How to install all roles and features of one server on another
Ever wanted to install all the roles and features that are installed on one server on another server? Easy. Just copy and paste the following command into an elevated powershell on the server where the...
View ArticleConfigure SendAs Permissions on an Office365 Distribution Group using PowerShell
I don’t know why, but currently the Exchange Control Panel of Office365 doesn’t work correctly, but I needed to configure SendAs permissions on a distribution group. However, PowerShell is a good...
View ArticleConfigure Data Protection Manager 2016 AntiVirus Exclusions on Windows Server...
When using an AntiVirus product on your Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2016 server you have to configure it appropriately. What does that mean? Technet says: Disable real-time...
View ArticleConfiguring DHCP Option 119 (Domain Search List) on a Windows DHCP Server
When working with Windows based clients you usually don’t come across DHCP option 119 because Windows just doesn’t use it. The Domain Search List for Windows is configured using GPO and not DHCP. But...
View ArticleHow to get the ‘real’ last logon time of an Active Directory user
Yes, Active Directory provides details on when an active directory user last logged on. However, in a multi domain controller environment it may be tricky to get this information. If you’re on a single...
View ArticleUnify DHCP scope and DNS update settings across all authorized servers in an...
While managing multiple dhcp and dns servers (60+) I came across the need to unify DHCP scope settings, DNS A and PTR record registration, lease duration and DHCP DNS update credentials. So I wrote a...
View ArticleHow to batch-handle mounted media with SCVMM managed VMs
When remediating Hyper-V clusters with System Center Virtual Machine Manager it sometimes happens that there are still isos mounted to virtual dvd drives and that, therefore, vms cannot be live...
View ArticleUnarchive archived certificates with PowerShell
Usually when renewing certificates old ones get archived automatically. Using the default view options you don’t even see them in the mmc. However, sometimes it is necessary to bring an archived...
View ArticleRaise File Server Resource Manager report limits with PowerShell
It’s been a long time not using File Server Resource Manager. But today I needed it. I needed a report about image files on a fileserver, which has a lot of files. I set up the “Files by File Group”...
View ArticleInstall Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2022 Virtual Machine Manager
Sounds like an easy task, doesn’t it? That’s what I thought. I’m running a two-nodes VMM 2022 cluster. The small UR1 (KB5019202 & KB5019203) update comes as two msp files. One is the server update,...
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