Microsoft has broken Active Directory for some Windows Server users

With the most recent security updates released this month, Microsoft has introduced an issue for some Windows Server users. The KB5065426 update was released a few days ago, including not only security fixes, but also new features. The unexpected payload, however, is the appearance of a problem with active Directory. Microsoft summarizes the problem in an advisory notice entitled “Directory synchronization fails for AD security groups exceeding 10,000 members”. Explaining the issue in a posting to the Windows release health pages, Microsoft says: Applications that use the Active Directory directory synchronization (DirSync) control for on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD… [Continue Reading]