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

Reading Time: 3 minutes Updated: 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…

By Pixel Robots., 4 yearsJune 11, 2018 ago
Active Directory

Step by Step guide to Installing Microsoft LAPS

Reading Time: 6 minutes In 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…

By Pixel Robots., 5 years ago
Active Directory

Step by Step guide to migrating FSMO Roles from Windows Server 2012 r2 to Windows Server 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes Now 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 Windows Server 2016 Domain Controllers. In this Step by Step Read more…

By Pixel Robots., 5 yearsJanuary 25, 2017 ago
Active Directory

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

Reading Time: 3 minutes Sometimes, 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…

By Pixel Robots., 6 yearsNovember 16, 2016 ago
Admin tools

Step by Step Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA)

Reading Time: 2 minutes Automatic 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…

By Pixel Robots., 6 yearsOctober 26, 2016 ago
Admin tools

Manage your servers from anywhere using Azure Server Management Tools

Reading Time: 4 minutes What 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…

By Pixel Robots., 6 years ago
Active Directory

Confirm Subtree Deletion When Deleting User Object

Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently I have been tidying up Active Directory. We have a lot of users that the helpdesk have disabled but not removed, they have not even moved them to a new OU. Because of this I decided to manually remove each disabled user whilst comparing it to a list of Read more…

By Pixel Robots., 6 yearsJuly 8, 2016 ago
Active Directory

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

Reading Time: 3 minutes It 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…

By Pixel Robots., 6 yearsJuly 6, 2016 ago
Active Directory

Step by Step Guide to Clone a Domain Controller

Reading Time: 4 minutes In Windows Server 2012 Microsoft introduced a new feature that allows us to clone domain controllers. This helps us sysadmins to quickly restore a domain controller in an event of failures (when we have one left) and it also helps us to deploy to test environments when needed. Before Server 2012 you Read more…

By Pixel Robots., 6 yearsJuly 4, 2016 ago
Admin tools

MS15-011: Hardened UNC Path

Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently 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…

By Pixel Robots., 6 yearsJune 21, 2016 ago

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