Export a list of all your Windows Server Systems in an AD Environment using Powershell

a quick way of exporting an inventory of all the Windows Servers that reside within an AD environment. PowerShell to the rescue! Requirements for using PowerShell AD Module related cmdlets: Windows 7 and onward with RSAT Tools Installed Windows Server 2008 R2

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Configure NTP Server for Time Sync

Right-click [Start] button and open [run] and input [gpedit.msc] like follows. Select [Administrative Templates] – [System] – [Windows Time Service] – [Time Providers] on the left pane, and Open [Enable Windows NTP Server] on the right pane. Check a box [Enabled] which

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GROUP POLICY INTERNET EXPLORER SECURITY ZONES ADD

Group Policy Preferences Registry Items Create a new Group Policy Object and browse to User Configuration -> Preferences -> Windows Settings and Registry. Right click and choose new Registry Item. This is where you’re configure the sites, you will need 1 registry item

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Event ID 13568 domain controller

Note:backup of sysvol folder(Policies & Script) troubleshoot the journal wrap, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Troubleshooting Journal_Wrap Errors on Sysvol and DFS Replica Sets http://support.microsoft.com/?id=292438 Stop FRS Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe) Locate and click the following key in the

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RESET THE PASSWORD ON WINDOWS SERVER 2012/2016 LOCAL USER & AD USER

Windows 2012/2016        reset the password on your Windows 2012/2016 server&AD        This option Local user & Active directory User        If You User Domain you reset domain user        If you user Local user no Domain User you can reset Local

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To transfer forest FSMO roles not available in GUI MMC

Transferring roles from one DC to another DC is a common practice, especially if you may have recently provisioned another domain controller in your environment and are shifting roles around to either provide better performance, or perhaps take down another DC to

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Differences Between Active Directory and Azure Active Directory

  One thing to note is, Azure Active Directory (AAD) and traditional/on-premises Active Directory (AD) are similar yet two very different things. One thing to note is, Azure Active Directory (AAD) and traditional/on-premises Active Directory (AD) are similar yet two very different things. When you’re focusing

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Which ports are used by a RDS 2012 deployment

To configure Remote Desktop Services correctly for internet access or any time where firewalls are used, it is useful to know what ports are required.   The information / taxonomy is broken down by role service/component, and lists all inbound/outbound ports used. From

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Windows Server Hyper-V 2012 R2 Poster of component architecture – Free Download

With the release of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 as well as Windows Server 2012 R2 few days back, there is a new poster(s) available as a free download from Microsoft’s website. A poster showing the Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V component Architecture,

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RDS Collection error: Unable to configure the RD Sessionhost server Invalid operation

When trying to create a new Remote Desktop Session Collection you receive an error: Unable to configure the RD Sessionhost server servername.domain.local. Invalid operation. The collection it self is created but not completly, some parts are missing, like there is no Desktop

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