Windows 10 Update Branche
With Windows 10 Micrsoft changed the procedure for the distribution of updates. Each edition of Windows 10 belongs to one of the so called “Windows 10 Update Branches”. The update […]
New-PSDrive – Credential Parameter doesn’t work in PowerShell 2.0
Some PowerShell scripts have to build a temporary drive connection. For example to get a file from a share. I like to use the “New-PSDrive” commandlet for that. Unfortunately, this […]
German Cloud
Let’s face the facts. Microsoft announced a German cloud last week at this year’s Technical Summit. Find out how this could affect you – questions and answers.
Inconsistent permissions in Global Catalogue
If you want to use AD groups to assign permissions for ressources, you usually do it this way: Bind permissions to local groups Nest global or universal groups into the […]
Novell Client 2 for Windows 7: disable or remove?
There are a lot of reasons why customers want to migrate from Novell eDirectory to Microsoft Active Directory. I would like to use this article to explain one of the […]
Active Directory – SID Filtering
Everyone planning a domain migration probably has to deal with Active Directory SID Filtering sooner or later. While setting up an Active Directory Forest Trust, I came upon an interesting […]
Group Managed Service Accounts
As already explained in the article about ADFS 3.0, Windows Server 2010 supports Group Managed Service Accounts (GMSA) are supported under Windows Server 2012. The passwords of these accounts are […]
Automated Group Memberships in Active Directory
In Microsoft’s Active Directory groups are used to manage permissions and access to shares and apps. But with a big number of users accounts the group management becomes time-consuming for […]
Downgrade Windows Server 2012 licenses
With DISM.exe you can only upgrade Windows Server licenses, e.g. from Windows Server 2012 Standard to Windows Server 2012 Datacenter. In this article, I am going to show you how […]
Simplified Active Directory Reporting – AD Inspector 2015
If a company grows, the Active Directory proportionally grows with it. New groups, organizational units, group policies, users and computer…– even an experienced admin will have difficulties with keeping an […]
Dynamic AD Groups
Dynamic Entra ID Groups
