2008 R2 Domain Controller hangs during Applying Computer Settings
Today I was faced with a strange problem. One of our domain controllers (essentially the 'primary' one, all FSMO roles, DNS, etc) stopped letting me make changes to its Netlogon share. I thought "hmm...
View ArticleForce Replication of Active Directory with PowerShell and Repadmin.exe
Perhaps you’re creating a user for immediate use in another site. Perhaps you’ve updated a group membership and accidentally used a DC in the wrong site. Maybe you’re just lazy? One of the most fun...
View ArticleThe ActiveSyncDevice Cannot be Found–unable to delete Active Sync Devices in...
This error occurs when inheritable permissions are not enabled on a mailbox. You will see this error when trying to remove an ActiveSync Device: To fix this, first enable ‘Advanced Features’ in ADUC:...
View ArticleMonitoring User Logons to Specific Workstations
The script and group policy below will allow you to monitor a specific group of users logging on to certain workstations/computers. This is helpful if you believe users are logging onto machines in an...
View ArticleHow to use a Domain Controller as an Exchange 2013 DAG Witness Server (Don’t)
If you’re setting up Exchange 2013 in a lab, you may have a requirement to use a domain controller as a File Share Witness (FSW) host. Obligatory disclaimer: While this is definitely not recommended...
View ArticleBulk convert AD groups
With the advent of Windows PowerShell, performing bulk tasks just gets easier and easier. Consider a scenario where you have a bunch of Domain Local groups that you need to convert to Global…or any...
View ArticleDeploying the Local Administrator Password Solution Part 1
In this series of three posts, I demonstrate the installation and configuration of Microsoft’s Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS). This is the first post that covers installation of the...
View ArticleDeploying the Local Administrator Password Solution Part 2
In this series of three posts, I demonstrate the installation and configuration of Microsoft’s Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS). This is the second post that covers configuration of Active...
View ArticleDeploying the Local Administrator Password Solution Part 3
In this series of three posts, I demonstrate the installation and configuration of Microsoft’s Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS). This is the third and final post that covers the group...
View ArticleHow to Update All UPNs in an Organisation to Match Primary Email Address
If you’re transitioning to Office 365, Windows Azure Active Directory, or any other of the many ?aaS offerings that require routable UPNs (that is, a UPN with a publicly resolvable domain name that you...
View ArticleGet-ADUser not returning EmployeeID/EmployeeNumber
This one took longer than I care to admit to work out… Get-ADUser was returning blank values for EmployeeID/EmployeeNumber for all users. Very strange. Run PowerShell as Administrator to fix this.
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