Set up an unidirectional Active Directory Trust
The following outline clarifies the terms needed for setting up an unidirectional Trust.
QMM Quest Migration Manager for AD – Checking Directory Synchronization DSA
I was looking for a possibility to check and supervise the synchronization of user-objects with Quest Migration Manager for Active Directory. In addition, I was missing a good overview to […]
Freeware Tool : “Mouse without borders”
Microsoft released a freeware tool which makes it possible to control various computers with just one mouse. (the software is similar to a KVM Switch)
Xenserver – VM is not working anymore and can neither be rebooted nor shut down
The following instructions make it possible to reboot and immediately afterwards shut down a non working virtual machine on a Xenserver.
Searching Novell NDS eDirectory with Powershell
Today we had to search a NDS eDirectory via Powershell script. After some tests and searching the internet we found the following solution.
Creating a virtual floppy disk
Floppy disks seem to be died out. But it’s not the complete truth. From time to time one of these is still needed. Last week I needed a floppy disk […]
Trust between Windows 2008 R2 and NT4 does not work „by design“
Trust between Windows Server 2008 R2 and NT4 does not work „by design“ It is not possible to create a trust between a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain and a […]
Transferring FSMO roles
FSMO or Flexible Single Master Operations is a specialized domain controller set of tasks. Specialized tasks can be spread to several servers, but only one server can act as FSMO […]
“Try next closest site” group policy – the DC Locator in Windows
With Windows Vista / 7 / 8 the “DC Locator Algorithm” has been improved. However, it needs to be activated by a group policy (GPO) first. The article will tell […]
Redirecting the containers “Users” and “Computers” in Windows Active Directory domains
The Standard “Users” and the standard “Computers” container (in which new objects are to be created in default) can be easily changed with Windows standard applications. Benefits, requirements and the […]
Dynamic AD Groups
Dynamic Entra ID Groups
