Active Directory

Finding GPOs missing permissions that may prevent GPOs from working correctly

I've been in IT for a longer time now. I've made my fair share of mistakes and misconfigurations. One of…

3 years ago

Renaming NETBIOS name of Active Directory Error

Recently I was testing renaming the NETBIOS name of an Active Directory domain. While this process is fairly easy, there…

4 years ago

Four commands to help you track down insecure LDAP Bindings before March 2020

In March 2020, Microsoft will release its monthly updates. With those updates, Microsoft will disable insecure LDAP Bindings, which is…

5 years ago

What do we say to health checking Active Directory?

Setting up a new Active Directory is an easy task. You download and install Windows Server, install required roles and…

5 years ago

Getting Active Directory Last Backup Time using PowerShell

I shouldn't be telling you that, but Active Directory Backup is an essential part of your Active Directory setup. When…

5 years ago

Testing LDAP and LDAPS connectivity with PowerShell

One of the common ways to connect to Active Directory is thru LDAP protocol. There are a lot of applications…

4 years ago

Instant Replication between Active Directory sites with PowerShell

In Active Directory when you change something, it's replicated to other Domain Controllers regularly. It's a standard procedure that happens…

5 years ago

Getting Bitlocker and LAPS summary report with PowerShell

Having Bitlocker and LAPS in modern Active Directory is a must. But just because you enable GPO and have a…

5 years ago

Fixing Active Directory PasswordNotRequired with PowerShell

There was I, deploying PSPasswordExpiryNotifications for one of my Clients when I started getting complaints that some users are not…

5 years ago

Export-CliXML and Import-CliXML serialization woes

I've been working today trying to deliver to one of my Clients Active Directory documentation. To my surprise, something that…

5 years ago