Windows

In the past week, I changed the configuration of a Failover Cluster in Windows Server 2016 that operated with a File share witness to use a Cloud Witness. In this post, I will show you how I configured a cloud witness for a failover cluster using Windows PowerShell and an Azure storage account.

In this mini-post, I want to show you how to perform an offline defragmentation of the Active Directory database. To perform the maintenance of the AD DS database offline, we will use the NtdsUtil.

In this post, I want to show you how to install and configure the role of Data Deduplication in Windows Server 2016 using Windows PowerShell. Data Deduplication is a role service that conserves storage space on an NTFS volume by locating redundant data and storing one only copy of that data instead of multiple copies.

If you want to track the use of a virtual machine in your Hyper-v environment. This blog post may interest you. Resource metering uses PowerShell cmdlets to track various performance metrics for individuals VMs, such as:

In this post, I want to show you how to use Group Policy Loopback processing to assign user policies to computer objects. As we know, A user GPO is applied to an organizational unit (OU) that contains users, and a computer GPO is applied to a UO that contains computers.

In this mini-post, I want to show you how to enable or disable a global catalog on a Domain Controller (DC) using Windows PowerShell. To perform this task, use the Set-ADObject cmdlet with the following syntax:

In this post, I want to show you how to install the Windows PowerShell Web Access gateway on a server that is running Windows Server 2016 by using Windows PowerShell cmdlets.

Hello, today I want to show you how to use the group policy to configure the registry transcription to audit the use of PowerShell on servers. Requirements: This tutorial assumes that the target system already has WMF 5.

In this post, I want to show you how to create and use Group managed service accounts (gMSA). Before starting, I would like to identify the basic concepts and requirements.

In this post, I want to show you how to use the Active Directory schema plugin on a domain controller. First, you must register a DLL (schmmgmt.dll). Use the Regsvr32 utility with the following syntax:

Yesterday I passed the Microsoft exam 70-744: Securing Windows Server 2016. I am very excited to obtain a Microsoft security certification. This certification requires a lot of practice and setting up a testing environment that allows us to “play” and gain experience in all the technologies that are part of the exam.

Today I want to show you how to rename network interfaces using the Rename-NetAdapter cmdlet. It is a good practice to change the name of the network interfaces to facilitate the management of servers with several network cards.

If you want to use the Group Managed Service Accounts feature, you must first create a root key for the group key distribution service within Active Directory. This is used by the KDS service in Domain Controllers to generate passwords.

In a previous post I showed you how to create a storage pool, today I want to show you how to use PowerShell to create a virtual disk in your Storage Pool.

If you need to configure a Server Core or simply because you want to configure with PowerShell. In this post, I show you how to set the system time zone using the Set-TimeZone cmdlet.

Windows Remote Management (WinRM) allows you to manage a server from a remote location using PowerShell and WMI-based tools. In this post, I want to show you how to manage WinRM from a PowerShell session.

Today I want to show you how to manage non-domain joined servers or Workgroup servers using Server Manager. This can be very useful when working with multiple domains and managing all from the same computer.

Hi, today I want to show you how to share a printer using PowerShell. The cmdlet I will use is Set-Printer. This cmdlet allows to establish or update the configuration of a specified printer.

Suppose you want to add a computer to a domain using the command line, either when no GUI (Server Core) or just when configuring multiple computers in a script. This post can be interesting for you.

In this post, I want to show you how to disable the preliminary lock screen background on Windows Server 2016 using Group Policy Management Console and Registry Editor. GPO Workaround> GPO Workaround # Open Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.