Reading Time: 6 minutesIn this blog post, I am going to walk you through how to Install, Configure and use Microsoft LAPS. But first, let’s explain what Microsoft LAPS is. Local Administrator Password Solutions (LAPS) is a solution provided by Microsoft to manage the local administrator account on domain joined computers and servers. Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently at work, I have been involved on a project that has used GPO to lock down End User Devices and also deploy shortcuts to the users desktops. As we wanted the shortcuts to display for all users we decided to publish the shortcuts to the public desktop. All was Read more…
Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery Sysadmin has had to troubleshoot group policies at least once. I know I have had to do this many, many times in the past. One of the first tools I go to when troubleshooting group policy from a client machine is GPResult. GPResult is a command line utility that Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutesMicrosoft released this update to fix a man in the middle attack using Group Policy Update, unfortunately it appears that it has also changed the behaviour in how Group Policy is applied. If you use security filtered Group Policy that are applied to users AND you have removed “Authenticated Users” Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is a Group Policy Central Store? The Group Policy Central Store is a repository of ADMX and ADML files that are stored in the SYSVOL folder of your domain. Why use a Central Store? If like me you have managed Group Policy inside of an Active Directory domain you Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently at work, we have been making sure all our servers are fully patched and have no known vulnerabilities in them. We use a tool called Nessus, that scans the servers for any known vulnerabilities. And they were all coming back saying the needed MS15-011 KB3000483. Our team made sure Read more…