Managing backups for virtual machines (VMs) in the cloud is crucial for ensuring data security and continuity. Manually configuring backups for each VM can be time-consuming and error-prone. Thankfully, Azure Policy provides a powerful way to automate and enforce backup configurations. In this guide, I’ll walk through how to automatically Read more…
Debloat Windows From Unnecessary Apps and Services While the script is tried and tested, I would suggest you proceed with caution as it may break things. I have added caveats where to tread carefully in the steps below, so follow the process without fail. If you have an older computer Read more…
Here is some useful Powershell Commands for reports: To install the latest public version of the module, run the following command Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned Install-Module -Name ExchangeOnlineManagement To Connect to Exchange Online with Powershell using modern authetication Import-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement Connect-ExchangeOnline Disconnect-ExchangeOnline List All Email Adresses in a .txt file Get-recipient -resultsize unlimited | select Name -expand Read more…
Set up L2TP/IPSec VPN on Windows Server 2019 Introduction A VPN or Virtual Private Network is used to securely tunnel the data from a local computer to a remote server. You can visualize VPN as a private network distributed across the internet or public network. Using VPN, different devices can Read more…
Using WMIC: List all installed Programs Open Command Prompt as Administrator Type wmic product get name, version, vendor and press Enter. After a few moments, a list will be displayed in the command prompt detailing the programs installed on the target computer. If you want to save the results in Read more…
Know Your FSMO Locations Make sure that the DC you are removing is not holding any of the FSMO Roles i) On any health domain controller, click Start, click Run, type “Ntdsutil” in the Open box, and then click OK ii) Type “roles“, and then press ENTER iii) Type “connections“, Read more…
Introduction Configure Domain Controller to synchronize time with external NTP server (dk.pool.ntp.org) UDP port 123 must be open on firewall to allow NTP traffic in and out from this DC. From DC command prompt type “telnet portquiz.net 123” to test if the port 123 traffic can go out. Logon to Read more…
Description Many administrators are familiar with SPF (Sender Policy Framework) as a system to declare and verify who can send emails from a domain. In the fight against spam and phishing, SPF is not enough anymore. DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is an email authentication system based on asymmetric cryptographic keys. Read more…
How to Create a Master Installation Flash Drive with Multiple Versions of Windows You’ve got your collection of Windows ISOs and maybe you’ve burned installation DVDs or flash drives for them. But why not make yourself a master installation drive that you can use to install any version of Windows? Setting up a bootable USB Read more…
Drives.vbs ‘Remove Drives ON ERROR RESUME NEXT DIM objNetwork,colDrives,i SET objNetwork = CREATEOBJECT(“Wscript.Network”) SET colDrives = objNetwork.EnumNetworkDrives FOR i = 0 to colDrives.Count-1 Step 2 ‘ Force Removal of network drive and remove from user profile ‘ objNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive strName, [bForce], [bUpdateProfile] objNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive colDrives.Item(i),TRUE,TRUE NEXT ‘Connect Drives On Error Resume Next Read more…