrict NTLM: Add server exceptions in this domain policy setting?

NTLM is an authentication protocol developed by Microsoft. 'Network security: Restrict NTLM: Add server exceptions in this domain' is a security policy setting that allows you to create a list of servers that can aid client devices to use NTLM authentication. This list of servers would be exempted from a network-wide restriction on NTLM authentication. This policy setting can become is necessary to specify a list of servers which can allow NTLM authentication when deny options are set in Network security: Restrict NTLM: NTLM authentication in this domain setting.

This setting can be enabled by entering the NETBIOS name or the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the server in the space given in the policy setting window. An asterisk (*) can be added at the beginning or end of the string as a wildcard character. Wildcard characters are an advanced search feature that helps one to locate and act on relevant matches.

About ADAudit Plus:

ADAudit Plus is a real time change auditing software that helps keep your Active Directory, Azure AD, Windows file servers, NetApp filers, EMC file systems, Synology file systems, Windows member servers, and workstations secure and compliant. With ADAudit Plus, you can get visibility into:

  • Authorized and unauthorized AD management changes
  • User logons, logoffs, and account lockouts
  • GPO changes
  • Group attribute and membership changes
  • OU changes
  • Privileged access and permission changes
  • Azure AD logons, and changes to roles, groups, and applications
  • PowerShell scripts and modules

among other things.

There are more than 200 event-specific reports, and you can configure instant email alerts. You can also export the reports to XLS, HTML, PDF and CSV formats to assist in interpretation and forensics. For more information on ADAudit Plus, visit: https://www.manageengine.com/active-directory-audit/.