r/activedirectory is a subreddit with 45k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses active directory, security, ad, tool, and gpo.
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.
Please check out the wiki for information and links: https://www.reddit.com/r/activedirectory/wiki/index/.
Popular Themes in r/activedirectory
#1
Advice Requests
: "On-prem conditional access you never knew you had"
23 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I've made my AD unusable - I need help please"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "That 'Disable NTLMv1' GPO you set years ago? It’s lying to you."
6 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "I finally published ADFT, my Active Directory Forensic Toolkit"
3 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Interesting Azure Tool - Badzure"
2 posts
#6
News
: "April Out of band patch released for PAM DC Restart issue"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/activedirectory
#1
Active Directory
: "Ask the Directory Services Team: Improvements in Group Policy and Group Policy Preferences debug logging"
8 posts
#2
Security
4 posts
#3
Ad
2 posts
#4
Tool
: "Built a small Tool to reconstruct AD attacks from logs"
2 posts
#5
Gpo
1 post
#6
Script
1 post
#7
Provisioning
1 post
Flair Used in r/activedirectory
#1
Active Directory
: "On-prem conditional access you never knew you had"
23 posts
#2
Help
: "I've made my AD unusable - I need help please"
23 posts
#3
Security
: "Building a Highly Available CRL and AIA Distribution Platform for AD CS"
14 posts
#4
ANNOUNCEMENT
: "Active Directory Community Virtual Meetup & Happy Hour"
7 posts
#5
Group Policy
: "I built an ADMX Web Viewer - Search and browse Group Policy settings across 65+ products in one place"
5 posts
#6
Entra ID/Azure AD
: "End User Device Migration from on-prem AD to Entra ID"
4 posts
#7
Product
: "MockAD : visualize structure without infrastructure"
2 posts
#8
Active Directory Training
: "More AD Training from Microsoft - Database and SYSVOL"
1 post
#9
Job Posting
: "Looking for Identity-as-Code Architects to help run one of the largest Active Directory environments on earth (Staff & Principal ICs)"
1 post
#10
Tool
: "Ever wondered what a Microsoft MVP does on a quiet weekend?"
1 post
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Last updated: August 13, 2026