Reading Time: 4 minutesAt work, I am using a few B-Series VMs in Azure. For what we use them for, they are mostly ok until recently. One of my VMs started to get sluggish and when checking, I could not see much wrong with it. The VM in question was running with the Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesNow PowerShell Core v6.0 has been released I thought it would be a good idea to write an article on how to install it on Windows 10. I will also show you how to run Windows PowerShell modules using PowerShell Core v6.0 So what is PowerShell Core? With the release Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesI thought it was about time to go back and play with Windows Nano Servers! So in this post, I am going to try and explain how to get a create an SMB File Share running on Windows Nano Server. [themify_box style=”note”] Note: My Nano server is based in azure Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn other Step by Step posts, I have talked about the steps used to create a new Forest and adding a Domain Controller to an existing Forest using PowerShell and also the steps used to migrate FSMO Roles. So in this step by step guide I am going to go Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently at work, I was adding a new Domain Controller to an existing forest and I just could not get past “Creating the NTDS Settings” I have done this many times in the past and never had this issue. After trying a few times and a lot of waiting, I Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesSometimes, as a sysadmin you may need to move the Active Directory database and / or log files from one location to another. This may be due to your Domain Controller running out of space. The location you choose to move the files to may be a different folder or Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat is new in Active Directory on Server 2016? We have a few new features to play with in Windows Server 2016 regarding Active Directory. Some of them being time-based group membership, privileged access management, and Microsoft Passport to name a few. I am not going to go into too Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesAutomatic Virtual Machine Activation was added into Windows Server 2012 R2. It allows you to activate your VM’s without using a KMS Server or using MAK Keys and you do not require an internet connection either! The VM’s activate against the host Hyper-V server. Using this method the Guests activation Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat is Cloud Witness? Cloud Witness is a new type of Failover Witness Quorum Witness that uses Microsoft Azure blob storage to read/write a blob file which is then used as an arbitration point in case of split-brain resolution. There are significant benefits with using a Cloud Witness. Uses Microsoft Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou have your Nano server up and running connected to the Domain and able to remote manage it. But now you actually want to start to use it for something. How do you install packages? I will hopefully show you how easy it is to install packages on Nano Server, Read more