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Conrad Lintow

For over 25 years, Conrad Lintow has advised leading organizations from financial and other sectors on their most important IT security concerns. He maintains a broad knowledge base that enables him to solve complex challenges for clients. Conrad specializes in enterprise architecture, security, Active Directory, Directory Migrations, and Microsoft Entra ID.

Implementing secure access in an organization can be compared to taking on a home renovation project. There are times when rolling up your sleeves and doing it yourself (DIY) makes [...]

[CAROUSEL] Kerberos RC4 Impact & Recovery In April 2026, Microsoft will begin retiring RC4 as the default Kerberos encryption type. Many Active Directory environments still rely on RC4 through service [...]

[CAROUSEL] How to Prepare for Kerberos RC4 Retirement Microsoft is retiring default RC4 use in Kerberos through a staged rollout in 2026. Organizations must update their encryption settings or risk [...]

Helping someone move from one house to another can either be a smooth process or a stressful one that strains relationships. Similarly, migrating from one Microsoft Active Directory (AD) forest [...]

The last major Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) update came with the release of Windows Server 2016. While there was a schema update with Windows Server 2019, it was [...]