NTFS: Users can see folders without “Read” permissions
Sometimes Read and Write permissions that users get through authorization groups do not work properly on the file servers: – Users without “Read” permissions can see folders – Users without […]
AD PowerShell Basics 2: Get-ADUser
Use the PowerShell Cmdlet Get-ADUser to display user accounts in Active Directory. With Get-ADUser you can: – Set filters – Show specific attributes – Export results in a CSV-file
PowerShell: Finding the Next Closest Domain Controller
I am currently supporting a bigger enterprise with their Active Directory Migration. A colleague asked me “Could you write a Powershell script to comb the whole AD Forest?” “Of course”, […]
AD PowerShell Basics 1: New-ADUser
In this small series, I want to introduce the most common Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets to you like New-ADUser. With the cmdlet New-ADUser you can: – Create new users, – […]
DCPROMO: Domain Controller promotion fails
Lately, I wanted to add a new domain controller to a domain. At first, the Configuration Wizard ran as expected. But just as the process was about to come to […]
AdminSDHolder – Delegate administration of admin accounts?
Every now and then, the user administration staff (UA) has to administer groups for which domain admin rights are required. However, “admin accounts” of the UA usually don’t have these […]
Active Directory FAQ – Relaunch 2016
We have updated and relaunched our tech blog activedirectoryfaq.com for you. Like our software, we wanted to make it more user friendly for our readers. From April 7, 2016 – […]
Microsoft Azure: Change Static IP Address of a Virtual Machine
Sometimes it can be necessary to change the network structure of the virtual machines in Azure, e.g. to move VMs into a virtual network for the setting up of VPNs. […]
Manage Azure Virtual Machines with PowerShell
With Microsoft Azure you can set up virtual machines with a great range of operating systems quickly and easily. For the administration, Microsoft Azure offers a Web Management interface. But […]
Create Active Directory Sites with PowerShell
I thought about how to automate AD sites with PowerShell – and found a solution. At the end of this article, I provide a complete script to create sites in […]
Dynamic AD Groups
Dynamic Entra ID Groups
