How to enable Active Directory recycle bin In this post we will look at two ways of how to enable Active Directory recycle bin. The first option will be via the GUI and second using PowerShell. Open Server Manager then click on Tool >> Active Directory Administrative Centre. From the Administrative Centre on the left-hand…
Leave a CommentConfigure ADFS for Office 365 Requirements: External DNS records for example: fs.o365cloudlab.co.za Internal DNS records for example: fs.thatcloud.com Valid SSL Certificate Service Account with Domain Admin rights More about the requirement can be found here at the Microsoft blog. To get started we need to install the ADSF roles and features. Run Windows PowerShell as…
2 CommentsHow to find FSMO Roles Holder Active Directory In this post, I will look at two ways you can find out which Domain Controller holds the FSMO Roles. The first option is to use CMD and run it as Administrator, then run the following cmdlet.
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Leave a CommentHOW TO: Add UPN Suffixes to a Forest This article describes how to add UPN suffixes to a forest. Adding these suffixes gives you the ability to use a friendly user-logon name that does not match the domain’s or parent domains’ naming structure. “You can use Active Directory Domains and Trusts to add user…
1 CommentHow to Find Domain Controllers with Windows Powershell. Get-ADDomainController Gets one or more Active Directory domain controllers based on discoverable services criteria, search parameters or by providing a domain controller identifier, such as the NetBIOS name. In this post I will showcase how to get all the below listed information using Windows PowerShell.…
Leave a CommentActive Directory Recovery using DELL Active Directory Recovery Manager. In this post I will go through the option of installing and configuring Dell Active Directory Recovery Manager. What is Dell Active Directory Recovery Manager? Recovery Manager for Active Directory enables you to quickly restore your environment without taking AD offline but still maintain…
Leave a CommentAssign Office 365 Licenses with Active Directory Groups In this post I will walk through the options of assigning Office 365 Licenses based on Active Directory Group membership. Microsoft has recently released the new feature in Azure Active Directory which allows you to apply Azure licenses as well as Office 365 licenses based on group…
Leave a CommentExchange Mailbox has “Empty HomeMDB attribute” After doing an Mailbox Move one of Mailboxes ran into an issue where it lots its “HomeMDB” attribute. How do we resolve this ? There is a quick and easy fix to resolve this , to start we need to open “ADSI Edit” . Select “Default naming context” Once…
Leave a CommentThe following Script was created to assist a help desk department to quickly get a list of ‘Members’ from an Active Directory Group. This is a very simple script that prompts you for a Group Name and will then use Grid-View to display the results. Original Post : https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Get-Domain-Group-Members-bf33a1a2?redir=0 GetGroupMembers #ThatLazyAdmin
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While there is no simple way of addressing ransomware entirely, there are number of measures that all organisations can take to help spot and mitigate the risk and spread of such an attack. LepideAuditor offers probably the easiest, fastest (and most cost effective) means of spotting and reacting to potential ransomware attacks on your Windows…
Leave a CommentCreate Exchange 2016 DAG using PowerShell What is a Database Availability Group (DAG) ? A database availability group (DAG) is a set of up to 16 Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Mailbox servers that provide automatic database-level recovery from a database, server, or network failure. When a Mailbox server is added to a DAG, it works…
Leave a CommentThis guide will show you how to add additional Subnets into Active Directory Sites and Services using GUI as well as Powershell. Let’s start by adding the following Subnet into Sites and Services using GUI. Subnet : 192.168.56.0/24 and 192.168.57.0/24 Launch Active Directory Site and Services and Navigate to Subnets. Right click on “Subnets” and…
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