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 and onward with RSAT Tools Installed Windows Server 2008 R2 and onward with RSAT Tools Installed...
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July 16, 2019 nkcode
Windows 2008R2, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Servers
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 Server] on the right pane. Check a box [Enabled] which is upper-left like follows. Back to...
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February 5, 2019 nkcode
Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019
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 you’re configure the sites, you will need 1 registry item per site Key path format is...
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December 27, 2018 nkcode
Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016
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 Editor (Regedt32.exe) Locate and click the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ NtFrs\Parameters\Backup\Restore\Process at Startup On...
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November 5, 2018 nkcode
Windows 2008R2, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016
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 user Local user no Domain User you can reset Local User The Server Boot from...
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October 30, 2018 nkcode
Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016
What shielded VMs ensures that Hyper-V administrators do not have the ability to alter and/or view the VM settings/data/contents, unless specified. This is great for environments, ie. Banks/Financial Institutions, Governments, Education, etc. environments to ensure their data is protected, even from the ones that administer their environments. There are...
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January 28, 2018 nkcode
Windows Server 2016
Configuring DNS on Windows Server 2016. Using GUI which is slightly longer, but easier and doesn’t require commands to be typed. I will show you the GUI method here. Prerequisites Static IP is configured Firewall is turned off Latest updates from Microsoft are installed Administrator account has strong...
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November 10, 2017 nkcode
Windows Server 2016
This is a step-by-step guide to installing Remote Desktop Services 2016 and publishing your application collections. But, for those not familiar with Remote Desktop Services, let me explain it first. Remote Desktop Services is a virtualization platform for providing end users with secure remote desktop access, to published applications...
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November 5, 2017 nkcode
Windows Server 2016
PowerShell Direct is a new feature provided by the next release of Windows Server that enables to run PowerShell commands from Hyper-V hosts in a virtual machine. It works without the network and so without WinRM or other features. This is great when a firewall is misconfigured or...
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October 15, 2017 nkcode
Windows Server 2016
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) are similar yet two very different things. When you’re focusing on traditional On-Premises AD, you have...
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September 5, 2017 nkcode
Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016
