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Updated: Windows 10 Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) On Demand

Pixel Robots. — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:39:26 +0000

Reading Time: 3 minutesUpdated: 19/11/2018 Includes fix for error 0x80244022 Microsoft recently released a new Insider build that included a really cool feature that I am sure all IT Pros have been waiting for. RSAT on Demand! What this means is no more downloading the latest RSAT from the Microsoft website with every Read more

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How to Install Project Honolulu on a Failover Cluster

Pixel Robots. — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:23:14 +0000

Reading Time: 4 minutesMicrosoft has just released a new Insider version of Project Honolulu (version 1802 as of writing this article) which can be downloaded from here. You will need to be a member of the Windows server insiders program. With this new version, we now have the ability to install it on Read more

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Step by Step guide to Installing Microsoft LAPS

Pixel Robots. — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 20:42:50 +0000

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

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Quick Step by Step Guide: Set Active Directory To “Use notify” Replication

Pixel Robots. — Tue, 30 May 2017 20:02:44 +0000

Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently I have needed to configure an Active Directory to replicate changes between sites straight away. They had everything set to replicate at the default 15 minutes but this was not quick enough due to a dispersed helpdesk. The best way to do this is to enable Use Notify replication. Read more

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Quick How To Force Active Directory Replication

Pixel Robots. — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 05:00:02 +0000

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 to force a replication, and this article will show you Read more

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Easy How To Guide: Active Directory Recycle Bin

Pixel Robots. — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 21:03:41 +0000

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 to use ADSI edit. Windows Server 2012 added the ability Read more

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Step by Step guide to Moving an Active Directory Database and Log files

Pixel Robots. — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 15:36:33 +0000

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

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Manage your servers from anywhere using Azure Server Management Tools

Pixel Robots. — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 08:45:13 +0000

Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat is Azure Server Management Tools? Azure server management tools is an Azure service that is basically a Html 5 web based GUI and command line tool that allows you to manage your on-prem Windows Servers. This comes in very handy when you need to manage headless servers such as Read more

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Using PowerShell to find Stale Computers in Active Directory and Disable and Move Them

Pixel Robots. — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 11:33:17 +0000

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is always good practice to keep you Active Directory clean. One easy way to keep your Active Directory clean is by removing stale computer accounts periodically. I have always found that when Windows machines are disjoined from a domain, rebuilt with a different computer name, etc, removing computer accounts Read more

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Add TSADMIN.msc back to Windows

Pixel Robots. — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 08:43:25 +0000

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter I upgraded to windows 10 and install the RSAT tools I was ready to start managing users sessions, but tsadmin was nowhere to be found. After doing some googling I found out Microsoft removed it from Windows Server 2012. So in turn it was removed from RSAT. I tried Read more

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