The below short bit of PowerShell is helpful to find computers that have not communicated to an Active Directory domain controller in a definable number of days. Generally if a computer is no longer talking to the domain it would …
You can use the following one line of PowerShell to easily install all of the available Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) in one go. I end up running this after every Windows feature update., Saves wasting time with a GUI. …
In this post I will show how you can enabled Windows Bitlocker encryption from a command prompt using manage-bde. The full Microsoft documentation for manage-bde can he found here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/manage-bde System Drive C: Open and admin command prompt Enter the …
Problem When connected to a Windows Server via Remote Desktop (RDP) your can’t press CTRL+ALT+DEL the get to the “Change a password” prompt. If you do the prompt will be displayed on your local computer and not the server. The …
Setting the inform address for an Unifi device fails with “Status: Server Reject”. This is an issue I have had a couple of times. So I thought I would start to document the resolutions as and when it happens. So …
I recently created a new Azure Front Door and attempted to configure HTTPS on a front end domain using my own certificate. After creating and giving the Front Door service principle permissions to my Key Vault, no secrets were being …
I recently had the requirement to allow a few accounts remote access to a server via RDP for support purposes. I elected to use a Fortinet FortiGate firewall with an SSL VPN Portal linked via SAML to Azure AD. This …
Problem After installing a Ubiquiti Unifi US-24-250W switch that had been in storage for a while. I attempted to upgrade the firmware using the controller but kept getting the error. “upgrade failed firmware check failed” My switch was on version …
When hosting a WordPress site as an App Services site on Azure you will find email will not work. Microsoft does not provide the ability to send emails directly from the App Services site, you need to use an external …
Problem When attempting to make changes to the “Addressing and VLANs” section for any of my sites MX’s I was getting the message There were errors in saving this configuration: A site-to-site VPN spoke cannot be enabled with an invalid …
