“Only Domain administrators can add computers to the domain.” I can’t count how often I have heared these words. But when installing a new domain, a counter is configured and this counter allows each domain user to add up to 10 computers to the domain. This is the default setting.
For restarting your computer, you can simply click the Start Button and afterwards On/Off. In this article it’s all about Windows PowerShell, so we focus on two commands: Restart-Computer and Stop-Computer.
By configuring Roaming Profiles, the user is able to use it’s familiar desktop on any computer in the domain. In this article i describe how to configure roaming profiles with the graphical user interface and with PowerShell.
This step-by-step guide demonstrates how LAPS can be integrated in an Active Directory domain. Passwords in an Active Directory domain are stored centrally. But what about the local account of the administrator? Many use the same password on all computers. A nightmare in terms of IT security. LAPS stores local administrator passwords centrally for all domain computers.
In this blog post I am going to describe how to use PowerShell to administer Group Polices in your Active Directory environment. Group Polices control the environment of users and computers. But […]
In diesem Beitrag werden alternative Benutzerprinzipalnamen-Suffixe konfiguriert. Wie immer war es einer der Vorgänger, und einem selbst trifft keine Schuld: Der Domänen-Name ist katastrophal gewählt. Wer möchte bei der Anmeldung an der […]
There is a small and useful group policy setting where you can enable monitoring of PowerShell, in particular the use of commands related to PowerShell modules. So, I tried it out and […]
In diesem Beitrag wird mit PowerShell ein DHCP Server unter Windows Server 2016 installiert. DHCP und NAT sind zwei Dienste, die mit der Zeit an Bedeutung verlieren werden. Schuld daran ist das […]
Systeminfo gives you a perfect overview of your system. But what about the other systems in your domain? Sure, you can use 3rd Party Tools or SCCM. But the number of those […]
This blog post describes how to join a computer to the domain by using the graphical user interface or running a simple One-Liner in Powershell.
Wer hat die Gruppenrichtlinie gelöscht und warum gibt es kein Backup? Nicht mehr verwendete Gruppenrichtlinien können – bevor man beabsichtigt sie zu löschen – gesichert werden. Eine Wiederherstellung ist problemlos möglich.
A user tries to log on to the domain. The login is done successfully. Shortly thereafter, the user reports that he can not access his files on the fileserver, nor can he send e-mails.
Client Computers update Group Policies every 90 minutes. In this blog post I force gupdate on all client computer of an organizational unit by running a PowerShell command from a remote computer.
In this article i will describe how to use Restart-Computer for restarting all domain computers – without an enterprise solution.
Active Directory Organisationseinheiten sind spezielle Container um Benutzer, Gruppen, Computer und andere OUs aufnehmen zu können. OUs werden von Administratoren erstellt, um Active Directory Objekte logisch zu ordnen (z.B. nach Abteilung) oder […]
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