Windows Server 2012 R2 Installation Options
In Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2, you could not switch between the Server Core and Server With A GUI options, post-installation. If you chose to install Server with a GUI…
Read MoreConfiguring NIC Teaming in Windows Server 2012 R2
By utilizing NIC Teaming, also known as load balancing and failover (LBFO), you can combine multiple network interface adapters to create a single logical NIC to provide…
Read MoreFine-Grained Password Policies in Windows Server 2012 R2
The fine-grained password policies feature was introduced in Windows Server 2008. It allowed organizations to define more than one password and account lockout policy in a…
Read MoreExporting multivalued attributes with Export-CSV cmdlet
In the previous blog post we looked at how to retrieve values of user properties/attributes from Active Directory. We briefly even touched on how to retrieve group membership…
Read MoreRetrieving User properties from Active Directory
A PowerShell module for Active Directory was released with PowerShell 2.0, the version that shipped with Server 2008 R2. This module includes several cmdlets that let you…
Read MoreConfiguring Remote Desktop Services Profile settings for users
A user profile describes the configuration for a specific user, including the user’s environment and preference settings. You can specify a Remote Desktop Services-specific…
Read MoreFine-Grained Password Policies in Windows Server 2008 R2
Before Windows Server 2008, organizations had to rely on third-party products to define different password and account lockout policies for different sets of users in a…
Read MoreWindows 7 Password Expiry Email Notification
In Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, you would get a notification at logon when (by default) 14 days remained until your Active Directory user’s password expired. In…
Read MoreHow to check if a machine is physical or virtual
If you connect to a remote machine through remote desktop protocol, you might not always know whether that machine is virtual or physical. If you would like to find out…
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