Basic WMI Testing
We've been looking at new network and server monitoring tools. We had been using SNMP R/O but are looking to be able to monitor services...
Windows 10 magnifier
We got a few Microsoft surface hubs this week, they are awesome. But we noticed because of the high resolution details of excel documents can...
Re-join a computer to the domain
When a computer loses its domain membership you can now use powershell to reset computer connection. Log in with a local account to the computer...
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64) returns error 0x80240017 when installed on Windows Server 2012 R2
We had a request for a windows 2012 R2 server from our electronic team. I built the server, used WSUS to patch it then checked with...
project management solutions for o365
We currently have a home grown project management solution using sharepoint 2013. I created it a long time ago and others have improved upon it,...
Configure QOS for Skype for business
A quick post to review this best practice guide. We don't do much enterprise voice but we do a much a voice conf calls and...
Microsoft Ignite online
If you didn't travel to Microsoft Ignite this year you can attend virtually. First checkout https://ignite.microsoft.com you can watch the keynotes and the general sessions for...
List an users groups with powershell
I often need to collect the groups an user in part of, sometime because of a decommission others just for documentation. Taking screenshots of an...
Group Policy Patch MS16-072– “Breaks” GP Processing Behavior
One of Microsoft's latest patches changes the security context of GPO processing for the user policies. This is a new 'feature' not a bug, its a...
Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) & Azure Active Directory Sync (DirSync) Resources
Consolidated list of the best resources for AD FS, Dirsync and Windows Azure AD, including blogs, documentation, videos, tutorials and best practices. Source: Active Directory...