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EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs Instance Store in AWS TL;DR EBS volume is network attached drive which results in slow performance but data is persistent meaning even if you reboot the instance data will be there. Instance store instance store provides temporary block-level storage for your instance. This storage is located on disks that are physically attached to the host computer. EC2 Storage […]
Read moreSQS (Simple Queue Service) vs SWF (Simple Workflow Service) in AWS TL;DR: SQS is a service that allows you to queue messages giving you the ability to de-couple your environment. SQS will store and hold these messages in a highly scalable environment to be processed by another service or application as required. SWF is a different service altogether, it’s used to help […]
Read moreIntroduction to IAM Account Root User in AWS A root user is created during the AWS sign-up process All AWS accounts have a root user (only one) Has complete access to all AWS services and resources in the account Permissions cannot be restricted by any means (except if Service Control Policy attached to your account) Is accessed by signing in […]
Read moreThis is very straight forward process, but make sure you test it 1st in your Test Environment. I’m using 2 Hyper-V Machine, which is my Previous domain Server (Microsoft.lk.com). 1- Login to windows Server 2016 machine with local admin credentials, Open server manager dashboard, click Add Roles and features. 2 – Click Next, Choose “Role-based or feature-based installation” radio button and click Next, Scroll down and choose Active Directory […]
Read moreLets get started.. 1 – For this demo, I will use my existing AD Server with Windows.ae domain and previously created empty OU call Network Branch. My Network Branch OU is now empty without any User in it, so I would like to import 25 users in just 1 shot. 2 – For this step, you need a Notepad with Your Domain user information. This can be done in MS […]
Read moreWhat is NFS Server? Using the NFS protocol, you can transfer files between computers running Windows and other non-Windows operating systems, such as Linux or UNIX. In Windows Server 2016, NFS includes the components, Server for NFS and Client for NFS. Server for NFS enables a computer running Windows Server 2016 to act as a NFS file server for other […]
Read moreThis is a very common and known issue which may occur in Exchange Server 2013 and Exchange Server 2016. This issue occurs mostly in new deployments. When this issue occurs, you see blank web page after login into https://<exchangewebservicesurl>/owa or https://<exchangewebservicesurl>/ecp. This issue occurs because of SSL certificate binding and can be resolved by changing the binding settings in IIS. Once you open […]
Read moreInstall the Teams PowerShell Module The first step in managing Teams via PowerShell is to install the Teams Cmdlets module. Running PowerShell as an Administrator, you will need to run the following and allow install from the untrusted repo as well as installing the NuGet package: Install-Module -Name MicrosoftTeams Connect PowerShell to the Tenant The next step is to connect […]
Read moreIf you want to get a list of members from an O365 shared mailbox using powershell, you can run either command to do so: Get-Mailbox “Shared Mailbox Name” | Get-MailboxPermission | where {$_.user.tostring() -ne “NT AUTHORITY\SELF” -and $_.IsInherited -eq $false} | Format-Table Identity, User, AccessRights –AutoSize OR Get-Mailbox “Shared Mailbox name” -ResultSize:Unlimited | Get-MailboxPermission |Select-Object Identity,User,AccessRights | Where-Object {($_.user -like […]
Read moreThere are many possibilities for using PowerShell on non-Windows platforms now and today my mind was pondering how to use it to join Linux servers to Active Directory. So, I created a small little function that automates some of this called Join-LinuxToAD. Keep in mind I tested this only on CentOS 7. The script does the following: Ensures you can lookup the […]
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