Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently at work, we have had some issues on a customer site with GPO’s. As we were on a tight schedule I wanted to force replication rather than wait for the normal replication cycle to happen. It is really easy 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. Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesBelow I will show two ways of enabling the Active Directory Recycle Bin. AD DS Recycle Bin has been around since Windows Server 2008 R2, but it had no GUI to enable or work with it. In fact, you had 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 Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesNow Windows Server 2016 has been out for a few months I have decided to update my lab Domain to 2016 forest functional level. But first I need to migrate the FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operation) Roles to my new 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 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 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 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 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 Read more