Building the Crew In an earlier blog I laid out some basics needed to build your own portable lab. I focused on the hardware needed and the considerations you need to keep in mind to ensure a successful effort. The hardware, however, is merely a tool (albeit a useful one) and needs a proper configuration … Continue reading Boldly Going Part 2: Shakedown Cruise
Category: PowerShell
Hyper-V On-The-Go or “To Boldly Lab Where No-One Has Lab’d Before!”
This is an into to a multi-part series on building portable labs. Boldly Going One thing I have found invaluable throughout my career has been the ability to maintain a decent lab environment, something that has been an ongoing struggle over the years. Early on it was all about the hardware. One of my earliest … Continue reading Hyper-V On-The-Go or “To Boldly Lab Where No-One Has Lab’d Before!”
Offline installation of OpenSSH Server on Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019 has a lot of additional capabilities that can be added. Those features are easily added with the Add-WindowsCapability PowerShell cmdlet. When adding a capability it pulls from either the Internet or a WSUS server. Sometimes the capability needs to be added in an offline environment where there is no Internet and the … Continue reading Offline installation of OpenSSH Server on Windows Server 2019
Test Azure resource name availability
Most of the services in Azure such as Storage Accounts, Key Vaults or AppService Websites must have globally unique names. In this post we'll explain how to call the Azure APIs from PowerShell using a custom function to test the service name's availability
Infrastructure – System Center Configuration Manager – “Deploying applications with the PowerShell Application Deployment Toolkit”
The Issue Recently I was posed a question where a customer wanted their users to experience a more advanced or informative when software gets installed. They also required that data be saved so that users work are not affected. Requirements: The Mimecast for Outlook add in had to be installed (This requires Outlook to close) … Continue reading Infrastructure – System Center Configuration Manager – “Deploying applications with the PowerShell Application Deployment Toolkit”
AD: Domain controllers – discover what you’ve got
Hey everyone, Theron (aka T-) here, Senior Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) specializing in Active Directory. During an engagement with a customer a couple of years ago, I needed to identify some info regarding their domain controllers. They were in the process of deploying System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) at the time, but it … Continue reading AD: Domain controllers – discover what you’ve got
Field Notes: Azure Active Directory Connect – Troubleshooting Task Overview
This is a continuation of a series on Azure AD Connect. Previous parts have mostly been focusing on the installation and configuring different user sign-in options for Azure AD. Links to these are provided in the summary section below. Now that we have covered the common setup options for Azure AD Connect, I would like … Continue reading Field Notes: Azure Active Directory Connect – Troubleshooting Task Overview
