r/activedirectory is a subreddit with 47k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses ad, gpo, adcs, multi ad, and domain.
A community about Microsoft Active Directory, Entra ID, and other identity-related products and integrations. Posts about specific products should be short and sweet and not just glorified ads.
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Popular Themes in r/activedirectory
#1
Solution Requests
: "Anyone ever use an outside consulting firm?"
9 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Questions about Windows AD with MFA security keys"
5 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Our service account review has passed every quarter for six years and the owner column is always full, turns out its full of whoever created the account and none of those people know what it does"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "build-lab: one command from a Windows Server ISO to a lab AD domain, in Windows PowerShell 5.1 with no modules"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/activedirectory
#1
Ad
: "AdCS Subordinate CA Certificate Up for Renewal After 10 years"
9 posts
#2
Gpo
: "Can a Gpo grant a specific group a *limited* number of domain joins? (MAQ vs SeMachineAccountPrivilege)"
3 posts
#3
Adcs
: "Adcs Subordinate CA Certificate Up for Renewal After 10 years"
2 posts
#4
Multi Ad
: "Simple Multi-AD Self Service Solution"
2 posts
#5
Domain
: "What evidence do you keep before demoting the last old Domain controller?"
2 posts
#6
Script
1 post
#7
Provisioning
1 post
#8
Ad/entra
: "Ad/entra data is correct but employee contact details are still inconsistent everywhere else"
1 post
#9
Dns Records
: "Why is “Authenticated Users can add Dns Records” flagged as a vulnerability if this is intentional for Dynamic DNS?"
1 post
#10
Ai Tabletop
: "Ai Tabletop exercises for first time CISOs and the great compliance cosplay"
1 post
Flair Used in r/activedirectory
#1
Active Directory
: "Phone numbers synced from AD stop working for SSPR in November. How are you handling it when HR owns the data?"
26 posts
#2
Help
: "AD delegation - what do you actually hand helpdesk vs. keep for admins?"
11 posts
#3
ANNOUNCEMENT
: "1 Week - AD Community Virtual Meetup - November 3, 2026 @ 10:00 CT / 16:00 UTC"
5 posts
#4
Security
: "Someone was added to Domain Admins in March and I can’t prove who did it"
3 posts
#5
Powershell/Script
: "build-lab: one command from a Windows Server ISO to a lab AD domain, in Windows PowerShell 5.1 with no modules"
2 posts
#6
Resource
: "Free Active Directory labs for this sub (mod-approved)"
1 post
#7
Help - Career Advice (Administration / Security)
: "How to learn Active Directory? (Administration -> Penetration Testing)"
1 post
#8
Resource - Mod Approved
: "Zombie Certificates: The Persistent Risk Lurking in AD CS [Semperis Blog]"
1 post
#9
Tool
: "Is Anyone still using Adaxes?"
1 post
#10
Group Policy
: "GPO to block URL Links in Outlook"
1 post
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Last updated: November 5, 2026