Remove UPDs from removed session host on RDS 2016
Hi, I have recently removed a session host from a 2016 RDS deployment, as we are slowly retiring it. After successfully removing the session host, (it no longer shows in the RDS collection) I noticed that it is still using the User Profile Disks when…
Group membership
Hi All The following script doesn't work for AD groups. Members of ADGroup1 should be able to add or remove users from other AD Group. please guide me. # Define the $owner that will be able to manage the members of $group $owner = "ADGroup1"; …
Query on Access
Hi All This might be a stupid question, but I would still like to ask: Is there any recommendation from Microsoft to restrict the number of Global Admins and Domain Admins? Specifically, in an organization, how many Domain Admins or Global Admins should…
Rolling Upgrade 2 Node Cluster Server 2012R2 to 2016
Working on rolling upgrade of Failover cluster from 2012R2 to 2016. Have followed the guide provided by Microsoft, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/failover-clustering/cluster-operating-system-rolling-upgrade but cannot for the life of…
CVE-2013-3900 WinVerifyTrust Signature Validation Vulnerability
Hi All https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2013-3900 To remediate the vulnerability CVE-2013-3900 is to add the below registry values. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Wintrust\Config] …
EventID for the GPO
I have enabled the GPO (Turn on PowerShell Transcription): Computer Configuration-Administrative Templates-Windows Components-Windows PowerShell. Turn on PowerShell Transcription: Enabled. Should I see any other Event ID besides 4103 in Event Viewer with…
How to find and install MSIX Packaging Tool on MS Server 2016
Hello, How to find and install MSIX Packaging Tool on MS Server 2016 (normally in standard Win10 you can find it in Windows Store). Thank you in advance.
Task scheduler scripts
Hi All i have 100 plus scripts running on a VM. i have task schedulers running daily, for few weekly. i want to export all the task scheduler scripts to a csv file. using the below syntax i am able to export $data = @() foreach ( $task in…
Add exact upns
Hi All i have userprincipalnames in a csv file in the below format. usernames user1@contoso.com user2@contoso.com i want to add these users to AD group from powershell. if there are any other user with user1.a@contoso.com or user2.a@contoso.com. i…
Upgrade windows server 2012R2 to windows server 2016, will the Exchange system be affected?
Our current system is installing Exchange 2016 on the Windows 2012R2 OS platform. We are planning to upgrade the OS to Windows 2016 -> I want to ask, will the Exchange system be affected? Do I have to reconfigure Exchange? Thanks to everyone for help
Windows defender (MsMpEng.exe is consuming high CPU)
Windows defender (MsMpEng.exe is consuming high CPU) I have added msmpeng.exe in defender exclusion list as well. disable all Scanning. Tried disable through registry change as well. Any other suggestion, please.
Icone raccourci par GPO blanche windows 11
Bonjour, Dans notre infrastructure, nous avons des postes sous Windows 11 et Windows 10. Nous avons un serveur 2016 qui héberge le DC et donc les GPO. Nous avons différents raccourcis vers des pages web avec l'icône de l'application, l'icône est hébergée…
error code 0x80020009
I have control system server (windows server 2016 & Microsoft office 2013) the control system software is ABB 800xA that auto generate daily excel report, this feature was stopped suddenly with error code "0x80020009" and error message…
potential windows update database error detected error code 0x80073712
windows server 2016
How to customize Remote Desktop Session Ended, Remote Desktop Session disconnected , Session Idle time out text in windows server 2016
Hello Can anyone please let me know how can I modify these messages texts in windows server 2016 "Session Idle timeout Warning" message, "Remote Desktop Logoff" message , "Remote Desktop Disconnected" message …
How to decommission an AD CA with active templates
I have been asked to decommission an old CA in my domain. There are about 8 domain controllers with old certificates in the cert store, along with active LDAPS2 and ldaps 2.1 templates. We need to keep only the root CA, but I see certificates for old CAs…
CA migration
Hello, I have a DC server that contains the role of Certificate Authority (CA). I want to de-promote this server to a domain member server. If I de-promote the server: Will the CA configuration be kept? In case I have to migrate it to a new server: Can…
Can't find KB4530689 on window update catalog
My window server 2016 face the samesite error. December 10, 2019—KB4530689 (OS Build 14393.3384) - Microsoft Support I want to download KB4530689 for resolve it. I search KB4530689 in Microsoft Update Catalog but not found.
ADconnect on Windows Server 2016 DC
Hi, I have a Windows server 2016 as DC. On this server I have ADconnect installed to synchronize users in Ou's against AzureAD. I want to de-promote this server from DC to member server. If I do this de-promotion: Will it keep the ADconnect…
Microsoft 365 Defender for endpoint GPO
Hi all, We are in phase of implementing Microsoft 365 defender for endpoint and we are not going to use Intune for deployment. We are using service similar to intune for mobile device management. My question is how can we use GPO for defender config?…