2023-02-09 18:51
With Azure AD, you can use one of three options for authenticating cloud users against the on-premises Active Directory:
Password Hash Sync (PHS).
Pass-through authentication (PTA).
Active D… Read More
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2023-02-07 13:45
Windows drivers are not something a regular PC user cares about. One might start thinking about drivers only when games stop working (or working poorly) or when they need to clean drive C an… Read More
2023-02-06 18:47
Modern Windows versions, such as 11, 10, 8.1, and 8, have three weird files stored on drive C. Those files are pagefile.sys, hiberfil.sys, and swapfile.sys. All three files are notably large… Read More
2023-02-05 16:54
We can all agree that drag-and-drop upload is one of the greatest conveniences in SharePoint Online. You can select multiple files or entire folders and drag them directory to your SharePoin… Read More
2023-02-05 16:28
A terminal, shell, or CLI rendered on the web is useful when managing resources in the cloud. One example is the Cloud Shell in the Google Cloud console. However, we found the experience and… Read More
2023-02-03 08:57
There are many great features to running VMware vSphere in the enterprise, as it provides great tools for management. VMware vSphere ESXi hosts managed by vCenter Server have a VMware host p… Read More
2023-02-02 18:44
UserPrincipalName (UPN) in Active Directory is the domain login username in the format of the e-mail address. For example, [email protected]. In this example, jbrion is the user’s dom… Read More
2023-01-29 11:07
Did your users receive a phishing or spam blast? You have to act quickly and prevent the users from reading or clicking links on those emails to avoid potential damage these emails can bring… Read More
2023-01-29 07:53
Love it or hate it, Google Chrome is one of the most popular web browsers. It often gets the flak for being a resource hog, but its user base still can’t avoid using it. Most Linux dis… Read More
2023-01-27 10:42
Many great Kubernetes tools are available for K8s admins to use to administer, configure, and monitor their Kubernetes clusters. If you are looking for an open-source Kubernetes IDE, a great… Read More
2023-01-26 18:44
The Select-Object cmdlet allows you to select specific properties of a PowerShell object. By default, PowerShell commands do not display all properties, so you can use this command to displa… Read More
2023-01-25 17:22
Unveiled in 2011 alongside the iPhone 4S, Siri was the first mainstream voice assistant. Since then, Apple has added many new features and capabilities to make Siri more useful and reliable… Read More
2023-01-20 13:37
The acronym LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP, all of which are open-source software that, when stacked together, create a powerful web server. You should consider the LAMP stack… Read More
2023-01-20 13:12
Organizations typically do not use their production email infrastructure to send non-user emails to the internet. For example, a company may send a weekly or monthly newsletter to partners… Read More
2023-01-20 10:16
Kubernetes is the de facto standard for running containers with high availability and many other great features, such as auto-scaling, automation, and service metadata. However, one of the c… Read More
2023-01-20 09:59
WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) provides a special interface in Windows used to manage the local or remote operating systems. WMI provides access to any operating system settings, h… Read More
2023-01-19 12:39
If you are running virtual machines on both VMware ESXi/Workstation and Microsoft Hyper-V, in some cases you may need to convert a VMware virtual machine to Hyper-V format. You can use diffe… Read More
2020-11-07 06:55
With Azure AD Connect you can synchronize data from your on-premises Active Directory with Azure AD. Password sync is enabled by default when configuring AD Connect. This allows on-premises… Read More
2020-11-07 06:35
The Windows registry is an important part of the operating system, which stores important system, user, and program settings. Due to incorrect changes in the system registry made by programs… Read More
2020-10-23 18:32
The Process Monitor (ProcMon) tool is used to track the various processes activity in the Windows operating system. This utility allows you to show how processes access files on disk, regist… Read More
2020-10-23 18:02
The error Cannot find the default server running Active Directory Web Services may appear when you import an ActiveDirectory module into your PowerShell session or when you run various cmdle… Read More
2020-10-10 08:08
The output of any PowerShell cmdlet is returns as objects. The Where-Object cmdlet is used in PowerShell to filter such objects. The Where-Object cmdlet allows you to filter the output of th… Read More
2020-10-10 07:56
The functional level of the Active Directory domain and forest determines the available features that can be used in the domain, and the Windows Server version you can use on domain controll… Read More
2020-10-02 04:00
This article describes how to recreate virtual directories (including OWA and ECP) on Exchange Server 2019/2016/2013. The repairing of these virtual directories helps to reset all settings… Read More
2020-09-26 06:02
In this article, we will show you how to install the Exchange Online PowerShell V2 (EXO V2) module and connect to Exchange Online. You can manage your Exchange Online tenant using the Exchan… Read More
2020-09-26 05:53
Hyper-V Live Migration allows you to move a running virtual machine between hosts without stopping it. Initially, Live Migration in Hyper-V was only available under Windows Failover Cluster… Read More
2020-09-16 11:04
In case domain controller, which holds FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operation) roles, is fail (virus attack, fatal software problems or catastrophic hardware failure, etc.), you need to tran… Read More
2020-09-10 12:02
Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) is a special type of operation performed by Active Directory domain controllers that requires a DC server to be unique in a domain or forest. Various… Read More
2020-08-14 14:07
When you create a domain, all FSMO roles assigned to the first domain controller in the forest by default. You can transfer FSMO roles from one DC to another using both the Active Directory… Read More
2020-08-14 12:43
The Windows Time service is the basis for the normal functioning of Active Directory domain. Kerberos, the AD primary authentication protocol, uses the W32Time (Windows Time) time service to… Read More
2020-08-10 03:56
BSOD, also known as Blue Screen of Death, is a no joke. The dreadful message “Your PC Ran Into a Problem and Needs to Restart” can cause a lot of rages, especially if a user does… Read More
2020-08-09 17:42
A RAM, also known as Random Access Memory, is an especially important part of any modern computer, tablet, or smartphone. It stores data that an operating system needs to access quickly to p… Read More
2020-08-07 13:00
Migrating the DHCP service from the old server to the new Windows Server 2016/2019 with the saving of all the settings of the old server is quite easy. If the old DHCP server is running Wind… Read More
2020-07-31 18:32
This is version 2 of a step by step guide on Sysprepping a Windows 7 machine from start to finish. I cannot take full credit on this because my first article had so many helpful comments and… Read More
2020-07-31 18:32
Active Directory groups make it much easier to manage access and assign permissions in a domain. You can add one AD group to others. These are called nested Active Directory groups. Nested g… Read More
2020-07-31 18:23
VMWare Tools is a pack of tools that improves the performance of a virtual machine guest operating system and improves virtual machine management. VMWare Tools includes the drivers necessary… Read More
2020-07-25 07:20
In a traditional on-premises infrastructure, the system administrator has complete control over user access to corporate resources. When using cloud solutions, access to resources can be car… Read More
2020-07-25 06:44
An administrator can use the auditing security events to get reliable information about all events in the system, monitor user activities, and use the information to identify vulnerabilities… Read More
2020-07-19 11:55
The DHCP protocol is used to automatically assign IP addresses on IP networks. You can deploy a DHCP server on a separate Windows Server or Linux host. Such a server will assign and manage I… Read More
2020-07-19 11:22
All versions of Windows starting from XP have a built-in firewall that can be used to protect the operating system and filter all network traffic. The functionality and capabilities of the b… Read More
2020-07-11 09:08
An Office 365 subscription provides you with a third-level domain in the onmicrosoft.com zone (in the format YourTenantName.onmicrosoft.com). You can use it in all Microsoft Online Services… Read More
2020-07-11 08:24
In this article we will look at two important elements of the Active Directory infrastructure — sites and subnets. Sites in ADDS are used to combine domain controllers and clients into… Read More
2020-06-13 07:18
When using the Microsoft Outlook e-mail client, the size of the mailbox and local PST files is constantly growing. In this article, we will show you the basic ways to cleanup and reduce the… Read More
2020-06-13 07:10
Like other programming languages, PowerShell has the concept of loops. The loop (cycle) allows you to execute several times a certain set of commands.
The ForEach loop allows you to iterate… Read More
2020-06-05 18:23
The multi-desktop feature on Mac OS x and other Linux systems comes out of the box. In Windows, native support for virtual desktops appeared only on Windows 10. In this article we will show… Read More
2020-06-05 16:27
In some cases, when connecting to remote computers/RDS server via RDP, users may encounter an “An internal error has occurred” error. This error may appear due to various reasons… Read More
2020-06-04 09:06
Every time you plug into your computer a COM or USB device, Windows creates a virtual COM port and assigns it for a device. Every COM port has its number from 1 to 255. Also, each port is as… Read More
2020-05-29 17:37
A large number of temporary files are created on Windows, which are not always deleted automatically and over time take up more and more disk space. In this article, we will look at how to e… Read More
2020-05-29 17:26
The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is used to remotely access the desktop of a computer or a Windows server. By default, TCP 3389 is used for remote connection. If your computer/server is con… Read More
2020-05-22 17:48
Desired State Configuration (DSC) allows you to configure Windows and applications using a configuration file and PowerShell. As in other configuration management systems (for example, Puppe… Read More
2020-05-22 17:10
To use Office 365 resources, you must create a user. You can create a new user via the Microsoft 365 admin center or using PowerShell.
Creating a New Office 365 Account via Admin Center
Brow… Read More
2020-05-17 14:23
One of the major changes in Windows XP Service Pack 2 was the introduction of a new security feature called Windows Firewall that manages the Internet connections on your computer and either… Read More
2020-05-15 16:07
In order to allow services to run under a user accounts, and not in the context of a Local System, Local Service, or Network Service, starting with Vista, in Windows you can use the “L… Read More
2020-05-15 15:54
The latest builds of Windows 10 include a build-in SSH server and client that are based on OpenSSH. This means that now you can remotely connect to Windows 10 (Windows Server 2019) using any… Read More
2020-05-08 15:43
In the Active Directory domain, a password expiration policy can be configured that forces the user to change the password when his password expires.
What happens when a user password is exp… Read More
2020-05-08 15:24
The %AppData% folder is located in the profile of each Windows user and is used to store individual user settings of applications. The AppData (Application Data) folder is present in all ver… Read More
2020-05-02 06:37
The option “User must change password at next logon” is usually enabled when creating a new Active Directory user, when the administrator resets the user’s password (when t… Read More
2020-05-01 17:42
In this article, we’ll show you how to manage the Group Policy Object Links in Active Directory from the GPMC graphic snap-in and PowerShell, and consider the differences between Enabl… Read More
2020-04-24 17:34
By default, when you join a new computer or server to the Active Directory domain (through the properties of the computer), it creates the computer object in the Computers root container. If… Read More
2020-04-18 08:00
When deleting a domain controller from Active Directory, it is advisable to use the DCPromo (demote) procedure, which allows you to correctly delete all records about the old domain controll… Read More
2020-04-18 07:53
Office 365 groups are objects that contain user lists. Office 365 groups used to share resources within and across different Azure apps (Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, OneNote, Skype for Business… Read More
2020-04-10 13:53
On Windows, you can track user login and logoff events using the Security log. In this article, we’ll show you how to get user login/logoff history from Event Logs on the local compute… Read More
2020-04-10 13:28
In this article, we will take a look at the simple and safe way to repair Office 365 instance on a Windows 10 computer without a full suite reinstall. Office 365 repair procedure is usually… Read More
2020-03-27 14:57
Active Directory security groups used to grant users’ permissions to various domain services and resources. Therefore, to understand what permissions are assigned to a specific user in… Read More
2020-03-27 10:40
If you accidentally deleted an Active Directory user, you can easily restore it. The fact is that when you delete any object from Active Directory, it is not deleted immediately. First, the… Read More
2020-03-20 15:29
When you try to delete or modify some system files or folders in Windows 10, you may face an error:
Folder Access Denied
You need the permissions to perform this action
You require permissio… Read More
2020-03-13 11:32
If your Active Directory domain controller fails and you have a DC backup (created using Windows Server Backup or other backup tools), you can restore a single domain controller or the entir… Read More
2020-02-28 12:53
An Active Directory administrator must periodically disable user and computer domain accounts that are not used for a long time. Disabled accounts cannot be used to log on the domain, even i… Read More
2020-02-25 10:57
Android is an advanced customizable operating system that gives you an almost complete control of your own device and you can control it from how the device performs to how does it look like… Read More
2020-02-23 05:15
If you use Windows 10 on a high-resolution display, you have probably faced the problem with blurry fonts in your system or some applications. It is extremely annoying thing to work with. Ge… Read More
2020-02-20 09:18
A common error encountered by people trying to install Spotify, the popular music streaming service, on Windows, is the so-called Error 17. This article describes how to fix Spotify could no… Read More
2020-02-18 12:30
Here is a tutorial on how to speed up laptop or computer on Windows 10.
Adjust Your Power Settings
Let’s get started by adjust of your Power settings on laptops.
Move your cursor down… Read More
2020-02-14 13:24
You can integrate your Office 365 subscription with your existing local (on-premises) directory service based on Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). You can configure automatic synchro… Read More
2020-02-12 18:28
By default, non-admin domain users do not have permissions to install the printer drivers on the domain computers. In order to install a driver, user should have local admin privileges on a… Read More
2020-02-07 14:28
In this article, we will show you how to deploy an additional domain controller in an existing Active Directory forest based on Windows Server 2016. An additional domain controller can be us… Read More
2020-02-06 08:36
Ever had a page or post in WordPress that you wanted to name a certain name and whenever it saved, it appended it with “-2” or “-3”? Example, I was trying to create a… Read More
2020-02-04 06:58
GNU/Linux has many utilities that are unprecedentedly powerful and useful, but not very popular. These include xargs command. Its main purpose is to work with the output of other terminal co… Read More
2020-01-31 14:19
Many online manuals show how to use Samba and Winbind to join Linux to an Active Directory domain. In this article, we will show an alternative way to add your Linux computer or server to th… Read More
2020-01-30 12:59
Servers should be stable and fast as possible. And if the latter depends more on computer components, then the first—primarily on the operating system. The Fedora distribution provides… Read More
2020-01-27 11:37
Among the many GNU/Linux distributions that are actively supported by its developers, Linux Mint is one of the favorite among many users. It was based on Ubuntu, and despite the fact that Li… Read More
2020-01-24 17:42
Working in GNU/Linux terminal often includes the processing of outgoing text. One of the most common tools that is used for this is the cut command. It cuts out some text information (file o… Read More
2020-01-24 15:55
ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services) is a component of Windows Server that provides the functionality of an authentication provider for web applications. Federation Services are used… Read More
2020-01-17 13:06
In this article, we will take a look on how to backup an Active Directory domain controller running on Windows Server 2016. This backup will allow you to restore both individual AD objects a… Read More
2020-01-09 19:30
When you are connecting to the remote Windows host using native Microsoft RDP client (mstsc.exe), you have the ability to save your login credentials in order to not to enter them each time… Read More
2019-12-26 06:12
In this article we will show you how to fix internet connection problems in Windows 10. The problem is sometimes you will have a yellow triangle (no internet access) as your network icon. It… Read More
2019-12-24 06:39
If you are dealing with guest writers, they are most likely set to the contributor role in WordPress. The one problem with the default contributor role is that this doesn’t allow contr… Read More
2019-12-23 03:44
This is a short tutorial on how to join a computer to a domain over a VPN connection. This was very useful for us this weekend. We had to reformat a computer, and needed to setup their profi… Read More
2019-12-19 14:51
Hello everyone! In this article we will show you how to download and install Remote Server Administrative tools for Windows 10. It is going to give you all the remote MMC tools that you requ… Read More
2019-12-17 08:27
If you are receiving an error upon windows starting up in Windows 7, Error code: 0x80070002, after trying to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials then follow the steps below to fix it.
U… Read More
2019-12-17 07:54
Using a terminal on GNU/Linux often involves working with text files. This may not be necessarily about editing, only reading is enough to talk about this process as one of the most frequent… Read More
2019-12-13 09:25
The essence of all console utilities in GNU/Linux comes down to one simple rule: do one thing, but do it well. And commands like head and tail are no exception. With their help, the producti… Read More
2019-12-12 11:44
Grep is another useful console utility that is very popular. It is easy to use, and at the same time has a wide flexibility and capabilities. The “grep” command in GNU/Linux come… Read More
2019-12-09 16:29
GNU/Linux (in particular, the Bash console shell) allows you to search for files on a system with a variety of parameters that are not available in well-known Windows. The find command is re… Read More
2019-12-06 04:43
It is not always possible to use Group Policy (GPO) to manage some of the Windows and applications settings in the domain environment. The fact is that some settings can be applied only thro… Read More
2019-11-26 08:41
Let’s take a look on a little trick to login Windows with a local user account instead of a domain account. By default, when a username is entered on the Welcome Screen of a domain-joi… Read More
2019-11-11 12:08
Commands in the GNU/Linux terminal greatly simplify any interaction with the system. Among them are frequently used ones, such as viewing a list of files, disk space, replacing characters, e… Read More
2019-11-07 13:23
In Windows 10 Microsoft introduced its new default web-browser Microsoft Edge. Let’s try to figure out how to centrally manage Microsoft Edge GPO settings in the enterprise Active Dire… Read More
2019-11-07 08:00
The ADSI Edit tool (Active Directory Service Interface Editor) is a special mmc snap-in that allows you to connect to various Active Directory database partitions (NTDS.dit) or to the LDAP s… Read More
2019-11-01 12:12
At one time, the MySQL DBMS switched on a commercial basis, unwittingly enabling the interested part of the community to create an offshoot based on the free source code. So the MariaDB proj… Read More
2019-10-31 14:11
You can remove user objects from an Active Directory domain by using the Remove-ADUser PowerShell cmdlet. This cmdlet is a part of the ActiveDirectory Module for Windows PowerShell, which mu… Read More
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