a quick way of exporting an inventory of all the Windows Servers that reside within an AD environment. PowerShell to the rescue! Requirements for using PowerShell AD Module related cmdlets: Windows 7…
Category: Windows Server 2012R2
Configure NTP Server for Time Sync
Right-click [Start] button and open [run] and input [gpedit.msc] like follows. Select [Administrative Templates] – [System] – [Windows Time Service] – [Time Providers] on the left pane, and Open [Enable Windows NTP…
GROUP POLICY INTERNET EXPLORER SECURITY ZONES ADD
Group Policy Preferences Registry Items Create a new Group Policy Object and browse to User Configuration -> Preferences -> Windows Settings and Registry. Right click and choose new Registry Item. This is where…
Event ID 13568 domain controller
Note:backup of sysvol folder(Policies & Script) troubleshoot the journal wrap, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Troubleshooting Journal_Wrap Errors on Sysvol and DFS Replica Sets http://support.microsoft.com/?id=292438 Stop FRS Start Registry…
RESET THE PASSWORD ON WINDOWS SERVER 2012/2016 LOCAL USER & AD USER
Windows 2012/2016 reset the password on your Windows 2012/2016 server&AD This option Local user & Active directory User If You User Domain you reset domain user If you…
To transfer forest FSMO roles not available in GUI MMC
Transferring roles from one DC to another DC is a common practice, especially if you may have recently provisioned another domain controller in your environment and are shifting roles around to either…
Differences Between Active Directory and Azure Active Directory
One thing to note is, Azure Active Directory (AAD) and traditional/on-premises Active Directory (AD) are similar yet two very different things. One thing to note is, Azure Active Directory (AAD) and traditional/on-premises Active Directory (AD)…
Which ports are used by a RDS 2012 deployment
To configure Remote Desktop Services correctly for internet access or any time where firewalls are used, it is useful to know what ports are required. The information / taxonomy is broken down…
Windows Server Hyper-V 2012 R2 Poster of component architecture – Free Download
With the release of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 as well as Windows Server 2012 R2 few days back, there is a new poster(s) available as a free download from Microsoft’s website….
RDS Collection error: Unable to configure the RD Sessionhost server Invalid operation
When trying to create a new Remote Desktop Session Collection you receive an error: Unable to configure the RD Sessionhost server servername.domain.local. Invalid operation. The collection it self is created but not…