Windows Server
Find Virtual Machine Information using PowerShell Script
I think it’s safe to say; I’m a big fan of PowerShell. However, when checking Azure resources, it can be a lot quicker to use the portal/GUI–unless you’ve got the commands already cached in your…
Azure Tags and Virtual Machines
I have been incredibly remiss the last 6 months. After passing my last certification, I moved onto studying AWS while setting up Intune and AutoPilot at my previous organization; also, I was looking for Federal…
Active Directory User Sign-Ins and Updating Computer Description
There’s a wealth of information in Active Directory Users and Computers. Independently of each other, they can answer a lot of basic questions and help troubleshoot, audit, administer or even create better policies. One fundamental…
Adding Pronouns to Active Directory
More companies are adopting pronouns with digital identities. It’s not just social media platforms; C-Suite and staff are looking to add pronouns to their Outlook and even their Windows login. While it may be easy…
Windows Time Service: Check and change NTP Servers
It’s easy to forget how crucial time synchronization is across a network/domain until it stops working. After you setup your Domain controller and pick a time zone, it should all just work–and it typically does.…
Manage Chrome through Windows Server GPO
I’ve been remiss with keeping up with my technical articles. I’ve devoted a lot of time to studying for the RHCSA, and last week, I passed on the first try. Feels amazing to achieve that…
Windows Global Catalog Server and Powershell
I’ve been working on the RHCSA, an Exchange migration and updating an Active Directory forest for the last few months, so I haven’t been writing as much as I’d like to. There’s quite a bit…
New System’s Administrator/Engineer Script
A few months ago I started looking for a new job. I wasn’t excited to start over again, but I wanted more challenges and technologies to work on. I remember starting my first few technology…
Windows Server DNS: Failover and Forwarding
DNS is pretty crucial in a domain environment. If you pull up DNS on your domain controller(s), you can see a listing of, well, a lot of different stuff–PC names to start in DNS >…