Powershell – How to change AD user description field
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In this article we will be using Powershell to perform this. But be aware that we can do this from Active Directory Users and Computers as well. Let us say…
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Install Windows Nano Server on VMware ESXi
In my lab, I have VMware ESXi hosts and I just want to deploy the Nano Server as a Virtual Machine so that I can play around with it, which…
Change Owner of a Distribution group in Exchange Server 2010
There are basically two ways of doing this, one is from the Exchange Management Console and the other one is Exchange Management Shell. We are particularly interested in doing the…
Components of Active Directory Certificate Services
Today we will be seeing the different components of the Active Directory Certificate Services. Each of the components have a specific task to be done and they will be used…
How to install Root Certificate Authority on Windows Server 2012
This guide will have two parts. The first one will be Installation and Configuration of Root Certificate Authority and the second one will be the post configuration settings. Installation of…
Introduction to Public Key Infrastructure Concepts
Today we will see Public Key Infrastructure concepts and how the entire system works. We will be dealing with a lot of new words for those who are not aware…
Find Expired Accounts in Active Directory using Powershell
We all know, people join organizations and leave organizations at regular intervals. And we as System Administrators have to create and manage their user accounts in Active Directory. As a…
Find empty groups in Active Directory using PowerShell
Today we will find empty groups in Active Directory using Powershell. You all may know that we as System Administrators are required to create groups in the Active Directory for…
Powershell to track email sent to specific mailbox or DL in Exchange 2010
I ran across a requirement where in I had to find out whether the emails generated from one mailbox were getting delivered to the recipient mailbox successfully or not. As…
How to deploy Windows Nano Server on vSphere
Windows Nano Server is a super lightweight version of Windows Server that was “built for the Cloud”. When I first heard of it I immediately became curious, because it resembles…